Unfinished Sketches

Just a quick update of what I'm working on at the moment.

❀ Wedding from the 60's/70's, Unknown ❀

❀ Virgina Woolf ❀

❀ Karen Elson ❀

❀ Lana Del Rey ❀

❀ Self-Portrait ❀

❀ Jane Birkin ❀



And here's another playlist for you, I'm so into making super long playlists at the moment, I think I need to try and curb my addiction because it's so time-consuming! I've been listening to a lot of period film soundtracks lately and that's really helping me to get inspired and do things. I'm also in the process of trying to teach myself my heritage language, Ukrainian! So far, I'm not doing so poorly but I only know the basics really, such as yes and okay. I am learning through audio tapes as well as dictionaries and the alphabetical pronunciation lists, so hopefully I can one day speak the language fluently. x

❀ ✿ ❁ ✾ ✽ ❃ ❋ (for Beatrix Potter) from bambisvalentine on 8tracks Radio.

Languor

Wow it has been almost like an eternity since I have last posted on my little corner of the internet - my life has been extremely busy which has lead to these lack of updates. But I have been working on my personal identity for when I leave university (even though I plan on taking a Masters after this degree is finished). My own little logo took me a lot of sketching and manipulating to conceive, but I am now very happy with my outcome. On the right pane of my blog you can see my logo, the little hybrid creature who I dubbed Aura, symbolising traits I wish to possess in my professional life. Each animal amalgamated into this creature (fox, deer, owl and rabbit) are aligned with traits that I find relevant and important to my work ethics. I hope you all like her! :)

You may have noticed that I have revamped my blog layout - I was quite tiring of my old theme and decided a fresh change of colours and imagery was required. Let me know what you think of it. Also, now that I am of a little break (and it is now half over!) I have been working on personal illustrations that I have been trying to find the time to do during the semester, but just not being able to allocate any time at all to this endeavour!

This is the Boudicca illustration that I mentioned in my earlier posts, I've only started to paint it in now. I have been working on and off on this since the beginning of this year I believe! All I want to do it to finish her, so that will be one of my aims this break.

This is an illustration focussed on the theme of winter harvesting. I started this illustration just this week and hope to also finish it before the end of the break.

Now I think I will spend the rest of this night either painting or re-watching I Capture the Castle for the millionth time! Oh Henry Cavill, you are the perfect man.

Finally I shall leave you with a song I have been repeating non-stop this week.
Lana Del Rey - Blue Velvet

Au revoir, mes amours. ❤❤❤

A Whiter Shade of Pale

Hello lovelies! ♡♡♡

I somehow managed to finish my intensive uni course, now I will just be waiting on the results. But it was really difficult, I had to basically make and finish everything in the night before the project was actually due. I was up until around 3.20am and my mum thought I was mental, but as I try to tell myself, you must suffer for your art! I have had one week to recover and spend time with my family, so I would take a break from reality and the internet and get back into fresh air and natural surroundings. I also took it as time to reflect and mourn on the loss of my beloved pet dog, who sadly passed away - it shocked me and I think I will continue to carry a heaviness within myself for a while, but time will heal all wounds.

R.I.P my love.

While it's been freezing cold over here at the moment, I am cheering myself up with beautiful spring shades - I love all pastel colours and I can't wait until spring to start wearing more light and airy clothing, like chiffon shirts and skater skirts, without requiring a woollen jumper over the top to give me warmth! Both Chanel and Tsumori Chisato have been inspiring me lately with these collections, filled with sugary sweet clothing. The first four images are items of clothing living inside my wardrobe.

Found this dress whilst thrifting, it is an old school Katie's piece; I just really love the lilac colour and the destroyed, kinderwhore-esque hemline. It adds character.

This was also found thrifting - I just couldn't go past the marshmallow pink colour. It is such a cute little sweater for transeasonal weather.

This was from Dotti during a sale - it has lace and also velvet, so it is a winner in my books.

This was a thrifted item, how cute is it?!? I call it my marshmallow top as it is so frilly and pink! Its really lovely and light, a quirky twist on the gypsy/peasant style tops.

Chanel Resort 2013 and Tsumori Chisato Fall 2011. Images from http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/chanel+2013,s9407 (Photographer: Yannis Vlamos / GoRunway.com) + tumblr.com

I found these amazing shoes online and was debating about their wearability for the longest time, but after showing others the shoes I decided that they would be a lovely addition to my little wardrobe. They were already on sale and I also had a coupon to use at the checkout, so they were further reduced, which is always nice. :) They did not look so glittery on the website but in real life...wow. They are simply pure beauty. Under down lights they sparkle so intensely I am sure that I will blind people if they get too close to them! They give me nostalgia for the glitter jelly shoes I owned when I was young, except with ten times the sparkle factor. They give a new meaning to the term twinkle toes!

Also, if someone would like to buy me these Ellery x Graz Quixote sunglasses for my 21st I would be eternally grateful! :)

This song is currently on repeat in my playlist :3





That's all for now!

Liquorice Allsorts

Hello again, ❦

I have been once again pressed for time due to uni, it's quite stressful as I expected and seeing as it's third year I'm pushing myself further because I want to graduate and get my degree! One little piece of paper can mean so much and is so badly strived for, it's pretty crazy! I am now at the beginning of my two week break from uni, which wont really be so much of a break as I'll be studying and catching up on unfinished work!

I'm working on a Stevie Nicks quick drawing at the moment just for fun, I started it last week but uni work got so out of hand that I had to prioritise my life. It got bad at one stage but I managed to get all my work done so I am really happy and relieved. I have one more week left before mid semester break, so I'll be updating as much as I can! As you can see I still have a long way to go before I complete it!

Stevie Nicks is definitely one of my biggest inspirations, alongside Debbie Harry. Both of these women are so creative and just do their own thing, I love that.

That's all I have for now, more updates throughout out the next week. I'll finish my illustrations and post them up here. :) Bye all. ♥ Blondie - Shayla

Russian Doll

Hi lovelies,

I am incredibly sorry for not updating my blog in almost two weeks now! It is unacceptable, but I will try to make up for it now. :) University has been taking up all of my free time recently, I had my first assignment submission yesterday so was I completely stressed out about that. We had to design a storyboard for either an interactive portfolio or a three minute animation on a social issue, so I went with the animation. Flash is something I find difficult to use, so I decided to take on this class in order to better myself at it. My social issue is based on deforestation and loss of habitat for wildlife. It's an issue that I find quite important.

A scene from my storyboard

Here are my recent purchases, three pairs of shoes for $19.95 each from Dotti, so I really could go past it. I really love the black velvet t-bar heels, they are so comfortable and feel so soft and lovely! They make me ten times taller than I am (I am pretty short, so I kind of need the height boost)!

I am absolutely in love with designer Ulyana Sergeenko's Autumn/Winter 2012 collection at the moment. All the fabrics and colour combinations are so inspiring to me, it just makes me want to paint something!

Ulyana Sergeenko

That's all for now, I may post again during this week depending on what goes on and how much time I have free. :)

♥

The Cure - Friday I'm in Love