Poppy the Powerful

A homage to Poppy French.

It's finally happened, she's got a website! Visit www.poppyfrench.com to check out her online portfolio and if that wasn't enough you can see her blog at www.poppyfrench.blogspot.com. Seeing her work in a growing collective you can really appreciate the fantastic creations this girl is putting out!

Here are a few of my personal favorites:

Daze-Ray

Last night I went to an exhibition in the Jewellery Quarter held by two friends -Daisy Whitehouse and Murray Somerville- from my course who study illustration. They've come together through a collaberation to bring you this great collection of work that is definately worth going to check out. Everything is for sale, as well as badges, posters, zines, teddy bears and t-shirts!

Cropped by Quasimi

Quasimi have made a video and in it is a cropped top for men covered in metal plates. I love it! I think it's hugely sexy and would love for guys to wear such things this summer. The heat is on, it's time for guys to explore their fashionable side.

Oxford Fashion Week

Again it's been a while since I blogged, but university, busy blah blah. However I would like to blog more. A little while ago I was asked by Sarah-Elizabeth Cooper to come down to Oxford Fashion Week. It was really cool to see young designers and their collections, especially at such an unusual location -by a river in a boat house, with punts outside. The evening was full of energy and well organised by a great group of girls! I recorded the event, which you can now see on my YouTube Channel.

Homunculus

I like taking self portraits and it's something I would like to explore further as I don't really take many pictures of myself. Gavin from Irregular Attraction put up a competition called Pretty Different where he wanted people to send in their make-up pictures. I decided to head down to the studio and make a self portrait. As always the studio was fully booked, but also as usual it was empty so I just grabbed an empty space and set to work. I had intended to make something 'pretty different' to this but I ran out of time. I also recorded it so check out the video too (Right click and watch on youtube until I get my blog width sorted out!).
As a fan of animes such as Full Metal Alchemist this reminds me of a homunculus or some kind of creature. I'd love to be able to have skin that colour!