The time for mischief!
Three weeks worth of Illustration Fridays. Whoopsies!
I grew up with Enid Blyton, and I love how the Magic Faraway Tree could speak to the children through its leaves and branches: “wisha, wisha, wisha, wisha!”
So sue me. I thought of Joker.
For the indecisive person, this is a nightmare.
It’s December, and it’s the month for the jolly, rotund old man. ‘Nuff said. You can probably tell when one is a designer—we tend to try avoiding the literal meaning at all costs…
Am very late with this prompt, but I had the idea as soon as I saw the word last Friday. Meh. I’m a very indecisive person—my head is full of rationales as to why I should do this and why I shouldn’t do that. The lazy typography is pretty telling, huh? But this isn’t a full-fledged work; it’s spontaneous and fun and breaks all the rules. 
Just a little bit late, but it took me a while to do this one. I had a lot of fun with this one though—I have sooo missed collaging!
Initially I was going to be cheeky by having a woman with a very ample bosom being poked with a needle to deflate her “pretend” boobs—my first thought upon reading the prompt was, faking. Faking personalities. Faking body parts. Dualities. Stereotypes. Being someone you’re not. Recently there was an article on how Victorian women supposedly love getting “work” done on their bodies (yeah, well, not me; I have neither the courage nor the expense). I was appalled, but morbidly fascinated. So the feminist in me was lamenting again how we constantly bow down to societal pressure: drinking from the font of eternal youth and beauty to please our superficial selves or to win the attentions of men and women alike (mostly men, har). I went for a sarcastic, sardonic approach, but not entirely losing the mischief. I was inspired by the work of Jonathan Hernandez, who makes beautiful collages out of newspaper cut-outs. I haven’t glued down the elements so as to make them seem to “jump off” the page, but I’ve considered the composition in the second stage of photographing it, giving another dimension to the static imagery.
Right, well, I promised comic reviews didn’t I? It’ll have to be tomorrow instead. 
Yes, after nearly 2 years of not participating in Illustration Friday, I am back in full swing.
Whenever I think of someone wise, I think of them as having attained a certain self-awareness, or being completely at ease with their lot in life. That’s a point at which you’ve become wiser.
I haven’t painted for a while. I bought some new inks a couple weeks at the uni bookshop; they don’t seem all that different from my gouache paints, although the texture feels nicer. Reminder to self to buy more indian ink.
I'm Jen, an Honours student, graphic designer and artist from Melbourne, Australia. Eveninghour is a humble home for me to display things that inspire me and an opportunity to rant and rave about art, design, craft, books, film and other facets of popular culture. I have a fanlisting collective which currently houses 20 fanlistings, and also a portfolio featuring my professional work.
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