B's Dream.

Not too long ago me and my boyfriend Jack (also an illustrator) were commissioned to do an illustration for a lady called Bryony. We were asked to create an image on the idea of a young girl looking up at a tree which contains a few select things (Bryony's pet sheep, cat, dog and rabbits and other objects such as dresses and shoes). We finished it recently and when it was given to B as a present from my uncle, she burst into tears as she loved it so much! So a good result there! The image below is the final piece, although the quality of the picture is bad so apologies for that.

The final image, 'B's Dream'. Sold for £125.

New York and 365 Project.

Okay, so I may have lied and said that I'll put put pictures from my New York trip and I didn't so I'm sorry. But since NY, I had two weeks of UCAS and applying for uni and then one week to do all my christmas shopping and present making, then it was Christmas and I'm not likely to do anything then. So now it's a few days after, I have edited all my pictures and below are a few of my favourites.

Tim, Me and Mamo in taxi on the way to our hotel form the airport.

On the way to the hotel from the airport.

5th Avenue.

American school bus!

Rockefeller Centre opposite our hotel.

Rockefeller building.

Sunset view of Manhattan from the Top of the Rock.

Manhattan buildings from the Top of the Rock.

Christmas time in NY!

        

         Mamo and Tim shocked by a squirrel in Battery Park.

Squirrel in Battery Park.

Jack admiring the HUGE buildings.

Buffet breakfast in our hotel.

Times Square - my favourite street in the whole world.

View of Manhattan from the Straten Island ferry.

Another view of Manhattan from the Straten Island ferry.

Back from the ferry trip.

Ice skaters on the rink in front of the Rockefeller Christmas tree.

Jack and me outside the Guggenheim Museum.

New York taxi!

Jack at lunch on our one year anniversary and Tim's birthday.

View from a taxi mirror.

Jack in a taxi.

Jack in the beautiful Central Park.

Jack outside Bloomingdales.

I had such an amazing time and want to go back so badly. I'm sure I'll visit again, if not live there one day!

Anyway, I also wanted to tell you about a project I am going to be taking part in in the new year. I'm sure you've heard of something like it before, and I'm sure it has many names but I know of it as either the '365 Project' or  'Documenting Delight - 2012'. Basically, you make a blog and on each day of the year you blog about something, someone or just whatever you want. It's very popular with mothers who want to document the first year in their babies lives, but it can be based on whatever. So I'm just letting you know that I will be doing it on here and will be publishing one post everyday for the whole year. It will be the same as I have done for previous posts, such as photographers, artists, my work, something arty I did on that day, etc; but it will be one everyday. I hope I can stick to it!
 
Documenting Delight - 2012 - This is the link if anyone is interested in joining the facebook group. It allows you to get ideas on what other people are blogging about and see their blogs once the new year comes. Also this video (http://vimeo.com/22100389) is about a woman's 365 project which was based on things she was grateful for. Take a look as it was that which made me want to do this.

Holaaaaaaaa

Heeeeelllo.

Just writing a quick post to say that I was away in the amazing city that is New York for a few days and been in a bit of a cufluffle since then, so just letting you know that I am back and will be writting about and showing you my pictures from my holiday very soon. But not now. Because I'm tired.

Goodbye xxx

Pinterest.

Okay, last post of the night. I just wanted to share my pinterest page with you. It's similar to this blog but it's showing my inspiration in folders, with out me talking about the images. It's also good as it means you can save inspiring photos but to an internet account rather than my home computer, therefore saving memory on my comp! I have a few favourite folders which I often put images into and a few which I always forget about, but you can look at them all the same.

http://pinterest.com/alexmaceachern/.

Bey xx

Savage Beauty.

I'm not overly interested in this type of fashion or whatever, I don't dislike but it's not a particular favourite of mine, but there are a few pieces from Alexander McQueens' collection 'Savage Beauty' that I just love!
The images below are my favourite from the collection. You can see the rest at http://blog.metmuseum.org/alexandermcqueen/objects/.

Cya xx

Charlotte Bibby.

Just found another site to share from my bookmarks folder! This is the photographer Charlotte Bibby's tumblr and in particular I wanted to share with you her archive of inspiration. We clearly have similar photography taste as I think this selection of photos are amazing and there's not a single one I don't like. I just can't stop scrolling down the page, arr! Anyway, take a look yourself.. http://rentapanda.tumblr.com/.

Adioooooos xx

Voodoo Queens

Hola allll :)

So for a while, I've had a folder in my bookmarks called 'Art and Photography' where I save websites or images that I find on the internet to refer back to. But I always end up forgetting to look back at it, so was just having a mooch through and I rediscovered the illustrator Nina Chakrabarti and in particular her collection 'Voodoo Queens'. As I'm sure you are aware, I love black ink doodles, the female figure and photography so I love her work as I takes photos of females and draws on top of the images. This may not interest you at all, but I love it so thought I'd share!

 This image above is my favourite of hers. You can see the rest at http://www.ninachakrabarti.com/2009/09/16/voodoo-queens/.

Enjoy! xxx