interests: dandyism, fashion & costuming, gothic beauty, ancient & medieval history, sci-fi & fantasy anything, baseball, Latin, westerns, archery, yaoi, cats, red hair, black eyeliner, Macs, dressing like an insane asylum escapee, sleep, and eggs florentine. I have a great (and obvious) affection for gender study and revolution.
artistic inspirations: lace, ruffles, ribbons, frock coats, tailcoats, top hats, thigh-high boots, platform shoes, corsets, stockings, long hair, leather, eyeliner, gloves, collars, stripes, armwarmers. 10th-12th centuries; 17th-19th centuries. femininity in masculinity and masculinity in femininity; genderfucks and genderbenders; hermaphrodites and androgynes; crossdressing and beautiful men. if women are hot in menswear, men are damn hot in women's clothes, too.
style: Japanese shojo manga/anime crossed with Disney animation; or stylized realism; or all-out full-blown realism.
tools:0.7mm mechanical pencil; erasers. Hilroy sketchbooks (Strathmore if I am feeling fancy). acrylic or watercolour paints. Photoshop CS3; Wacom tablet. MacBook & OS X. |
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favourite artists: Thomas Canty, Aubrey Beardsley, Alphonse Mucha, Edward Gorey, JW Waterhouse, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Victoria Frances, Ayami Kojima, You Higuri, Lee So-Young, Hans Holbein, Kat Von D, Amy Brown
favourite authors: Storm Constantine, Guy Gavriel Kay, Neil Gaiman, Ellen Kushner, Jacqueline Carey, PG Wodehouse, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
favourite movies: Serenity, Stage Beauty, Breakfast on Pluto, Wilde, V for Vendetta, The Magnificent Seven, Moulin Rouge, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Matrix, Sunshine, Interview with the Vampire, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Prestige, Pan's Labyrinth
favourite tv shows: Firefly, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Monty Python's Flying Circus, I Dream of Jeannie, HBO's Rome, M*A*S*H, MythBusters, LA Ink, Project Runway, WKRP in Cincinnati, What Not to Wear, Star Trek, Mantracker, Bonanza, Futurama, Stargate SG-1, Robin of Sherwood
favourite music: Placebo, Mew, HIM, VNV Nation, Emilie Autumn, Loreena McKennitt, Blutengel, Enigma, Blackmore's Night, Assemblage 23 |