These drawings by Inga Birgisdóttir are beautifully rendered while the subject matter walks the line between endearing and off putting which I suppose is why I'm intrigued. No one likes to see a wounded animal but I suppose if you're going to see one, these are quite beautiful. (Please excuse the terribly cheesy title. I couldn't help myself.)
I have found true love in the field of Costume Design and although Fashion Design will always be my first love, Costuming has quite literally swept me off my feet. Costume design is the art of creating a look that portrays a certain character or that helps a performer tell a certain story.
Costume production is the actual making of the aforementioned costumes. I find costuming is like a mix of fashion and literature and I think this is why it appeals to me so much. So some of you have expressed interest in the field and since I really want to work on my skills, I have decided to do blog posts on how I would style characters from different plays, movies and productions. Some of the productions may be popular ones you can recognise or they may be less expected or more unusual ones e.g ideas for a music video. Some of the posts will be more fashion history centric while others will be more modern and directly applicable to you if you want to add a bit of drama to your style.If you have any productions you would like me to do leave a comment about it below, or email me at aury4eva@gmail.com. I'm so excited about this and I hope you are too, my loves.
Ophelia from William Shakespeare's Hamlet:
Time period and place I would set it in:
Late 19th Century England
Plot summary: Can be found here, but basically Hamlet is a play about a young prince who's father is killed by his own brother, a brother who soon goes on to marry his late brother's widow and become king. Hamlet figures out the truth and proceeds to seek vengeance on his uncle, all the while losing his mind in the process and hurting people he loves, because of his high level of anxiety.
Character Summary: Ophelia is an innocent, naive and beautiful girl who is in love with Hamlet. She is hurt by Hamlet's sometimes rash behavior and is strictly obedient to her father's word. She lets him control her life and when he tells her to break off her relationship with Hamlet she does so, despite the fact she still cares for him. Then, when Hamlet in his crazed state kills her father, she is pushed over the edge and loses her mind. She begins to spend her days picking flowers and singing nonsensical songs until she drowns herself in a river.
Key words to describe her: sweet, innocent, young, naive, immature, delicate, unstable, crazy, in touch with nature, and broken.
Key elements to Ophelia's Style:
Beautiful pastel dresses
Frills, ruffles and lace
Floral and small polka dot prints
Flower headbands and flower-accented bonnets
Exquisite elbow length fingerless gloves,
Bows and sashes
Pretty fans and sun umbrellas
Slightly pale, natural looking make-up with emphasis on pretty pink/red lips except in drowning scene, when dishevelled hair with leaves and branches caught in it and deathly dull make-up are featured.
P.S. So let me know what you think. Have you read Hamlet? How would you style Ophelia?What period would you set the play in? What elements of her style would you/do you incorporate into yours? Feel free to let me know in the comments below.
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Alex Jones welcomes to the show Joe Rogan to discuss the importance of Dimethyltryptamine or more commonly known as DMT. Anyone that has experianced a lucid dream or have done an extracted form of DMT knows just how important this subject is. It has been said that when you are awake you only use 10% of your brain, but when your asleep I belive your Third eye is wide open and you are using more of your brain than you ever will in your life! the only other time your mind will be that open and that recepive is when you die and wake up from this reality and become that cosmic one consciousness that is the universe, what if we are all a part of God's dream and just dont know it, what if all of this is only a dream and when you die you really wake up? Have you ever experianced a lucid dream? What are these dreams trying to tell us, or show us?, they embed a very deep and prowerful meaning, what that meaning is, is up to you, and how you interpret it. what if you could dream with your eyes open? _VALIS1974 record date: 05-27-08
Morning! (well it was actually last night when i started this but gave up and went to bed....) Anyway, hideously overdue. I've been slack with the Aria posting but this week i'm back with my picks for the upcoming week...
Rank - Title - Remix - Artist - Label 1.Hello - Sidney Samson Remix - Martin Solveig - XXX 2.Let You Go -Original - Chase & Status - Universal 3.Miami 2 Ibiza - Ext Vocal Mix - Swedish House Mafia vs Tinie Temper - EMI 4.My Dj - Original - Dj Zinc & Benga feat Ms Dynamite - Hussle 5.Rockin High - Benny Benassi Remix - Fedde Le Grand - Asterix 6.Its Bigger Than Hip Hop UK - Original - WTF & Dead Prez - XXX 7. Sucker Punch - Original - GTRONIC - Dim Mak 8.Dirty Talk - Kim Fai Remix - Wynter Gordon - Neon
9.Brrrat - His Majesty Andre - Armand Van Helden & Steve Aoki - Dim Mak
10.Rollin Deep - Denzal Park Remix - D.O.N.S vs Seany B - XXX
11.Love Emulator - Club Mix - Lifelike XXX
12.Hold Me Back - BeatauCue Remix - Jaymo and Andy George feat J2K - Moda Music
13.Seek Bromance - Avici’s Vocal Extended - Tim Berg - Hussle
14.Stuka - Original - Stripper feat Sir Real - Hussle
15.Gottcha Feeling - Louis La Roche - Jam Xpress - One Love
16.I’m a Drum Machine - Rob Pix Mix- Denzal Park - Neon
17.Reach For The Lazers - Hump Day Project- Andy Murphy - One love
18.Drop Your Guard - Denzal Park Vocal Mix - Metals Illusive
19.Big Booty Bitches Ryan Riback Remix Bombs Away XXX
20.Louder (Put Your Hands Up) Laurent Wolf Remix Chris Willis XXX
First up, Martin Solveig teaming up with Dragonette for "Hello". This track began its life as an epic 8min viral youtube hit put out on Martin's own channel.
Whilst it's Sindey Samsons remix that i'm feeling on this one, peep the original versions official video.....and for those wanting to grab a copy you can purchase it exclusivly at Beatport HERE..
Pharell Williams of N*E*R*D: "The most exciting producers in the UK today"........that was the phrased used by Williams when describing Chase & Status and the duo's latest club slayer "Don't Let Go" on further goes to prove how fitting that statement is. Gospel style vocals compliment the heavy base instruments.....its Epic! Remix package is stella thanks to Nero, Brookes Brothers, Feed Me and also a VIP treatment from the guys themself.
Dj Zinc is back with a double A-side of pure crack house. Whilst the lead out track "Wile Out" is a cranker, couldn't go past My Dj for some wonky, wobble chart love.
Over the past few years, a guy from Antwerp, Belgium has been creating quite a stir amongst the rebel crowd of dark rough electro. Greg, famously known as GTRONIC, has crashed into the lives of many party goers around the world. His trademark: throbbing basslines and crackling sounds have brought him much sought after recognition and prestige in the underground electro scene. His latest offering "Sucker Punch" is a dark and nasty thumper!
Fedde Le Grand is back with the final piece of the wonderful 'Output' album puzzle, teaming up with his old pal Mitch Crown.
'Rockin' High' is an absolute stormer - a jumping, pumping, bass riden, high-octane big room house workout.
Remixes come from Italian maestro Benny Benassi (the kid can do no wrong!)and rising Dutch star Nicky Romero.Peep it and pump it loud!
On a side note, i've got a stash of near new commercial electro cd's up for sale on Ebay. feat Calvin Harris, The Presets, Diplo, Atrak, South Rakkas Crew etc. Peep my Ebay haul Here
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