New Things

Last week I received an Etsy purchase through the post.

I was so pleased with how it had been packaged.

It really makes the purchase special.

Also I've posted pictures of my seven virtues piece original,

I used a sewing machine to piece all the bits together.

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The Seven Deadly Sins

Here is the Seven deadly sins chart!

It is the same layout and style as the virtue chart.

Only darker..

I have used symbols such as the three of swords from tarot cards and a snake

to represent the darker side of us females!

Although I think my tutor wants me to go all feminist for the project, I'm unsure.

It's not at all where I wanted to take it.

I think I shall just carry on creating illustrations that I think are relevant

and choosing subjects that I think are beautiful or interesting.

So far all the versions I've posted are digital but I have some pictures to post of the "real" versions.

iIn these I have used a sewing machine to stitch all of the pieces together,

as they were drawn separately.

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The Seven Heavenly Virtues-Final

Oh lord! It seems to have taken me ages to get to this point,

but I have finally finished my seven virtues illo, which tells of all the virtues.

I have a terrible presentation to give on my project tomorrow

so I hope this will help me explain.

In the four outer circles I have chosen things which represent some of the virtues.

The bee and bird, for diligence and hard work,

The clock for patience, and the padlock for temperance and chastity.

Moliskine update

The Seven Virtues

This is another bit of development work for my FMP.

This will be a real contrast to the seven sins illo I am going to do.

For my "Seven virtues" series I want to create a very feminine, light feel.

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Moleskine roughs/ideas

So I'm working on some ideas for my final major project,

which is on the representation of women.

I've decided to illustrate around the theme of the seven deadly sins VS the seven virtues.

I want to link them to fashion in some way.

These are some roughs/ideas that I played around with.

Using magazine cut outs helps get ideas down faster than drawing everything out

(which I can do later)

So expect some sinful illustrations sometime soon!

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Personal Illustration cards

Yaaay, I now have my very own business cards.

They're A6 in size and come in a pack of eight different designs.

I think they look pretty good, although cutting them all the same size was a bit of a pain.

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valentine's day looms!

Weather you love it or despise it, Valentine's day is coming soon!

This is just a quick card design I did using an existing drawing.

But I actually like it better than the original.

It's way too girly to give to the bf so maybe I'll design a more manly one.

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Capricorn

Close up of the Horoscope illo I did for Style magazine.

Cheveux

And here we have it. The perfect hair of the vogue girls.

Vogue

As part of my final major project I'm looking at the representation of women.

As part of my research i'm simply drawing from different magazines in order to compare

how women are represented. For instance: Fashion mags, lads mags, housewife, gossip etc.

This time...Vogue. So far I've noticed that most of the images are really feminine.

Obviously some of the women within it's pages are more edgy or androgynous,

like the one that the above illustration is based on.

The feeling you get when you look at the magazine this way is that it focuses highly on the

concept of polished perfection.

All of the women are skinny and they all have nice hair...

The midnight sisterhood sorceress

Who's Jack No 5.

Candy Floss

Oooh this just arrived in the post for me today!

It's the most beautiful dress from the 50's

I can't wait to wear it but will deffo need the weather

to warm up a bit before I do.

I bought the dress form etsy, it only set me back £15

not bad i think...

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Midnight Sisterhood 2

The second part of The Midnight Sisterhood series

The midnight sisterhood

Feel like I haven't drawn anything new in a while,

I couldn't handle the lack of a pencil in my hand!

So...I did this.

The Girl in the Moon

Open publication - Free publishing - More book

Oh my, completely forgot to post this!

This is the result of my last uni project in which I had to illustrate and make a book.

I chose to make a children's book.

I called it The Girl in the Moon.

I wrote, illustrated and made the entire thing. Here it Is in digital form for you all to see!

enjoy

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Shore leave

This is a scan of my great great Grand dad's shore leave pass!

Which my nana has only just shown me.

His name was John W. Brisland and was a pump boy on the S.S.Empire Cobbett.

He was 57 at the time of this picture.

I absolutely love the look of this document and hope to somehow use it in an illustration!

I simply remember my favourite things...

After getting a new digital camera the other day

I was prompted to show off some of my christmas presents to everyone!

Firstly I got an 80's romper! perfect for wearing for bed or as a beach cover up I think.

I also got an awesome bag, (I think I let out a little whimper when I opened it) from my sister.

It is hand tooled vintage leather,has a saddle and stirrups! I call it my 'saddlebag'.

I've attached my coyote's tail to it.

Not pictured is a beautiful vintage fox tail which is huge and is currently attached to my most large of bags.

Under that is some Jewellery; an antique polo broach, a gold triangle necklace (from etsy),

and I also got a double fingered ring which says love!

Finally is my Mr Pink Diana Flash camera. I also got a black holga which is great for easily slipping into your bag.

Expect to see some of my lomography (probably poor at first) up here soon!

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Sunday Times Style- Use your Initiative

For a second week my illustrations are featured in the Sunday Times Style

Magazine, the zodiac feature!

The theme was getting back to nature.

Again I'm very pleased with how it looks in print.

What you see in the magazine is only half of the illustration I submitted so I may post it

at some point in the near future.

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