This Artist’s Starbucks Designs are So Much Better Than the Red Cup

You’ll forget about the red cup when you see the intricate designs this woman is drawing on Starbucks cups.

Her name is Carrah Aldridge, and she is a 20-year-old talented artist taking coffee-cup art to the next level.

Aldridge transforms her boring Starbucks cups by filling in the blank spaces with all sorts of designs and mesmerizing patterns.

All done with this @Starbucks cup~ Attempted a greyscale theme and it's not half bad. I hope you guys like it 💕 Materials: Copics, sharpie, and a white Gellyroll pen. ⭐️If you repost this ANYWHERE please tag me, link my Instagram or credit me in some way. If you notice someone claiming it as their own, please inform me and I will handle it. #starbucks #cupart #starbuckscupart #whitecupcontest #marker #traditional #spotlightonartists

A photo posted by Carrah Aldridge (@creative_carrah) on May 14, 2015 at 2:51pm PDT

She says, “I got my inspiration from an artist by the name of Kristina Webb who drew on a cup and then I decided to try it out myself.”

I legit have like nothing new to post, so here's a close up of my blue Starbucks cup. 🌸Do you play Minecraft? Join this survival server!: ➡️mc.radcraft.co.uk⬅️

A photo posted by Carrah Aldridge (@creative_carrah) on Jun 7, 2015 at 1:51pm PDT

Carrah even covers the cup with a squad of new characters…

Markiplier Starbucks cup art 😊💕 the biggest challenge was trying to actually draw characters on the cup rather than doing only normal designs~ I hope he likes it! ❤️Please tag @markipliergram below❤️ #markiplier #markiplierfanart #starbucks #cupart ❤️he also pays attention to tumblr a lot, so I posted it on there as well (link in bio). Reblog if you want, you don't have to though. 😅

A photo posted by Carrah Aldridge (@creative_carrah) on Aug 18, 2015 at 10:12am PDT

Created a fall inspired coffee cup..

Better image of this 😊💕 My fall/Halloween inspired Starbucks cup! 🍁🍂🍁Please tag @starbucks below! 🍃Materials used: 🍁Sharpies (orange, yellow, brown, tan) 🍁White gelly roll pen #starbucks #coffee #cup #design #art #artist #artwork #drawing #draw #traditional #doodles #sharpie #marker

A photo posted by Carrah Aldridge (@creative_carrah) on Oct 14, 2014 at 4:39pm PDT

Cupcake inspired coffee cup..

I used blue, yellow and pink/magenta ink only for this cup. Commonly asked questions: 🌸Q: Does the sharpie smear easily? A: On plastic cups, yes; you have to be really careful. On paper cups, no; the paper absorbs the color quickly! 🌸Q: Can you drink out of them? A: Unfortunately, no. The colors will smear. I have not found an easy way to keep them on. 🌸Q: Is it easy to draw on the cups? A: Honestly, no. Typically I work with a flat surface, so the round surface can be awkward to work with.

A photo posted by Carrah Aldridge (@creative_carrah) on Sep 13, 2014 at 11:53am PDT

All of her coffee cups are in fact, works of art..

🌸Check out my previous post! I'm hopefully getting more cups, to decorate, tomorrow~ For now, I'm a sick little cupcake who needs lots of sleep/rest. Goodnight~~ #starbucks #cupart #starbuckscupart

A photo posted by Carrah Aldridge (@creative_carrah) on May 14, 2015 at 7:41pm PDT

And this one was the first Starbucks cup she ever drew on:

I had quite a number of people ask about the first Starbucks cup I ever drew on… This is that cup. 😅 it's my favorite out of the bunch and it's also the one I spent the most time on. ⭐️Reminder! #colorcarrahssketch is going on until May 16th~

A photo posted by Carrah Aldridge (@creative_carrah) on May 5, 2015 at 5:13am PDT

And her most recent holiday coffee cup:

Work in progress. Last update until tomorrow. I got lazy a few hours ago and stopped working on it 😂 doesn't take that long to do all this. ❤️Thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday! My cup designs sort of went completely viral on my birthday, so that was kinda cool 😅💕 #starbucks

A photo posted by Carrah Aldridge (@creative_carrah) on Nov 9, 2015 at 9:42pm PST

Do you think Aldridge’s intricate Starbucks designs are better than the plain red cup?

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[Featured Image Credit: Starbucks/ Instagram- Carrah Aldridge]