Saturday

This is the first thing I saw when I woke up this morning disgustingly hungover. Not a bad way to start the day!



Today has gone far too slowly. Now, I’m not normally one to complain about time going to slow, if anything I usually wish it would slow down. But when you’re far too tired to function and too reluctant to sleep, it can be quite tedious! Anyway I managed to do some more scanning this evening. Here are a couple of my favourite parts of some old sketches..i really need to get round to doing some new ones.







This is the one I’ve been working on most recently, I need to get on and get it finished. You can't tell because I've cropped it close, but in real life this is about half the size.

Today i had some new photos taken for my clothing company! These are only a couple but i had to re-do a bunch of old ones which i looked pretty terrible in! Okay so i know the first one is a bit sexual for a clothing company but it started off being just a casual shoot for my friend's photography, but then i decided i might aswell use it anyway.



This is one of my favourite jackets that i sell. It's not one of the ones i actually make myself, but oh well i like it anyway. And it's so so soft inside, gorgeous cotton fleece! :)



Oh and i found another biro sketch to show you, i did half of this one sitting in the fields near my dads house and then finished it sitting on the hills overlooking my house. I don't know why i always need to be sitting in the open air in order to do these drawings considering they're not drawn from life. But i guess i just have to get outside in order to feel inspired, considering i spend my entire day (every day) sitting in my room staring at a computer screen!

More Fairies

Right I finally figured out how to use my scanner, so today I can show a few more of my drawings without them looking too crappy. The first one is another really old one, but I quite like her so I thought I might as well show you anyway. I did this one using a standard black ball point pen, which sometimes I like because the contrast between the dark of the pen and the white of the page looks very sharp but it’s pretty difficult getting any other tones with the pen, (although quite a fun challenge!)




This second one is a much more recent drawing, although it isn’t my own design, I drew it from these fairy tarot cards that my mum gave me years ago called “Healing with the Fairies” by Doreen Virtue. As you can see I never really got round to finishing it and I messed up the perspective a bit (a lot) but I enjoyed doing it all the same. I did this one when I first moved to Brighton, the first two weeks of living here I was alone, I had no internet-so no connection with the outside world and I didn’t know a soul who lived anywhere near. Drawing was about all I had to keep me (partially) sane.

Red and Black Manga Bags

I just realised that the style and colours of the first picture that I just posted is so similar to these bags! Not that I copied them or anything! I drew these way before I started selling clothes. But looking at the drawing made me think of the bags.

Two More (VERY) Old Drawings by Me

Considering the lovely positive feedback I received from my biro sketches, I thought I’d share with you a couple more. These two are much much older and I think I was a bit disturbed at the time because they are fairly gruesome and depressing in comparrison to lovely, happy, cheery fairies!





It's also quite hard to see all the detail clearly in these pictures, i need to learn how to use my scanner, rather than take photos of work! I also really need to get on and do some more pictures, I wish there were more hours in the day! *Mental note-replace evening “movie watching time” with “art time”!

Old Photography and Art

Sunday morning and it's completely miserable, wet and black outside. Not to mention freezing. Today im supposed to be modelling for my friends fashion photography again. Im quite excited but also nervous as i havnt done it in years! These were my favourite ones that he took a long time ago...







They were supposed to be demonstrating how the whole vanity, beauty and makeup thing has gone so over the top that it's almost unnattractive and sickly. I think i look pretty scary and greasy :S But i love how rich and vibrant the overall images came out. Im not sure why the fruits were neccessary, I must admit-it was quite amusing trying to keep a serious face while rubbing fruit all over it. The worst one was definately where i had to lick a coconut and pretend i was enjoying it!

Here we go....





That second one makes me laugh!

Anyway as you can probably guess I've been going through loads of old stuff and dug out these old photographs and drawings. I miss the summer, i love just going off cycling or walking in fields and finding somewhere to sit down for a few hours and draw weird fantasy art.





I did these while sitting in a field near my dads house, as you can probably tell i love doing biro sketches, you can get so much detail and it stands out so much sharper than when using pencil. I cant wait until it's summer again and i can start getting out more often and get inspired!

So, it's Saturday today...

Wow i've had such a great week. Even though i don’t make that much money, I feel fulfilled and satisfied because I’ve been working hard and have achieved lots :) My dad came to visit on Thursday and took me shopping so now i can actually eat proper meals! Sometimes i miss living with my dad, i miss my old bedroom. I spent weeks painting it like a jungle, but it doesnt look like this anymore, it's gone white and been made into a guest room :(

This is how it used to look..







I guess it's hard to imagine how it looked in 3D as the pictures dont really fit together that well and it was a pretty big room.





Anyway last night i went out to a gig in town where one of my friends was playing, which was pretty fun. And spent this morning making these items for an order...




Didnt too bad a job considering how tired and hungover i was :)



I really need to get back into playing guitar regularly again, my fingers are starting to go soft. When i was a kid i never really believed my parents when they said "there aren't enough hours in the day" but im really starting to feel it now. I rarely have enough time to get done all of my work aswell as find time for drawing and practicing guitar and still being able to have some form of a social life!

Introduction

So here goes my first blog post. My name is Emily Red, 20 years of age, I live in the UK, Brighton to be precise. And a few of my favourite things include playing my guitars, making money, drawing and alternative fashion. Here’s my most recent picture of me.



I decided to start blogging because I would like to show and share my ideas, experiences and opinions and meet other creative and colourful people like myself. Today im feeling quite arty so I thought I’d show a couple of biro sketches I did of a beach in Rinsey, Cornwall. This is my favourite place in the world.



It's actually more of a cove than a beach, the sand is entirely covered by the sea at high tide and it's completely wild and unspoilt by tourists. Often i get down there in the morning and there wont be a single footprint on the sand.



To get to the cove you have to climb down a cliff and half way down is an old copper mine where i love to sit and draw.



Here’s me in the mine :)