Husky June
...Dark edition.
Pale June
Today is my birthday... so I thought I'd just revel in things I like: the pale edition.
Teenage wasteland
Moleskine
Backyard sun
... Just some photos from the first sunny weekend we've had in Melbourne in forever. I've been waiting for the sun to come out ever since my new rainbow filter arrived in the mail, so it was fun having a bit of a play around with that... in between bits and pieces of drawing projects.
Hope this week is treating everyone super excellent.
Dig x
Post-it note
Just a little pre-workday Posca post-it note sketching to keep me thinking... sometimes unexpected things work.
Magic eye
Solstice
It's rainy and cold, and the shortest day of the year. It's also the birthday of the best guy ever in the world.
I think my obsession with cacti and washed out vintage artwork hues is galloping way out of control, but at least it lends a bit of vibrancy to an otherwise-dreary midweek in Melbourne.
Enjoy.
Dig x
Venus rising: Sisters of the Black Moon and Alexandra Valenti
I don't know how Alexandra Valenti works those beautiful eerie hues into her photographs, but I'm glad she does.
This spellbinding images, part of the Vessel to Venus shoot, were styled by the Sisters of the Black Moon, more beautiful witchy women who offer eccentricities for the shadows of your soul... here.
Lace and links: Flo Morrissey
I love these dreamy, whimsical photos from Flo Morrissey -- I'm a big fan of film when it's used well, with all its peculiarities capitalised on in a creative way... love me some light leaks and hallucinatory-double exposure ghost tricks.
Check out more here.
Check out more here.
Dead winter
I'm so glad that the winter solstice (and Bay's birthday) is coming up soon... I can't wait for the days to start getting longer again. I've been trying to fit in some drawing wherever I can, so I've hardly seen the sun.
I'll have lots to share with you soon -- a few fun projects are underway -- and I'll have even more once the days get longer and the spring adventures start!
Dig xo
(Also, I've put lots of new prints up here, and I hope to print a few poster-prints in the coming weeks)
Mirrors
Desert moonscape
Hannah Metz (The Loved One) by Shae Acopian Detar.
Just continuing my love of creative photographers who capture that beautiful other-worldly mystic-woman vibe.
Shae is incredible and, cool as they are, I think these are just test shots + a sneak peek...
Just continuing my love of creative photographers who capture that beautiful other-worldly mystic-woman vibe.
Shae is incredible and, cool as they are, I think these are just test shots + a sneak peek...
Bloom
These beautiful images by Kerry Dean are part of i-D's i-Sustain sustainable fashion initiative.
Check out more here.
Via Oracle Fox.
Check out more here.
Via Oracle Fox.
Prickly Pear
Just messin' about...
Phoenix Rising: Alexandra Valenti
This is almost too much for me to deal with on a Wednesday morning... Alexandra Valenti has been nailing photoshoots for some time, but this one outstrips them all.
So beautiful -- edited and embellished perfectly. The colours, light leaks, nature and costume...
I could spend all day looking at this, but, unfortunately... it's back to work for me.
Sepia
The country of madness
I've been away for a while... I'm working lots and working on some illustration projects and ideas, so I'll be back soon with more new, colourful, exciting drawing-type things.
There was also a death in my family and, of course, the ensuing existential crisis and assessment of what is actually important.
It's probably not the right time to be getting stuck into The Doors of Perception... or maybe it is.
I'm also going to blame my first real winter for some of my unwillingness to do anything.
But the point of this is... I'm still here, I'm not gone forever! I will be back on board soon enough... and I'm hoping to work on some more interesting, art-based stuff and maybe some more personal content. Hope you can bear with me.
Meanwhile, you can visit me on Instagram (@raychponygold), I'm updating that more frequently.
Dig xo
Funk, Flash, Folk: Earth Age
These rad people live in one of Earth Age's vintage 70s books, Native Funk and Flash, which is full of the folk art that was happening in San Francisco around the early-70s.
It reminded me about my parents, and how I sometimes forget that they were semi-hippies back then too... they were far, far from San Francisco, but my mum spun her own wool and weaved rugs that are still in the lounge room of my parents' house, and my dad can make just about anything out of wood, leather, metal or stone -- and he regularly does.
I'm glad that some of their creative talents knocked-on to me, but I do worry that our lives are increasingly lived in abstract, intangible ways -- on the internet, phone, television.
Everything's available, fast, and maybe people forget how to be patient, to focus, to work.
Well, I don't know... I just know I sure as hell haven't done anything constructive lately.