This week has been heavily graphics orientated, I’ve been doing a lot of photoshop work and my board reflects that. I’ve been especially into nature inspired and colourful themes and would love to experiment with more compositing techniques. I’m hoping to send the new series of images I’ve been working on to a magazine but there is a fun preview on my facebook page.
This week has been about long, pastel blue hair, quartz and accessories.
I’m late writing this post (as with most of my posts), but I needed to share this magical project.
Winter themes really inspired me this year and I wanted to bring together elements from fairy tales, wildlife documentaries and fashion in a shoot.
This was the second project I shot in collaboration with Katelizabeth photography who came to Manchester for an intense couple of days of almost constant shooting. She did a great job re-arranging the set, directing the models and editing the finished images and was a total pleasure to work with. I’m sure she will be up to great things in the future.
The point was mainly to show off my creations for Eustratia but I styled it with some wintery items from my personal collection as well as some specially made headpieces to complete the look.
I bought the props mainly to use in an upcoming show with a similar theme but I think they really made the set, Kate did a great job of arranging them as well!
And for those of you who don’t know, this in my beautiful friend, Amber AKA Sapphire Black, if you follow my work you will have seen her before.
I particularly love this images because of the composition and the fact that it shows the whole set. I had been searching for a new front page image for www.eustratia.co.uk for a while and I decided to use this one.
I also made the headpieces for this shoot, which gave me a welcome break from working solely in latex. I have made antler headbands and bunny ears plenty of times before but the crowns were definitely something new for me and I really enjoyed working on them. I hope to have time to work on more special pieces and props this year. One of my goals is to create as complete an image as possible through my shoots and to keep my personal projects as close to the original idea as possible.
The wonderful make up in the images was provided by Laura Wilson. She is super talented and I hope to collaborate with her again this year. One of her best qualities is being able to realise somebody else’s vision as well as just her own, I find a lot of MUAs have a problem with this. She can also work well with different styles of make up while still retaining her signature.
My Christmas day outfit accessories (most were presents).
1. Little deer phone case £2.65 ebay.
2. Black rabbit necklace H&M (gift)
3. crystal suede cuff Topshop (gift)
4. pocket watch necklace (gift)
5. Religion royalty clutch £40
I didn’t add the antlers but I make them so just get in touch if you’d like to commission a pair, they are available in various colours and finishes.
I’m actually quite organised this year and have done most of my Christmas shopping already! I enjoy picking out presents for people as much as I enjoy compiling lists of what I’d like myself and that’s what makes posts like this so fun.
I don’t think an adult can ever be as excited about Christmas as a child and that’s why I always make sure I ask for some fun things to bring back those memories instead of just boring stuff like money, work stuff and driving lessons (which I did actually ask for this year).
1. grey coloured contacts. £15 www.turtlecontacts.co.uk I thought these would be fun to use for shoots, I get bored of my eye colour sometimes.
2. Lindt stracciatella truffles. You can’t have Chrismas without chocolate! I usually list the white ones as my favourite but stracciatella sounds even better!
3. Peal trim earmuffs £12 topshop. I wear earmuffs a lot in winter because they keep your ears warmer and don’t mess up your hair as much as a hat. I thought these were funny because of the pearls.
4. Bligtone eyeshadow in purple haze. This is listed at £16 online but I’m sure it was under £10 last time I got some from boots.
5. Black facet headband £2 ebay. Simple and cheap, headbands are always useful when I’m working.
6. flocked damask leggings £20 Dorothy perkins
7. goldstone saddle plugs £5 urbanpiercingshop.co.uk I really love the colour of these but I think my bf already bought me on and he thought it looked black which is a shame :(.
8. Quartz & silver wire ring $22 bluembrownie on etsy I’ve wanted a silver ring with a big stone or crystal for ages and it’s so hard to find nice ones that don’t cost the earth.
9. skull and flowers plug £10 uk custom plugs. Not usually my sort of thing but I really fancy these for a change.
10. shattered look crystal quartz plugs £10 urbanpiercingshop.com
11. triple septum ring and iridescent plate nose stud honeycomborganics.com . Really like both of these but they were quite expensive and from an American site so I hope to find something similar from somewhere easier to order from.
12. Just realised I have 2 number 12s! studded leather shorts £48 and tie dyes velvet leggings (so comfy) £20 topshop.
13. Jeffrey Campbell Holy . £150.
14. lazer cut shoes £120 topshop
15. Deer washbag £15 randomvintage.co.uk
16. too faced nake eye palette £30 boots (or less on ebay sometimes) Really need to replace this one, it was useful.
17. Little deer iphone case £4 ebay. My current case is pretty dead so I need a new one.
18. contour palette. £15 ebay. Always wanted one of these but never got round to buying it.
19. flocked storage boxes £10 ebay. Been watching these since the summer, I think it’s time…
20. snowflake iphone case $35 society6.com I totally need to get on society6 when I have some time to sort it out!
21. Adjustable mannequin sizes 8-14. £120 ebay. This would be really useful for making clothes, shame it doesn’t currently fit anywhere at the moment.
22. Shabby chic bin. £20 ebay. Everyone thinks I’m crazy for wanting this but not having a nice bin instead of a red plastic one that stands out like a sore thumb would really make a difference in my room.
23. Unicorn purse and beauty products £36 candycandyjewellery.com Not only is the purse cute but the products are colours that I would wear!
24. Mini chest of drawers £18.95 allofmyheart.co.uk These would be perfect to sit on my shelf for some extra storage space.
25. socks £5 topshop. Socks are a classic xmas present and these looked particularly nice and comfy.
Wow, so that look longer than expected! I’m supposed to be making my Eustratia Christmas hamper samples so I better get back to work!
Writing lists is exciting even thought you know that you probably won’t get most of what’s on there but it’s always interesting to compare afterwards :).
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