Rag Doll, livin' in a movie.

These beautifully crafted Rag dolls are made by the wonderful Rai of Blargle Fargle. Where she blogs about life as a uni student, cute artwork, lovely photos and her love for fashion.She also does almost daily outfit posts where Rai is nearly always wearing a lovely dress or really kitsch jewellery. I first found Rai's cute little blog thanks to her rags dolls another wonderful blogger Claire of French for Cupcake who did a little post on what she does and everything, just like that I'm almost doing now!




Rai's little rag doll of herself. There really adorable!

Another little drawing of another blogger (but I'm not sure who! sorry)

A selection of Rai's rag dolls.

As far as I am aware these could either be drawn in pencil then scanned into photoshop to colour and edit. Or alternatively Rai may quite possibly draw these beauty's all on photoshop or some from of editing software, She is a a talented lady indeed and also a lovely girl. How rai creates the rag dolls is that you can send her an image of you and she will draw you as a little doll! I think they really cute and quirky way of portraying yourself or showing a different side of yourself across your blog. I am very tempted to have one made as they truly are adorable.In my opinion the mood of these pieces is innocent they also show a child like and fun perspective, which makes these a joy to look at.

What do you all think of the ever so wonderful Rai's cute little rag dolls?

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Picture me with you but you couldn't do it.

This is Alice Rose Verney she a freelance illustrator who primarily focus's her talents on fashion and lifestyle. She uses a lot of mixed media, mainly collage and experimental photography which includes traditional and digital . Alice enjoys experimenting with new techniques and media which had led her to hugely developing her individual style of illustration.

With Alice's work I really admire her use of fabric incorporated with the pencil sketches. And how she likes to mix it up between photography, drawing, fabrics and papers. In my own work i would very much wish to take inspiration from Alice by using a stronger mix of media as well as adding pieces to the more traditional sketches I produce. I have taken inspiration from some of Verney's work with a piece which is in my file.

Alice Rose Verney tends to combine traditional and digital by originally hand sketching out the shape and basic structures of her piece out, then by scanning it into a photo editor (which could be photoshop) She has been known to edit magazine or 'clown' head onto the models bodies showing how Alice plays with scale. In my opinion I perceive some of Verney's work as quite dark. Such as the clown and deformed faces she uses for a range of her work, to some people it may be seen as disturbing to others original it just depends on your taste?

These to bottom Images are my favourite style of Alice's work. She says on her website that she realised early on that doing collage was her calling and that as she developed her own personal style she realised it was one of her biggest strengths. Alice Verney also likes to play with the positioning of the anatomy and repetition. Which is extremely clear when you look at her almost x-ray like collages. On the mood of Alice's work i see her collages here as almost glowing? or midnight by this I mean like glow in the dark . It also views as possibly a rave or techno style.

What do you all think of Alice Verney? Is she your cup of tea?

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Can you get fashion in a can?

This post is all about a new illustrator I found while searching for another illustrator of the same name (confusing I know). So this is Natalie Hugh's I am unsure if she is the Natalie Hugh's I was searching for but she will certainly do.

Natalie lives in London with her ever increasing wardrobe which is buckling at the seams. she works as a writer by day and by night she draws wafer slim girls in expensive outfits. Which Natalie all documents beautifully on her blog Canned Fashion. (http://www.cannedfashion.com)
She also draws everything from pugs with rabbit styled ears to designer garments. ( you can see them on her flickr here http://www.flickr.com/photos/nataliehughes ) she uses a mix of pen, ink and photoshop. For the photo editing she edits in pattern and block colour as seen on these two lovely examples of her work which i 'borrowed' off her own drawing page on her blog. In my opinion I think her illustrations envisage a mood of innocent and simplicity but with a splash of glamour. By the term simplicity i do not mean her drawing are plain but the structure oh her 'models' is simple clean lines so all the detail and attention is kept on the garments which the girls in the drawing are wearing.

I am very much looking forward to seeing the outcome of Natalie's blog in the future!

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