Etch-a-Sketch

Preliminary sketches for my Holiday 2010 illustrations (making a lil story about the DEIVIE girl :) ... will be complete in a few weeks! will be using guache (per usual!)

working soundtrack = "make me wanna die" by the pretty reckless 

RATTLE RATTLE

my friend's new band, Red Rattles, has this great song that's lyrics are so on point regarding.. well, ...everything

it's called "Shame Getting Used to a Good Thing"

great line:
"I don't get lonely, but I miss you all the time..."

sort of hints at my ideal - "the idea of him" -- for, what we end up missing most is the comfort-level, the assurance that comes with being used to something. Something that, in memory, was good; something that you are not certain will return.

another line, "I miss you so bad... I can't put you down," seems to define our wildly selective memories. of course we remember primarily the wonderful -- with so limited space in our minds to remember every minute detail why would one choose to recall the blitzed, blue? and those rosy tinted remembrances make it impossible for us not to miss what once was there.

an EXTREME optimist (externally), i complete agree with banishing all bad memories from existence - dwelling on darkness is wasted space. However, i think sometimes, as I reflected in "Part 1: HONEST" of "The Idea of Him," recalling the worst can be funny... and for the best.

because although it IS a shame getting used to a good thing, if the good thing isn't permanent, then maybe it wasn't/isn't really all good? yes there was reckless faith but was there also fury?

Check out Red Rattles music and buy the EP here!
http://redrattles.bandcamp.com/

T.I.O.H - Part One

Speechless Speaking

Stage 1 of my new work! It will be quite entertaining/is the brashest project i've ever embarked upon (as you will soon see)-- it came to me in a flurry while I was working on Tuesday. anxiety has always fueled my ideas (as I get most of them when working out = anxiety tipping point = ultimate clarity) ... ... so i suppose that means that, to me, stress = relief (on which note - i definitely recommend the song "relief" by Chris Garneau - extremely relaxing/dismal in a soothing way...)

The Idea of Him

"i can't believe how you looked at me with your james dean glossy eyes, with your tight jeans, and your long hair, and your cigarette stained lies..." -- Lady Gaga, Speechless

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follow me on twitter at @bliss23 and @DEIVIE!

my musings can be mildly wildly entertaining past 2 am :)

making linesheets/working on my latest art venture - a short series called "the idea of him" ... should be complete next wk!!!

HIRST + HAYWORTH = HOLIDAY

see where I found inspiration for the DEIVIE holiday line!!! :) am madly in love with miles aldridge's fashion photography -- it's simultaneously eerie and lovely ... seems to be the theme....


Inspired by the photography of Miles Aldridge (particularly his La Manege Enchante series featuring lovely pastel ponies), Damien Hirst's "Spot" series, and the elegantly exquisite Rita Hayworth, the Holiday 2010 Collection is filled with statement pieces stamped with feminine details and delicate sparkle.

MUSINGS of a MECHA

sometimes the brightest things have the darkest meanings

ie:

"Controlled Substances," Damien Hirst

DEIVIE DANCE

Promo Shoot - Soho

video coming soon!

it's magical and dark and dazzling

DEIVIE's New Clothes!!!

My line is finally complete -- go to http://www.deivie.com/ to see all the editorials & lookbook shots (all courtesy of photog extraordinaire Zach Hyman!) !!!

and yes -- those gorgeous (and handsome!) models are all of my lovely friends -- who so graciously gave up their time to shoot (at our fav downtown spot - SOUTHSIDE !) ...

illustrations to come this wk :)