It took me a while to recover from this one, but here’s the final grid for #36days_carly 🧡
Five years of this challenge and every new alphabet always becomes my favorite. As always, I’ll be selling some prints on my Etsy soon 🫶
See you all April 1st next year!
We did it!!! 36 Days of Type (Carly’s Version) is finally finished 😮💨
9 for Checkpoint 19 in Grand Budapest Hotel 🏨
Who’s ready for the bonus ampersand tomorrow?? 👀 #36days_carly #36dayswot
Just barely made it! 8 is for WXYZ-TV Channel 8!
Thank you to everyone for the well wishes yesterday 🧡 we had an amazing day and even got a rainbow at the end of the day 🌈 excited for the staycation we have this week because it means lots of quiet drawing time!
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Canis Lupus! 7 is for the 7 Latin names in Fantastic Mr. Fox 🦊 this was my sibling’s idea (and they knew the exact number off the top of their head)
It’s also my wedding day, so please be patient as I reply to your messages and posts tomorrow! I won’t be on my phone today 🧡
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Troop 55 for 5! Another one for my favorite of the Wes Anderson films 🐻 loved adding the patch detail on this one
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4 Roald Dahl shorts! I was inspired by the colors of Dahl’s office (played by Ralph Fiennes)
Thanks to @kraken2563.bsky.social for this really awesome, out-of-the-box idea 💡
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Z for Zissou! WOW I can’t believe we’re done with letters! Onto numbers tomorrow 🥰
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U for the UFO in Asteroid City! 🛸
I can’t believe we’re almost at numbers! It feels like we just started with A yesterday 🥹 getting sentimental about ending my FIFTH year of #36days_carly
S for Sam and Suzy 🥹 Moonrise Kingdom will forever be my favorite film, and I CRIED when I finished this 😭
Sam and Suzy 4ever 🏕️
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R for Rushmore! Were cruising through this alphabet and I’m loving seeing all of your work 🧡
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Q for Quirinal Palace! This was a filming site in Life Aquatic and I had to get creative for one of the funkier letters 🫡🤗
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P for the Private Dining Room in French Dispatch! I loved the floor pattern on this one—I almost did Patricia Whitman, but this one had so much potential!
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L for Life Aquatic! I think this might be my favorite so far 👀 I loved adding the little boat detail on the bottom of the L
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K for Kylie! Another cool Fantastic Mr. Fox character, I loved working in the hypnotic eye Kylie gets when they zone out in scenes 👀
Also! Excited to share that the first @talkingpersonpod.bsky.social episode will be coming very soon! 🎙️
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I for Isle of Dogs! 🐶 one of my favorite Wes Anderson films, maybe you’ll spot some of the dogs later on 👀
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H for Herbsaint Sazerac! Another French Dispatch reference for my fabulous sibling 🇫🇷
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Ennui-sur-Blasé from French Dispatch!
Shoutout to my sibling for thinking up this one ❤️
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D for Darjeeling Limited! Played around with some blend modes on this one to really get the depth in the movie poster. What do we think??
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Day 2! B is for Bottle Rocket 🚀
A small update about this challenge on my Threads! The founder of the challenge have requested I “quit using their name” in my communications, so a bit more on that over on 🧵❤️
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Photo: Linocut lowercase letter A stamped in magenta on a square of mulberry paper.
Letter A. 1/36
Characters in 36 parts. A tradition continued since April 1, 2014.
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A for Asteroid City ☄️
Welcome to #36days_carly !!! Super excited to have even MORE artists involved than last year. I’ll be doing my best to post on all platforms, but if you don’t want to miss on out getting reshared, stick to IG and Threads.
Let’s do this! 🧡🧡
Digital art in Asteroid City color palette that says “36 Days Of Type.” The background is an electric cyan with a desert sand in the foreground. The lettering is in the font Futura Extra Black in a mustard yellow with a burgundy drop shadow.
Starting 4.1.25 👀 #36days_carly
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