Marta Długołęcka

VALENTINE'S COLLECTION on ETSY!

2012-01-20T14:31:00.001Z

Little pocket size dog totems are now available in my VALENTINE'S COLLECTION on Etsy!

to get them, go here and here

2011 D*S Scholarship, LAST DAY TO VOTE!

2011-12-22T11:58:00.014Z

Today is the last chance to vote for the finalist at 2011 Design*Sponge Scholarship, so if you still haven't voted yet, please do it today, here!

P.S. If you could tick off my name, that would make me a very happy girl :)

P.P.S. I can't believe I won this! Im so so so happy as there was no better Christmas gift than this one! Thank you Design*Sponge and everyone who voted for me :) Merry Christmas xxx

Gold Owl Ornaments on Etsy

2011-12-13T16:03:00.005Z

Little Owl Christmas Ornaments are now available on my Etsy store

to get them, go here and here

Little Robin Ornament on Etsy

2011-12-07T17:49:00.003Z

Little Robin Christmas Ornament is now available on my Etsy store!

To get it, go here

RCA Work In Progress Show 2011

2011-12-01T22:31:00.015Z

Yesterday evening, during the RCA Work in Progress Show, I was showing some early stages of my current project, which is a children's picture eco-book.

The above represented a mind map, which described my process of creating a narrative as well as some character tests.

The show is now open daily until the 9th of December :) Come and see it!

Plastic!

2011-11-29T11:10:00.007Z

Some early character tests for my new eco-book, which I'm currently working on :)

More to come soon!

27 Club, Jimi

2011-11-02T15:25:00.002Z

27 Club, Janis

2011-10-25T22:43:00.002+01:00

"Falling in Love"

2011-10-19T23:39:00.003+01:00

A little illustration I started a while ago and just had a chance to finish it properly :)

Silence, 2nd International Comic Culture Festival 2011!- catalog is out now!

2011-09-26T10:14:00.006+01:00

Open publication - Free publishing

Catalog from the 2nd International Comic Culture Festival is out now!

Among many works, it also includes my winning entry, The Bath :)

150x105mm

256 pages

€15

more details here

Little Pingu Pendant

2011-08-26T12:47:00.006+01:00

Little Pingu Pendant on a 32" silver plated chain

To get it, go here

Polar Bear Pendant

2011-08-20T17:01:00.004+01:00

Polar Bear Pendant on a 32" silver plated chain.

To get it, go here

White Rabbit Pendant

2011-08-19T21:15:00.005+01:00

White Rabbit Pendant on a salmon colored ribbon with a clasp.

To get it, go here

White Horse Necklace

2011-08-17T18:26:00.007+01:00

White Horse Necklace on a 16" silver plated chain.

To get it, go here

27 Club, Amy

2011-08-03T11:44:00.006+01:00

In memory of Amy Winehouse (14/09/1983 - 23/07/2011).

Prints available here and here.

Frida

2011-07-27T16:22:00.012+01:00

In memory of one of my favourite painters, Frida Kahlo.

Prints available here and here

Crow, revamped

2011-07-21T23:42:00.008+01:00

An old image I originally did over a year ago and now gave it a bit of extra TLC.

'Over the Village'

2011-07-15T12:41:00.007+01:00

In memory of my nan, who passed away yesterday.

3x3 Student Show 2011

2011-07-02T19:53:00.005+01:00

I made it into 3x3 Student Show no 8! How cool is that?! :D

1st place at the 2nd International Comic Culture Festival 2011!

2011-06-14T15:17:00.018+01:00

I won 1st place at the 2nd International Comic Culture Festival 2011 with my narrative, The Bath :)

JURY:

Tom Gauld- UK

Andrzej Klimowski- UK/Poland

Erik Kriek- Holland

Tim Molloy- Australia/ New Zeland

James and the Giant Peach

2011-04-15T19:13:00.006+01:00

My entry for Puffin Design Competition, celebrating the 50th anniversary of James and the Giant Peach.

Fingers crossed :)

The Bath, poster

2011-03-18T16:30:00.003Z

'The Bath', book teaser 2

2011-03-04T13:20:00.015Z

More spreads from The Bath.

Last Wednesday if you came to the private view at the RCA you could see the whole thing, but if you missed it, soon you should be able to get it from my etsy store :)

Illustration Mundo!

2011-02-23T11:44:00.005Z

I got blogged on Illustration Mundo! Yay!

So if you don't mind, just go on their website here and give me a little 'Like' :)

thank you xxxx

'The Bath'

2011-02-15T14:47:00.006Z

Here's a little teaser from my new book, The Bath

To see more come along for the private view at Hockney Gallery!

private view:

Wednesday March 2nd

6pm at Hockney Gallery

Royal College of Art

Kensington Gore

London

SW7 2EU

Illustration Mag, Winter Issue 26 :)

2011-01-24T14:32:00.004Z

I'm featured in the newest issue of Illustration magazine, right next to my pals Hattie Steward and Maggie Li :) How nice is that?!
So go and get yourself a copy, it's great :D

Bibendum Poster Awards 2010

2011-01-02T18:13:00.028Z

Here's me with my winning entry for the Bibendum Poster Competition 2010!

read articles here:
Bibendum Official Website,
Finacial Times, How To Spend It,
The Telegraph,
The Telegraph, Design Notebook

The Drum
Tyrepress

and French interview here:
BIBimage

photo: courtesy of Bibendum Restaurant website

Red, White & Black

2010-12-13T12:50:00.010Z

Last Friday I participated in 'Red, White & Black', a Charity Art Exhibition to raise money for The British Lung Foundation and Smile Train. All of the exhibited pieces were produced in a limited colour scheme, including double portrait of a Bearded Lady done by me! :D
It was a really lovely one, with lots of wine and minced pies...

poster design by Paul Layzell

V&A Recordable Postcards

2010-12-12T22:28:00.007Z

I was asked to do 5 drawings of selected objects from the V&A to be used as amazing 'recordable postcards' for OMG (Open My Guide project) as part of V&A Give Away (26 Nov) curated by students from the Royal College of Art, Design Products course.

p.s. to see photos from the event go here

1st place in Bibendum Poster Competition 2010!

2010-12-09T17:28:00.006Z

This is my victorious entry for the Bibendum Poster Competition 2010!
The desing is going to be reproduced as a Limited Edition and you'll be able to purchase it from The Conran Shop
So amazing, I still can't believe I really won this :D

Jimy Jim

2010-11-03T15:25:00.003Z

one more little drawing of my lovely James while on our trip to Paris :)

Album New Release #1

2010-10-26T21:53:00.005+01:00

This is the 1st one from a new series of illustrations based on Album New Releases and Band Portraits. Hopefully it's going to be fun to look at :)
This time: KOL

Sophie's World

2010-10-03T23:08:00.010+01:00

Here's my personal cover version of Penguin's old favourite- Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

je suis renarde

2010-09-23T13:58:00.014+01:00

some little drawings from my lovely trip to Paris
Je t'aime!

new website!

2010-07-07T14:07:00.006+01:00

don't forget to check out my new website at kissikissi.com

Penguin Design Award Ceremony

2010-07-07T13:28:00.017+01:00

This is my shortlisted entry for the Penguin Design Award, Puffin Children's Prize.

click here for more details

Below are photographs (done by Alistair Richardson) of all the winners and shortlisted ones for both Puffin and Penguin awards (i'm the one in red top! :) )

to see more, click here

Kingston 2010 Online Catalogue is out now ;)

2010-06-24T12:31:00.005+01:00

come and see it here
also make sure you don't miss out on our D&AD show in Brick Lane!
24th-28th June
Truman Brewery
146 Brick Lane

see u there! :)

T-SHIRTS!

2010-05-30T00:13:00.011+01:00

you can now wear my illustrations, yay!

just click here and choose a size and color :)

foxy!

2010-05-18T17:09:00.005+01:00

Alice in Wonderland sweet cover

2010-04-28T19:09:00.006+01:00

Here's my entry to the Puffin competition for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland cover.

Enjoy :)

ps. quick update - my entry got shortlisted! yay! so now im waiting for some feedback from the art director and then just need to re-submit :)
more luck please!

chase again

2010-03-30T18:42:00.001+01:00

poor bunny found dead...

2010-03-25T21:32:00.005Z

old heron's speech

2010-03-21T23:30:00.006Z

woods and silence

2010-02-21T00:27:00.009Z

run bunny, run!

2010-02-18T19:38:00.007Z

yet another test for my fable fun.

fable fable

2010-02-16T15:26:00.007Z

This is some initial work I've recently managed to do for my final project...
It's going to be about old fables and folk stories and hopefully it will turn out lovely! :D

Lickens&Co!

2010-02-01T14:09:00.007Z

This illustration was my starting point for a project we had some time ago (with Richard Hogg).

Generally it was about advertising and product packaging etc. My brief was to design a gift edition for a traditional, wooden spoon, along with a bit of vintage, 1950's feel to it.

sweet batman for sweet boy :)

2010-01-17T23:10:00.002Z

Chubby little Batman lovingly made for sweet James Lancett!

photo taken by James :)

show time!

2010-01-17T22:59:00.003Z

Here's my crafty approach to the Dazed and Confused brief :)

A Shelf Life!

2009-11-29T19:36:00.004Z

A Shelf Life from Joe Sparrow on Vimeo.

here's my sweet baby!

directed and animated by Joe Sparrow
set design and lighting by Justine Howlett
models by me!

making of "A Shelf Life"

2009-11-26T18:30:00.025Z

I've just finished an animation project I've been working on with two amazing people: animator Joe Sparrow, and illustrator Justine Howlett.

The story is about Superman in a public library, where something goes wrong....

The whole thing was done using stop-motion technique, along with a bit After Effects.

here's the team:
Joe Sparrow- animation, story development and sound
Justine Howlett- set design and lighting
Marta Dlugolecka- character development and model-making

American Short Stories

2009-11-03T17:58:00.007Z

this is a cover design for Granta audiobook called American Short Stories, read by William Dufris.
the story from the cover is called City of Broken Dreams and is set up in late 1940's new york. it is about a young playwriter who moves to new york with his family to have his play produced. circumstances get more complicated when family arrives in the city.

ps. spread inside represents a 1940's map of manhattan

absence makes the heart grow fonder

2009-09-30T12:22:00.006+01:00

these bad boys above are the final pieces for my summer project i've just finished.it was based on creating 2 images, illustrating an old, well known saying - Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder.

first one ment to communicate its meaning whilst the other, question it.
the trick was to use at least 5 visual elements in a 1st image and then re-use at least 3 of them in the 2nd.

my lil aga

2009-09-23T10:26:00.005+01:00

This is a tiny drawing of my sister i did last Sunday.
p.s. her shoulders are wider and face prettier in real life.

very evil villains

2009-05-24T20:05:00.018+01:00

here's a sample of what i did ( with a "little" help of James Lancett and his magic camera) for my FMP this year.
I created a gang of the most evil villains of all times. Some of them represent real bad boys, others are just characters from literature/film etc.
(they're all tiny, approx. finger size)

catwoman
mao tse-tung
godfather

billy the kid
dr evil
wicket witch

george w bush

ursula

my lil agata

2009-05-21T01:18:00.003+01:00

on a love phone to her boyfriend :)

let's dance

2009-04-21T23:20:00.001+01:00

a well nice classic music band playing their stuff at southbank centre.

gate 20

2009-04-17T15:46:00.000+01:00

by my gate at heathrow airport

Easy Jette to Rrroma!

2009-04-17T14:54:00.010+01:00

a few color sketches from my recent trip to Rome, which was absolutely superb!

loved it like crazy and still miss it.

my creepy oldies

2009-02-03T01:00:00.002Z

Recently, in the depths of my computer I found those old and creepy photos I made about 2 years ago... and as I still like them, I thought I'll share them with the world:)

location again???

2009-01-27T23:14:00.002Z

this time Tate Modern :)

"Mr ABC looses his mind!"

2009-01-19T18:57:00.019Z

Here are some early tests for my little book called Mr ABC losses his mind. It's about Mr. ABC who spends some quality summer time back in the 1920s. While having a relaxing chess tournament with his fellow player his mind gets bored and tired of all the apparent exertion and wonders off to have more fun. It jumps into all sorts of different objects also accidentally giving them MR.ABC's personality.

What happens next is that it all turn into a massive mess and a huge chase to get the missing mind back.
Basically good fun!