la fille bertha

I've been totally obsessed with the feminine creations of Italian artist La Fille Bertha since discovering her on Instagram a few months ago. These luscious ladies adorn gorgeous prints in their polka dot collars and winged eyeliner; their pouting faces can also be spotted on buildings across Europe, where they are rendered larger than life and sometimes with animal bodies. The delicious combination of colors, patterns, and lines in La Fille Bertha's illustrations are soft yet strong, and I've even been considering getting one of the following as my next tattoo...

little lovers

Jenee Larson is one of my favorite illustrators, whose artwork portrays luscious tattooed girls with giant cat eyes in pretty underwear. As if this combination weren't dreamy enough, she adds glitter embellishments to many of her ultra-feminine creatures who sometimes reveal hairy legs beneath their pastel lingerie. Jenee is an adorable babe herself, and features an ever changing head of the most deliciously colored hair (as seen above). She also curates a beautiful blog on tumblr, which is one of my main sources for inspiration.

merry berry

My best friend who is home for Christmas drew herself and I to illustrate the subtle differences between us. People often ask if we're sisters! Party dresses and patent heels are in the near future but copius amounts of delicious food is what I'm most excited about right now. Happy Holidays to all of my readers!

you're the boss, applesauce

I'm in the process of assembling my Hamburglar ensemble for Halloween 2010, but have been reminiscing over costumes of yesteryears and admit that Andy Warhol (me) and Edie Sedgwick (Lisa) from awhile back still take the cake. They cost next to nothing and earned us a lot of compliments!

Warhol's early fashion illustrations (Vogue, Harper's Bazaar) are among my favorite inspirational doodles to be found in any of the art books I own. I'm always amazed and endlessly impressed by the aesthetics of simplicity as my own preferences have always involved adding more, and more, and more. I love the coziness of clutter, but these have always managed to leave me satisfied with just a couple of lines and a few details here and there.

     

     

     

I'm in your closet stealin' ur miu miu

I have just discovered Chelsea Magazine, and while it's available for online preview, cannot wait to get my hands on a tangible copy. Issue #2 features this feline spread by Elisabeth Moch, who is an absolutely amazing illustrator. LOLCats + editorial = OMG!!! My heart is beating fast.

sedmikrásky (1966)

Ree-Rosee

This title translates to "Daisies" and follows the shenanigans and hijinx of two Czech teenage girls who overindulge in food, alcohol, and the hearts of older men. Perhaps needless to say, it was banned by the communist government at the time. I'd been noticing bits and pieces of the film around tumblr as the set and costume design encompasses a lot of what I find aesthetically pleasing (especially when combined) including florals, ruffles, velvet, short skirts, lacy undies, magazine clippings, and the thickest of dark eyeliner. It's tough to say what is "sixties inspired" in any design discipline these days as so much of what was developed then has simply evolved and will never disappear from the mainstream, for good reason!

secretly in love

Rhea Evers

The theatre at my uni is showing one of Wes Anderson's flicks each Tuesday in March, which has been nice to look forward to. One of my favourite film scenes of all time is from The Royal Tenenbaums, and while it's infinitely more shiver inducing on the big screen I'd like to remind you all of this little gem (feat Nico's These Days):

PS Luke Wilson as Richie Tenenbaum is such a mega babe!

everything is nice

more illustration inspiration since I want to start drawing again this summer even if it kills me, which it actually might, but I figure there are worse things to die for...


Lie Dirkx


Caitlin Shearer


Daniel Guerrero


Lizzy Stewart


J. Lynn Larson