winnie COOPER

For the past week or so my boy and I have been obsessed

with The Wonder Years repeats; the MUSIC, the humour, Winnie Cooper!

I forgot how much I loved this show as a kid, and just how much

I wished I had Winnie's hair.

20 years later I still wish I had it.

the fine line of FASHION

  This one is an oldie that has just become new again!

Late last year I worked on some illustrations for the third issue of

beautiful UK publication, The Hub, which has just recently appeared on shelves.

You might remember the Couture series I worked on for issue two.

Click here for a reminder.

It was so lovely to work with them again on this piece entitled

"The Fine Line of Fashion"

which explores the relationship between art and fashion.

The brief itself was awesome:

Draw the pieces as though displayed in a gallery/museum space.

So, as you can see, we have sculpted, statuesque ladies modelling

Armani Privé Couture from the S/S 2011 collection:

I have so much fun working with The Hub.

I'm lucky to love so many of the jobs that I get to work on, but I have to confess

that no job is more exciting then one that involves illustrating Couture!

I hope you all had a great weekend.

x

CARA HO

 

Earlier this year I worked on an illustration for stylist, Cara Ho.

The website has recently gone live so I can finally share!

The brief on this one was 'transformation' which we conveyed

through the idea of a butterfly breaking free from its cocoon.

This also worked for us visually as the butterflies could 'carry'

accessories over to our Cara Ho girl.

So happy with how this turned out,

I hope you guys like it!

x

bonjour GIRL

Another job I worked on earlier this year ties into my previous post about Union.

After working with Hiro and Dodo on the magazine, Dodo asked if I would like to create

an illustration for the new girls line she was creative directing

for Tokyo store Bonjour Records.

The new store opened up in Shinjuku Lumine while I was in Tokyo, so amazingly

I got to see my illustration applied to the store fit outs and products in person!

It was such a buzz, Lumine is such a gorgeous department store.

I had so much fun working with these guys, and so happy with how it turned out.

I even scribbled a little note on the wall <3

A huge thanks to my gorgeous pal Ally of Who Killed Bambi

for styling and modelling the Bonjour tee for me!

Visit her blog here for more style magic:

The Unknown Pleasures

Hope you like.
x

UNION

One of the projects I had the opportunity to work on earlier in the year

was a contribution to brand new fashion magazine Union,

founded by co-editors Hiroyuki Kubo and Chiharu Dodo.

As stylists based in Tokyo, both Hiro and Dodo have the most

incredible credentials between them.

(Hiro was at one point assistant to Lula editor Leith Clark.)

Being their very first issue I could go by only their

mood boards / media kits as well as their respective styling work

to get an idea of the Union aesthetic.

However, when I arrived in Tokyo one of the first things I did was to seek

out a copy of the magazine, and I have to say it. is. BEAUTIFUL.

I am beyond proud to be one of the featured artists.

If I could compare it to anything for you I would say it's a grungey-ethereal

mix of Frankie, Lula and Russh.

I was lucky enough to meet up with Hiro and Nagisa (Union's make-up artist)

for lunch one gorgeous day in Omotesando, and their passion for creating beauty is infectious. 

(We also spotted illustrator/photographer Garance Doré in Harajuku

earlier that same day. Totally star-struck!)

I also met the super talented Dodo while in Tokyo, but that's for another post :)

I see huge things for this magazine, and I hope that we see it gracing the shelves

of Australian book-stores very soon!

(Magnation i'm looking at you!)

In the meantime you can order a copy via Amazon JP,
or just enjoy the preview below:

Hope you like.

X

P.S
I don't often post personal things,
however I have posted about her before, and shared
so many pictures of her on Instagram and the like, that I feel
it's okay to talk about it on my blog.
I lost my puppy, Megsy, on Monday.
Aside from my boy, she was the biggest love of my life,
and i'm going to miss her so much.
RIP my sweet girl x

JAPAN

So i'm back from Japan, and I had the best time.

So much to share over the next few weeks, a lot of which

relates to my trip, which is really nice.

I met some people that I had worked with previously,

which was such a nice experience.

I so rarely get the opportunity to meet the amazing talent that I get to collaborate

with so it was super special to do it.

I can't even begin to describe how inspiring a place Tokyo is.

It's an explosion of style, colour and beauty.

Lucky for me I have some really incredible jobs to get started on now that i'm home

so I can put all of this inspiration to good use.

So for now, please enjoy a few pictures from my travels.

(Namely an abundance of cherry blossoms, stationary, and magazines.)

SAYONARA & HAPPY EASTER

Well, that's it! I'm off on holidays for a few weeks

which i'll be spending in the BEAUTIFUL Japan!!!

A big thanks to those of you who bought prints in my little sale,

they should be finding their way to you really soon.

In the meantime my shop will be closed until I return at the end of the month.

Have a great few weeks and a very happy Easter.

(Note the pretty Easter gal from last year's trip to Tokyo Disneyland!)

Will have lots to share when I get back no doubt.

X

l'avion and CATE PARR

L'avion have teamed up with watercolour artist Cate Parr

for their next range of illustrated silk scarves.

This time it's famous exotic cities - think Morocco, Shanghai etc.

I'm already a huge fan of Cate's and even have some of her gorgeous artworks

in my home, some examples of which you can see above.

While the new lookbook isn't quite ready to make its debut just yet,

check out this STUNNING preview from the L'avion facebook page:

Ugh. The whole thing just makes me want to sigh.

I have a feeling i'll be adding to my growing collection.

Too lovely.

As an add, while shooting the lookbook for Cate's range they decided

to throw in a little shot with my 'Plume' scarf - turned turban -

to decorate the L'avion home page, as seen above.

I am RIDICULOUSLY in love with it.

How gorgeous is Phoebe? And that feather cape?

The whole thing is just perfection to me.

I have also made a sneaky little request to Jo to draw it.

It would be an illustration within an illustration!

It's illustration Inception!

There will be more to come on L'avion soon,

and i'm very excited about that!

Happy Wednesday hump-day!

x

the ATELIER-TO-GO GIRL

I recently had the pleasure of illustrating 'The Atelier Girl'

for the brand new fashion portal Atelier-To-Go.

Still in its early stages, it's set to become a premier

online shopping destination with the added bonus of styling

advice from some of the globes' best stylists.

The online shop is almost up and running, but in the meantime

check out their website and of course their blog,

Adventures of an Atelier Girl,

which is what I have been illustrating for!

It all looks super gorgeous and i'm excited to see what comes next.

IN OTHER NEWS:

I'm heading off to Japan next week, and because of this

I decided to hold a little sale over at my shop.

No harm in trying to raise a little extra spending money!

To receive 20% off ANYTHING just enter the

code word JAPAN upon checkout. Easy.

Sale ends midnight AEST Friday, 30th March.

www.birdyandme.etsy.com

Happy Shopping!

x

ARIES

Back on top of the Girlfriend posts!

This lady is of course little Miss Aries.

As I said below I think she's my favourite of all of my GF illos so far.

Maybe it's the pastels, but I find myself wanting her scarf, her boots AND her hair.

If only I could draw these things into existence!

You can find this latest illustration inside the April edition of

Girlfriend, with the stunning Jennifer Lawrence on the cover.

Has anyone read or seen The Hunger Games?

I've been hearing so much about it and people swear by the books.

I loved JL in Winter's Bone, so i'm sure she's great in this film.

I just need to decide whether to read all of the books before I see it!

Happy Friday to you all, enjoy the weekend.

x