If I had a dollar for every time...
+ I've reapplied my lipstick
+ I've smashed my bike into my shins
+ I've apologised to a customer at work when it wasn't warranted
+ I've had to spell out my surname multiple times to a person
+ I've seen women in gym clothes buying chocolate at my work
+ I've stayed up past 2am by accident
+ I've stuck a stamp on an envelope
+ I've watched my favourite soccer team lose
+ I've ruined my nail polish within seconds of painting my nails
+ I've started a book and not finished it
+ My cat has woken me up to let him out by knocking objects off the furniture in our room

...I'd be a wealthy girl.

I made this series of collages for a drawing assignment for my 'Drawing The Body' class last semester. I hate drawing bodies and I took the class as a bit of a challenge for myself. One of the assignments was a self directed project that we were to work on outside of class for the 13 weeks and then submit at the end. I decided to draw silhouettes with poses that were a little out of the ordinary. I like the idea that a bunch of information might be able to be conveyed through a flat black silhouette and a bit of body language. I assigned each silhouette a colour and a song as a title. The collages were made using my collection of paper scraps, a pair of scissors and a glue stick on white card - then I scanned the images into Photoshop (to, um, edit out the bits of cat hair stuck all over them!).  

I'm thinking of getting them printed as sets of postcards - what do you think?


+ title: "call to arms" - beirut

+ title: "step into my office baby" - belle & sebastian

+ title: "fight for your right" - the beastie boys


+ title: "pregnant for the last time" - the smiths

+ title: "dog" - andy bull

+ title: "sundress" - ben kweller

+ title: "brick shithouse" - placebo

If you happen to be in my hometown of Newcastle in the next month or two, you might see prints of these collages in a lovely little shop called the Chop Shop Clinic. 

I'm a bit behind on my 100 Ideas but I've been looking forward to starting it up again.
This week I chose the idea: Draw all of the things in your purse/bag.
I've been trying to practice drawing with my graphics tablet. I'm still working on my technique. My parents have this graphics tablet which is pretty much my dream!




What are you carrying around with you?

+ walking to tamar island on a field trip

+ hanging pompoms from our picnic around our house
+ cleaning as therapy
+ scrubbing ink off my hands after a fun printing class
+ colour coordination
+ appreciating the little things that make living in tasmania so lovely
+ making new friends at uni
+ pastel nail polishes
+ eating trail mix on a long walk
+ disconnecting from facebook for a few days
+ waking up to my cat sandwiched between us and him really not wanting to wake up
+ milkbar's pesto, mushroom & mozzarella sandwiches
+ market fossicking
+ actually enjoying uni readings
+ brainstorming travel ideas
+ sharing chocolate around at work