10 things from January

January 30th, 2012


1. An Exquisite Beast daily drawing project by Emory Allen, a clever take on the exquisite corpse game.


2. Business card stamps by MaeMae Paperie.


3. Super fun t-shirts by Meadham Kirchoff.


4. Gorgeous prints of Camargue horses by Irene Suchocki.


5. Everything about Hello, this is food delights me.


6. A nice reminder that winter won’t last forever (thank god!) from Alexander Neumann in February’s L’Officiel.


7. Ever thought the hair I draw is not realistic? Me too. More fool us, because here it is in Elle Vietnam. So amazing.


8. Lizzy Stewart’s charming London diaries.


9. Been around for ages, but I’ve only just discovered it – What Elle wears.


10. Ryan A.‘s comic has been doing the rounds this week, but if you haven’t read it, then now is the time (and you can see his process on his blog too). Beautiful in every single way.

Totes Unique

January 27th, 2012

Back in September I shot the Topshop Unique SS12 show for a magazine feature. Sadly the feature got killed, but now the pictures are un-embargoed I can at least show them to you! I shot the run-through and backstage preparations before the show, which is always my favourite bit to photograph and was a ton of fun. You can see the entire great big gallery in massive pictures over here. I’ll be running another live gallery for London Fashion Week this season, so look out for that in a few weeks time!

See moar!

Days in Davos

January 26th, 2012

The finale vs the plan

January 25th, 2012

 

Folk folk

January 20th, 2012

One of my favourite things to draw, look at in museums and hoard pictures of on my hard drive is a good old national costume. Obviously I have a particular affinity for the Ukrainian and Russian ones, but I’m an equal opportunity enthusiast. I particularly love the Hungarian and Serbian ones (this one is actually genuinely stylish!). These are two quick costumey paintings from my sketchbook.

Flickr is an absolute treasure trove for this kind of thing, here are just a few good ones I’ve found:


Czech by josefnovak33 - one & two


Polish by włodi


Czech by josefnovak33one & two


Swedish by YlvaS


Czech by josefnovak33one & two


Greenlandic by  ilovegreenland


Czechoslovakian by josefnovak33


Polish by włodi


Swedish by YlvaS


Swedish by YlvaS


Greenlandic by ilovegreenland


Spanish by Von Aisaider


Turkish by ali eminov


Polish by włodi


Bonus photo of me at 2 years old decked out in a Ukranian headband and matching dolls ;)

Style snippets

January 19th, 2012