Choco Moo Exhibition

Stylish Japanese Artist ‘Choco Moo’ is eminent for her convival,  signature monochrome art.

I'm taking in the fun popular culture references used in many of Choco Moo illustrations. Yuka has collaborated in the past with HELLZ JOYRICH, H&M and many magazines. Hell Ya!! for the cute adorable gizmo. 

‘heARTbeat is ART’ runs until 1st of August in The Underground Shop at Candy Nippon.

Link Love : Would You Rather ?

Which would you rather ?  My answers are a borrower .. an alligator tail .. and the last one is hard to choose!? 

Would you rather is a pretty simple game, where I think we've all played it one time or another during our fruitful teen years! Most likely we played it for our own amusement or just out of sheer boredom especially if it was during a double maths lesson.

From a curious perspective I wonder if we can deduce a persons personality or rationale through their answers, even if they're make believe scenarios !? The witty part can come afterwards when discussing the trivial answers and why we came to that conclusion, or is that a tad too geeky of me ? 

So anyhow it made me smile when I came across the http://woodyrather.tumblr.com whom creates fun colourful illustrations characterising the would you rather scenarios. Go check it out! How would you answer the above ? ? 

Enjoy your weekend folkss!

Darcel Drink Drank Drunk Louis Vuitton

DARCEL PAINTS THE TOWN RED

I think I've fallen for adorkable Darcel :) The ever charming and hopeful Darcel from the exciting blog Darcel Disappoints managed to charm his way in to toast the Opening of the Luxury Brand's New London Maison. 

New Louis Vuitton maison at New Bond Street, same Old Darcel 

Drink refills, art library and a Gilbert & George on the wall- I think I had this dream before

Multicolour Murakami Madness with 'kiki' 

Battling the crowd, floating down the glass staircase 

Channelling Madonna and working the red carpet with Iris Strubegger

Behold, the Great Wall of luggage 

One too many........ as always 

The person behind Darcel is a New York based illustrator Craig Redman.Redman’s posts are personal diary entries of what he does in New York on a daily basis, and through his computer-generated illustrations, he puts his alter ego of Darcel through the paces of simple but unfortunate events, where it could only occur in Darcel's world.

 

MissDIOR Couture

FRIDAY FILLER COLLAGES

Elzna Stirna of MissDIOR Couture blog, continuously creates aesthetically alluring fashion collages, that simply I feel would compliment any fashion magazine out there. They always inspire me to create some of my own using Photoshop and whatnot, but then I call to mind how self destructive I can be with any Art or creative project that I undertake without a given deadline or monetary value. I wish I could utilise my mini novice easel, take it to the outdoors and sit at peace with a canvas, but I don't have the inner calm or the patience. Feel free to meander at MissDior Coutures blog to see the rest of her creative collages.

Delightedly it would seem no more dodging raindrops for this coming weekend, perfect moment for some Al Fresco dining, and to visit a heritage park for the Tudor Festival. Have a smashing contentfull weekend Everyone!    

Nick Gentry Floppy Disk Paintings

I still have dozens of outdated floppy disks laying around the garage and study room, If I recall watching some random T.V show, they had divulged in the idea of using Floppy disks as tea coasters as a great way of recycling an item. Now I did for second ponder the idea of it, but in all honesty, I couldn't imagine a floppy disk placed on the coffee table or sofa armchair and add to that I don't really drink tea or coffee. So I thought that's it! I'm binning them! Now Obviously Nick Gentry thought of no such thing! Nick felt

"Reusing objects can negate the need for waste, with a new function that also often has more charm than that of the original. Seeing art produced in this way can encourage a more creative approach to everyday objects that are deemed to be obsolete or useless. What brings the overall concept to life is that blend of the nostalgic and familiar, together with the freshness of a new form of expression". 

In summary Mr Gentry has brought about a whole new movement of creating floppy disk paintings and leaving artistically handwritten labels often left to show through. What I like about this, its using 80's and 90's media format, bringing  a nice nostalgic sense to the piece combined with beautiful illustrations. 

Photographer Sacha Rovinksi & Illustrator Veronique Meignaud

DARK FAIRY TALES 

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The above photos amalgamate illustration from Meignaud and photography from Rovinski, together to create a vivid dark fairytale, containing appealing pieces of clothing and styling.  

SACHA ROVINSKI STEAMPUNK

STYLE: EVA KOEGENBOEG

MAKE-UP & HAIR: GRIPHEE 

MODEL : CANDICE @ KARIN

DIGITAL RETOUCH : YAN SENEZ

Born in 1979, Sacha Rovinski, as a present for his eighth birthday, received a small Super 8 film camera. This is how everything began for him, he discovers that this camera enables him to capture both images and moments onto miles and miles of film, much to his parents’ displeasure. Capturing here called steampunk, some eye sparkling jewellery, mouth stopping magnality and safety pin hérissé.  

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Femine Warrior Spirit Levelling Jose Duran

JOSE DURAN SPRING 2010

Jose Duran's Spring/Summer 2010 collection embodies an alloy of military futuristic valiant warrior which can both appreciate the nature of feminine beauty but will also wear metal arm cuff and lace up peep toes of armour, oozing of a fierce and feminine mien. The Dominican Republic born Jose Duran is one of the recognized new talent and has become one of the members of the new wave of the New York fashion. He has a wide range of inspirations, including his interest in the ways that homeless people dress, draping textiles to create additional layers.

LEVELUS SPIRIT LEVEL PERFUME

A perfume bottle and spirit level, something a cultivated carpenter could maybe not do without! Quite nifty for hanging up a straight levelled painting or a full length mirror before a night out, or for a spring home makeover. I'm a sucker for a two in one gadget, The bottle is designed for an emotional, strong and self-confident man who doesn’t waste his time. 

BY ART LEBEDIVE STUDIO

FREJA REVERIE

A lovely ode to Freja Beha Erichsen, caught in a backstage momento, a beautifully captured illustration by Martha at Art Visuella.  
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Elza Stirna

MISS DIOR COUTURE 

I was dawdling around the blogs of Fashion Frivolity and what not, and hit upon these juicy creative collages, created by Elza Stirna on her blog called MissDIOR Couture  amount of times I have spelt couture wrong is comical, I thank spell checker!.Elza provides me the creative juices to clean up my Photoshop skills, and experiment more and I thought I will share her creations with you all.........................

Go Here to feast on more of her collages. 
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Illustrator Anja Nolte

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Yvette Yang Font Face

Folks 

Don't worry this is not a Death Threat! or Hate message......Dutch designer Yvette Yang has created a typeface by combining images from fashion magazines. Yvette updates her Fashion font twice a year for each new fashion season. Yvette collected images from fashion collection books and magazines, and did collage work. She's done a fab job.

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Connie Lim Illustrations

Shuffle the Cards 

Connie Lim, fashion designer and illustrator creates beautiful collection of drawings in glamorous playing card themes, deriving inspiration from aged buildings and her love of Pugh to her feminine images and pieces. Connie has a gift in creating animated fashion sketches appearing edgy and dazzling. 

Art was always one of my favourite subjects and A guilty conscience always needs to confess. A work of art is a confession! 
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