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1.2.10
Miss Van and I both love pink and,
Here is an article about her, as you know I am not the best with words but I do encourage you to read about her because she is a massive source of inspiration for me.
Miss Van became perhaps my favourite artist when I was fifteen, in history class. I was flipping through teen vogue and I saw these jeans:
And a makeup case I think? I fell in love. I have never liked anything more feminine, except perhaps Barbie. But Miss Van is like the opposite of Barbie, I mean, her dolls are not an ideal, they shock and provoke. Not to compare but contrast... (only because we are on the topic of dolls)The idea of Barbie confines a girl's imagination of a woman to an unrealistic ideal-which I would love to stab.. with my micron #01.
I just really identify with her work, (I didn't mean to rant about Barbie*).
Another thing I would like to stab is commodity fetishism and although the above denim inspired me I would NOT purchase them. No, instead I would rather keep browsing images by Vanessa...
*However, one thing you should note is that my father aided in my 200-something collection of mid-priced Barbies, and on the rare occasion bought me a Ken doll, or two. Two. Perhaps this is why I think about women so much?
Labels:
artist,
barbie,
colour,
feminine,
girl,
graffiti,
inspiration,
Miss Van,
rachael meckling,
Vanessa Alice Bensimon
12.1.10
HELLO!
I have created a new blog: tumblr. It's a collection of my favourite more professionally rendered work. What will happen to this blog? I would like to post more inspirations as I find them that aren't necessarily mine. My tumblr will be all my work. Thanks for so much positive feed back and encouragement!!!
6.12.09
28.11.09
made in photoshop
Labels:
editorial,
fantasy,
fashion,
glasses,
grandma,
illustration,
knitwear,
rachael meckling
26.11.09
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15.11.09
2.11.09
The New Yorker
29.10.09
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13.10.09
MADDY
8.10.09
Trapped in a Box
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- model: lexi mckenna
- felt wig construction, make up, photo, background illustrations: rachael meckling
Our class had an hour of studio time to shoot for our art direction for photography first assignment. I later photoshopped them but the faces and hearts were illustrated on the back drop with pastel! The idea for the felt wig came from Nylon from many years ago, but it stuck in my head and I have wanted to make felts wigs for ages since. I finally figure out how to make one (or two or three)...More photos, a little more gothic, from another shoot to come.
Labels:
head dress,
illustration,
make up,
photography,
wig
21.9.09
16.9.09
7.9.09
MONSOON
Hello, hello Penelope, Penelope.
I start school on September 8th. I am going into my third year of fashion communications at Ryerson (3/4).
On September 9th I will be camera hunting.
I have spent most of my time without my ipod, without a tablet or a stable place to live for two weeks now. Tomorrow I am settling in for good in Toronto. I have a very cute apartment with an alley way entrance that I fully intend on vandalizing. Aha!
This was a small reminder that I have not forgotten about you, Penelope. I have simply been drinking too much tequila and laughing too much.
Now I will get serious. I promise.
30.6.09
A work in progress
24.6.09
I AM TRYING
I just got the internet in my apartment! CYBER! Jk
If everything goes according to plan, I will be painting more in the next few weeks and buying a new camera at the end of the summer. You know what that means!? Hot photos!
Friends: I am also trying to spend some much deserved time on myself as I think I was lost for a few years there.... Not to worry, I am back. That is all!
P.S. Sorry for the lack of illustrations in this post. I feel like a bum.
30.5.09
girl you have no faith in medicine
25.5.09
22.5.09
A doll and dear
This is for Sarah of acuriousseamstress.blogspot who posted a wicked photo of an actual doll with two little toy dear...and then I fell in love and then I couldn't put my pencil down! (Photo below)
CUTE!
6.5.09
I am finally alone in my new apartment in Saskatoon for the summer. I feel like a spider because I have a lot of work to do, all on my own. I will be doing some illustrations this week and posting them hopefully by the end. I made this for my friend Shelby who just got into the Rhode Island School of Design and I am VERY proud of her. It's also a little reminder for the blog that I will be back! :)
18.4.09
my profile picture
i have a lot of things to do. soon.
TO DO:
-all of those fashion illustrations
-two figure drawings
-one doll and deer drawing
-portrait of mt
and finally, this is a drawing from last year...
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