My Illustrations

Line Drawing - Fine liner

Line Drawing - Fine Liner

Line Drawing - Pencil (smaller heads 2 mins drawings)

Line Drawing - Pencil

Here are some line drawings done from doodling whilst looking in magazines. Quick sketches are my favourites as I find the outcome and effect from the lines so much more powerful and elegant. Drawing is one of my favourite hobbies as it is so enjoyable and relaxing! It is great how expressive and creative you can be with such a few tools.

I Carry Your Heart With Me E.E Cummings

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in

my heart) i am never without it (anywhere

i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done

by only me is your doing, my darling)

                                  i fear

no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want

no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)

and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant

and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows

(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud

and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows

higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)

and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

This is one of the most inspiring and beautifully moving poems I have read. It illustrates a love that is only lost in the material world, but can never be lost in the heart. Like family, a lover or a friend. Be true to who you are and what/who you love, and do not take it for granted, because you never know when you will lose this kind of love.

Experimenting with a Camera and Paper

Contrast with the grass

Flying

Paper men having a seat

This was a project to see the effects you could with a camera and only using paper.  The location could change but the subject could not. It was a great way to inspire your creativity.

Elle Fanning: The New Face of the Celebrity Teens

Elle Fanning for Teen Vogue

Elle Fanning is the new upcoming princess of Hollywood teens with a hopeful modelling and movie career looking bright ahead, this thirteen year old is showing great potential as a rising star. She is the younger sister of Dakota Fanning who has starred in several famous films such as War of the worlds, the Twilight Sagas: New Moon and Eclipse, so there will certainly be a lot of competition. Watch this space...

"Some people do piano lessons after school; I do movies." (Teen Vogue magazine, 2012)

Sasha Pivovarova

Sasha Pivovarova is one of my favourite models merely due to her unusual appearance. She is certainly one of those people that you cannot take your eyes away from...you catch a glance of her and it is her alien beauty that entices you to look again. She is a 26 year old Russian model who made her debut in the Prada runway show in 2005 who then signed her on for a three year advertising contract. Others she has worked with includes Giorgio Armani, Chanel, Rag&Bone, Miu Miu and and recently was the face of H&M.

Ladybird Trend A/W 2012/13

This was a recent project where I had to find a trend for autumn/winter 2012/13 and adapt it to a client - in this case it was Miss Selfridge. I chose the 'Ladybird' trend which is a highly feminine, flirty and sophisticated trend that is very suitable to the Miss Selfridge style. It involves many feminine silhouettes such as the puffball and peplum, as well as pretty pastel colours and of course the famous polka dot/dog-toothed prints. The twist with this trend is that it mixes many different elements such as colour and fabric especially, from dark leathers to light coloured silks. To make this trend my own I involved faux fur, faux bird feathers, gold foil-like fabric and for the polka dot print I chose to use dalmatian print as a more newer and more interesting print.

NYLON Magazine Photoshoot

This was a Uni project for one of my modules in my first term of my second year which I am currently in. This project involved us researching a magazine thoroughly and considering all its aspects in order to carry out your own photoshoot that would appeal to the magazine. The theme of the shoot was diversity in relation to the All Walks campaign where they are encouraging more diverse models to be used. I thoroughly enjoyed this project as I had to study and research my subject which was 'shortness', looking into average heights of models and what was considered 'short' in model terms. It was difficult at first as you have to be careful to not be unethical and the photoshoot had to express 'shortness'. So I ended up using one large piece of clothing in each shot in order to show my model's petite height, however, I additionally used clothes that flattered her figure to illustrate that she was model material and did look good! I wanted to encourage a happy appearance within my photoshoot to show that my model was enjoying herself and that she was confident, thus hopefully  presenting 'shortness' in a positive way.

A Frozen Christmas Eve Afternoon

I took this photo on whilst visiting my family in Sweden over Christmas. Here my brother and my boyfriend are standing on a bridge by the frozen lake near my grandparents house in Albo, waiting for the hot dogs to be grilled. It is their dark silhouettes and the natural yellow light from the sun-down which magnifies this photo.

She Draws Etsy Shop

This is a girl named Laura Figiel and I found her through google when I was browsing quirky jewellery. I came across these images of amazing hand-made jewellery and was straight away drawn by her distinctive and creative design technique - how she uses simple hand drawings on plastic and it creates such a fantastic piece of jewellery that I would love to have. Laura is inspired by many things such as flowers, French, geometrical shapes, seasons and vintage, and she is clearly very talented. she does not only create jewellery but she also makes other accessories, household items and clothes. If your interested check out her website as she sells all her products on there too:  http://www.etsy.com/people/Shedraws?ref=pr_profile