A Series of Unfortunate Events

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Book Covers for "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket.

✦ My connection to this whimsical dark series is personal and cherished. I discovered these books in a quaint bookstore in a small town near the village where I used to spend my summer holidays. I was around 13 at the time. Those days are stored in my memory as some of the best of my childhood. I would immerse myself in the world of books, often reading under a tree or on the beach, and sketching the characters and scenes in my first sketchbooks. Each visit to the nearby town meant the excitement of adding a new adventure-filled book to my collection.

✦ Years later, while on a long train journey moving countries with my husband and our dog, I watched the Netflix adaptation of the series. The show brought back a nostalgia for my childhood.

Inspired by these personal experiences and my deep connection to the series, I decided to create my own versions of the first three book covers, to capture the essence of the Baudelaire siblings – Violet, Klaus, and Sunny – and their relentless enemy, Count Olaf. With this project, I aim to pay homage to the series that has been a part of such fond memories, creating my version of the characters.

✦ In "The Bad Beginning," we meet the Baudelaire siblings, three intelligent and resourceful children. Suddenly orphaned, they’re introduced to Count Olaf and settle in their new, pretty gloomy home.

✦ The second book, "The Reptile Room" follows the Baudelaire’s story as they move to the home of a kind, reptile-loving uncle, hoping for a fresh start, but soon discovering that danger and mystery follow them everywhere.

✦ Third book from the Series, "The Wide Window” introduces us and the siblings to Aunt Josephine, an eccentric woman living in a house perched precariously over a Lake Lachrymose. There, the Baudelaires face new challenges and unravel more mysteries surrounding their family's past.