Picture of the Week

I saw Water for Elephants (Francis Lawrence, 2011) yesterday and I know what you're thinking, does this girl do anything besides watch movies and write this blog? And the answer is... of course not, why would I.
The film was good, though I came away unsure how to feel and if you're an animal lover, like myself, you may find parts of the movie painful to watch.

Elephant, 2009.
A beautiful yet poignant illustration by Sydney born, London based artist Kareena Zerefos.

I'm feeling a bit melancholy now and I don't know if it's the movie or the picture, regardless, I like them both.


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Pirates of the Caribbean and Those Mermaid Vampire Things

So I saw the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean and let me just say it certainly was on stranger tides. I enjoyed it as I enjoyed the second and third film, as pure swashbuckly goodness. It certainly afforded me a plethora of subject matter to choose for today's blog; Pirates (obviously), the Caribbean (granted), the fountain of youth (maybe later), zombies (ewww) and what was that other thing? Oh yes Mermaids, and if I'm honest I've been looking for an excuse to cover this topic since I started this dang blog so lets get rolling.

Syrena from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Rob Marshall, 2011).

Isn't she all sweet and innocent looking, just wait till you see the fangs (Pirates, Zombies and Vampire Mermaids oh my).

And here's a shot of Australia's own Gemma Ward seducing one of the random pirates on Blackbeard's crew, and may I just say she did an excellent job.

The concept art for Syrena.

And now I thinks it's time to divert from the film with Edmund Dulac's stunning illustration for The Little Mermaid.

And you can't mention The Little Mermaid without mentioning the Disney version and one of my all time favourites (Ron Clements & John Musker, 1989).

The Mermaid and the Dragon by Warwick Goble.

That Dragon looks a bit seedy.

Mermaids Rose From the Sea by Lisbeth Zwergwer.

The Mermaids Rock by Edward Hale, 1894.

 Mermaid by Pascal Blanché.

I love the fishyness of the face in this one, and the octopus hair.

Pearls for Kisses by Fred Appleyard.

The Little Mermaid's Sisters by Anne Anderson.

Oh so pretty.

From Peter Pan (P.J. Hogan, 2003).

 The Last Mermaid by Amy Sol.

Oh so soooo pretty.

From Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire (Mike Newell 2005).

Mermaids with Sea Green Hair by Arthur Rackham.

Mermaid by Alex Boca aka Zyklon8B.

More mermaid pictures can be found in the post 'Mermaids' and 'Three Extra Mermaid Pictures Just for You' and for all these beautiful pics in the same place plus even more check out my Mermaid Pinterest board.

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Tim Walker in British Vogue

I bought April's British Vogue the other day and I did it for the spreads (and I'm not talking jam and peanut butter) one in particular appealed to my kooky sensibilities, photographer Tim Walker did an awesome job.

 What's up with that umbrella, how is it even staying up there, and why? (Those are the big questions).

 I like the dollishness of this one, though it has nothing on the next one.

 Barbie gone wrong. It's amazing how unreal and, yes, all made out of plastic she looks behind that bubble.

  Patron Goddess of Clowns. Love it. This one was actually a two pager but my scanner wasn't big enough. The other page had a big parrot on it, which you can see in another shot further down.

 This ones prettier than the others with the ruffly top and pink smoke, that combined with the surrealist setting is what makes it for me.

 Another doll.

And here's that parrot, what a beauty.

This isn't the entire spread but it's my faves, hope you like them too.


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Picture of the Week Plus a Little Something Extra

By Eugenio Recuenco.
Mostly because I haven't done a fashion pic in a while but also because it's so fabulously kooky. A windup toy vampire, how can you go wrong?

And here are some pages from my imitation sketchbook.

 My Catherine Campbell page.

 My Brett Manning page.

 My Warwick Goble page.
 (don't know if I want to go over the whole page in pen just yet.)

and finally my John Bauer page.

I have really enjoyed this exercise so far and plan on doing a lot more. Some of you may have noticed the pictures here differ from those I posted earlier, the short reason is 'I changed my mind' the slightly longer reason is 'I printed out lots of pics and have just been picking them as my mood takes me, often after I've glued them in I find I have no idea what to do with it and move on.'
Anyway, hopefully I'll have more to share with you at the end of next week.


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Artists Artists Everywhere

I'm obsessed with reading the blogs of artists at the moment, Catherine Campbell (My Folk Lover) and Melissa Haslam (Cherry Fields) being two of my favourites.
One of the best things about read these blogs is that it introduces me to more and more artists. The last few days I have practically overdosed on artist blogs and as a result have been introduced to so many artists I just have to share, here are some of my faves.

Sachiko Kanaizumi: born in 1976 in kanagawa, japan. graduated from tama art university.

 Strangely Transparent, 2011.

Tonight, 2011.


Stella Im Hultberg is a painter living and working in Brooklyn, NYC.
Born in South Korea, raised in Seoul, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and later in California.

 Beehive.

Laura Laine is a Helsinki based illustrator.
She has studied fashion design at University of Art and Design Helsinki, but during her studies focused on fashion illustration.

 Bird King.

Birdy.

Julia Sonmi Heglund is a freelance illustrator living in the Los Angeles area.

 Shapeshifter 1.

Shapeshifter 2.

Fumi Mini Nakamura, currently active as freelance illustrator / designer in New York City area.

Dominique Wylestone is an artist living in Melbourne with a fondness and appreciation of local history, place and folklore.

And since I've totally failed to post anything by her before, here is Jane of Jane Eyre by Catherine Campbell.

That's all for now, until next time....


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