It ain't make-up, but it's another kind of art...

It's been a while since I've done any illustration work, but I was just looking through my portfolio and saw some works that still make me smile. Here are some that I did for for clients, and some just for me. All kinds of media, all kinds of styles, but all analog and all mine. Guess I'm kind of a magpie illustrator.

Shoe Warehouse

Some new work for the Shoe Warehouse. Shot by Evaan Kheraj, hairstyling & make-up by me. Special thanks to Gerry Centanni (stylist) for having me on board. :)

Please don't be seated.

I have a chair fetish.

There, it's out. I feel better. But for years I compulsively introduced chairs into our shoots, so many lovely, quirky, interesting chairs, ottomans, barstools and couches have come and gone (no room to keep them!) and although they did get used, the models never got to sit in them.

Photography over the years, posing instructor - Fred Fraser

Hair, make-up (and a lot of styling and chairs)... me

Brilliant images require no explanation.

These are a few of the many "no caption required" images out there. Great concepts, well executed, and very clever... and not CG-reliant. None of these inspiring images are mine, but someday I hope to add a few of my own. Better put on my thinking cap!

I remember when I used to be stylish...

When my focus became hair and make-up (not styling, set, props, etc.) I stopped using some favourite images. These are sessions where I did the fashion styling and the set design, but left the hair and make-up to others. I still love these shots, I hope you enjoy them too!

These days more and more I leave the fashion styling to the amazing professionals I get to work with (Alecia, Deanna, Charlotte and Joanna, amongst others). Of course, I still like to do a bit of eccentric styling now and then, but I'll also do hair and/or make-up so it can be used in my book. :)

Nude
Styling and set dec - Liz Dungate
Photography - Fred Fraser
Hair and Make-up - Jenn Wang
Model - Lauren @ Richards

The Attic
Styling and set dec - Liz Dungate
Photography - Fred Fraser
Hair and Make-up - Sarah Appleby
Model - Polina (ex-Liz Bell)

"Website meet blog, blog meet website"

It's been a while since my last website update and this time I cleared out all my old faves and I've filled my site with only new (ish) work.

And for the first time my website has a link to my blog! And my blog has a link to my website! Yay! I love all this communicating!

So, thanks and hugs and kisses to Fred for updating my website and all the helpful (I won't say acerbic) comments to improve it. I even have meta tags! Joy!

Hey, I put make-up on someone famous!

You know how some people stretch the truth, just a little (or a lot!) about industry "credits"?

Well, we decided to take it to ridiculous lengths and voila! I spent an evening putting make-up on Natalia Vodianova and Halle Berry while my fellow artists worked on the likes of Lara Stone and Kate Moss... then Fred shot ALL of these super-models when we were done make-up and styling (amazing gold bikini, Deanna!). He also got some killer behind-the-scenes shots of the team working their magic:









Makes me proud to work with such amazing professionals. Love you all!

Check out the team's blogs - Deanna, Marianna , Negar and Fred.