Sugar Skull Masks

made some masks today :) i cant seem to find any skull models so ive used these white costume masks instead :) going to get a load more so i can do different colours (rather than just black and red :) )

But halloween is around the corner so i should beable to find skulls everywhere ^_^

New projects (and on-going)

I have now got a million different projects that i have on the go; i just got a cross stitch pattern for a sugar skull so i want to do the first one on a canvas and then have a go at making some cushion covers. I also need to try get some more skulls to make some more sugar skulls :)

If i ever get some time off work i am going to go home and make a screen printing table with my dad so i can do some prints of my skulls quickly :) Once i have done all this i hope to put some of my work on etsy. and see if there is any interest in my work, even if i only make my money back will be nice to see if there is any interest.

Ok well thats it for now just a quick update now to get back to a million things :)

Tattoo

I already have a similar design on my right leg but on my left i want a similar tattoo but instead of a full skull i want half a womans face, classic pin up looking face :) so i have been drawing a few ideas and this is the one i am happiest with :)

I havent coloured it all in as im not too sure how i want it yet but im sure my tattoo artist can help me with that, and also this wouldnt be exactly what i get tattooed as it needs slight touch ups to it :)

(origional tattoo design wont upload for some reason but there is a link to it hear: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1014958&op=21&o=global&view=global&subj=1063399854&id=1063399854

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1014957&op=21&o=global&view=global&subj=1063399854&id=1063399854 )

Tarina Tarantino

One of my all time favorite jewelry designers, I found some of her designs when i was about 17 and i have been obsessed ever since, shame i dont have loads of money :)

As i have a love for hello kitty and pink hair im sure it wasnt long before i found her :) I have a few pieces of her pink head collection and some of her older pieces which i managed to find on ebay. My favorite is my black pink head hair clip which i have turned into a necklace and wear everyday :) (my tattoo guy thinks i should get it tattooed as it looks like me lol)

But anyway the point of this post lol she is a huge inspiration to me, eventhough she is not a graphic designer, jewelry design is something i have always been interested in and i do try make a lot of stuff myself. All her original jewelry was made from old watches and luckily it took off and she got noticed and over the years has developed a very unique style, it may not look like it now but she was one of the first people i saw making jewelry this way :)

Hear are some of my favorite pieces :) cant go wrong with skulls, swarovski crystals and some glitter ^_^

Her jewelry is worn by many famous people, i think a lot of her success in earlier years came from these people wearing it. I first saw it on Paris Hilton, and as i love trashy celebrities had to find out what it was :)

Jeffree Star

Paris Hilton

Hanna Aitchison

http://www.tarinatarantino.com

:)

Sugar Skull Inspiration

I really want to make some wedding themed skulls, theres quite a lot online but i think it would be fun to use lots of different materials. Hear is just a few things i have found so i can look at colours and layout for pieces :)

July-August

Wow havent updated this in a while.. working 6 days a week will do that tho i guess! lol

Working on a day of the dead inspired project at the moment, not the zombies tho, the mexican festival. I read something about it a few years ago and have loved it ever since, so much i have a gypsy/sugar skull tattooed on my left thigh :)

I have started drawing onto skulls i found on google to get an idea of what i want to create, as i fail misrably at drawing skulls from scratch but this is something im working on. I also have some polystyrene skulls which i have painted, have took some photos for hear but will take some better ones soon.

I want to do this so my friends faces too, so hopefully i can get some clear photographs of there faces to do this with.

Hopefully can get this all done in the next week or so as i have recently become obsessed with Michael Hussar's work and am looking into doing some paintings in his style.