This morning Michael Jackson died, and I have been running the gamut of emotions remembering my childhood as an avid MJ fan. I think it was when I was about four that I became fixated on him, and I remember that my uncle Pete had brought up his Thriller album on a visit from Melbourne…
All posts in June 2009
YouTube videos that made me cry today
I am quite the choir nerd – This is Perpetuum Jazzile covering Toto’s Africa completely a cappella, even creating the rain and thunder from clicks, knee slaps and jumping on the stands. Amazing. Yes, I’m gay. It amazes me when people reduce a gay person down to every stereotype they’ve ever heard because it somehow…
Help me find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes!
Hope: Diabetes Supplies Art by Manny Hernandez I was diagnosed at 17 with Juvenile Diabetes (now commonly known as Type 1 Diabetes because onset isn’t strictly confined to childhood) and this year marks my 11th year living with the condition. Last week Nick and I decided to take part in the Bridge to Brisbane fun…
La donna mascherata
A new piece (or, drainting! A drawing and a painting) for exhibiting, hopefully, if KILN still want me to participate in the Illustrators show coming up soon! I usually know I’m on the right track if a new piece scares the crap out of me, and this lady sure scared me on several occasions! Despite…
Back to basics
A line is all I need from Natalie Perkins on Vimeo. I decided I’d better start submitting drawings to things because I really ought to be promoting myself, and one of the first zines I wanted to submit to was the Underground Art School. The theme for the next issue is Simplicity/ Back to Basics,…
How to love yourself in 8 really hard steps
Body image has always been something I’ve been interested in and at uni it took the guise of identity and styling, or the ways in which individuals dress themselves in order to assume an identity. In my last 10 years as a fat woman who has never felt ashamed of being fat, I have thought…
Fashion can make you feel good about yourself, if you let it
I held my first ever clothing swap on Sunday, and even though the numbers were down it was still a success. Everyone took home something new (to them!) and we all had a fabulous time trying on clothes and shoes and making silly outfits. I got the idea from Screw Inner Beauty, in which Kate…
Etsy plus size fashion designer: jibrionline
I came across one of jibrionline‘s dresses on tumblr and was amazed that a) the model was plus plus sized (most plus size models are a US size 10 or 12!) and made me feel like the designer actually designed for fat bodies b) the standard of model and photography are incredible, and miles above…
The Vendor Client relationship
Design isn’t free; budget for it, love it, pet it and stroke it! This video points out that when you haggle or try to undercut a designer’s work (or any other service-based vendor), it’s like you’re asking for something for nothing. You wouldn’t ask a car salesman for a free car, and tell him it’d…
When I grow up I want to be a dessert chef
It seems heaps of people are getting in to MasterChef Australia and I try to watch it every few nights just to see if they’re being taught any new recipes, but often I completely forget. Despite this the show has inspired me to cook more desserty style dishes. I’ve been perfecting the cupcake thing for…