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

Silver Peony

Hi everybody! ♡♡♡

I have not been up to much over this past week, apart from reading about moon lore and designing wherever I can. I went for a drive yesterday after not driving in 2 years (I know it's bad, but I down own a car in the city and I particularly hate driving!). It was not so bad, seeing as driving is one of my least favourite activities to do, but I didn't stall and still knew how to drive easily; I really don't think I can ever forget such as harrowing experience as learning to drive! But at least I am on my P2's and on my way to getting my full license.

I finished the illustration I had been meaning to complete weeks ago, but due to laziness, it was only finished recently! But it is done now and I feel a lot more happy for it, crossing items off lists is always a good feeling!

This is the original illustration that I created. I decided to title it "Foxy Lady", harking back to the Jimi Hendrix song and I subtitled it "Mountaineer" - relating it to themes of adventure and exploration.

I wanted to edit the image and try to explore different techniques in Photoshop to make the drawing more lively, so I added a scene of forests and snow-covered mountains as well as a moon and some stars. The whole theme and feel of the illustration was relating to winter and alpine imagery, and the fox makes me think of The Animals of Farthing Wood. which was something I used to watch as a child.

Well, I have had one last online shopping spree and purchased these items, once again from Freez:

I really loved the floral print on the shirt, it reminded me of a tropical island getaway. The necklace has the cutest image of a peace symbol created out of daisies printed on it. The kaftan style top looks really great for the rest of the summer month - I already own the same style of this with a different print and I love it, so carefree and I can be teamed with fitted pants, shorts or skirts.

Uni goes back in a few weeks time, so I will try to keep regular updates on this blog, but I'm not sure that I can promise it as I am in the final year of my degree and I really need to be focussed entirely upon my work! But if I can at least update once a week, I will feel less guilty about neglecting my blog.

That's it for now, until next time. ♥

There She Goes - Sixpence None the Richer

What we see and what we seem are but a dream, a dream within a dream.

I first watched Picnic at Hanging Rock qutie some time ago and I remember finding it so haunting and eerie. Peter Weir's work on this film is fantastic, the film's soundtrack is entrancing and edgy, due to the sound of the pan-pipes. This film seemed really strange to me when I first watched it, and I didn't understand it at all. It is definitely a confusing film, but it is full of symbolism I feel. The mystery of the disappearance of the girls and where they could have vanished to was never resolved and leaves the viewer with many unanswered questions. Nevertheless, it is still a great film, I especially love the time period and the fact that it is Australian. If you haven't seen it, I would recommend checking it out. :)

I started and finished another illustration yesterday entitled Seashell (Lady of the Lake). The image I used as a reference for the mermaid was a screencap from a Russian version of the Little Mermaid tale, called Rusalochka.

I bought a pretty ruby coloured dress online from Freez again, it is by Lola vs Harper and it looks so pretty, I can't wait to try it on. :)

That's all for now, hope you all have a lovely day. ♥

Picnic at Hanging Rock - Gheorghe Zamfir

Sail Away

Inspiration for the week...

Hello all! This week has been very uneventful, I have been doing nothing but reading, drawing, sleeping and trying to keep up my design skills. I am trying to come up with ideas for illustrations pertaining to different topics for my universities magazine, but I am struggling a little! I'm not feeling very motivated, but maybe tomorrow or later tonight I will be struck by inspiration, like lightning! :) I am also STILL continuing work with my latest illustration, and I promise that it will definitely be finished by the end of this coming week! Then I plan to begin one more, probably all that I will be able to do before leaving home again to go back to university. I will miss it here immensely, even the intensely hot humid weather that has been occurring lately.

Oh, I also bought two new dresses online from Freez - they are my new favourite online clothing store!

August Street Vintage Dress - $29.00

August Street Shirt Dress - $29.00

Minkpink Theory Tee - $15.00

Fleetwood Mac - Sisters of the Moon