Well it has been a long time...

I'm afraid I have been neglecting this blog. Apologies!
Here's a brief update;
I have now handed everything in for the final part of my degree! Scary times!
The degree show is up from the 14th-19th of June in the new building at Manchester School of Art so be sure to come and check it out!
For a more detailed back track over the past few months check my tumblr - www.charlottejosephine.tumblr.com aaaaand instagram -  http://instagram.com/charlottejosephine23
In all honesty I will probably delete this account soon. It is just too time consuming per post with having to pre upload pictures elsewhere to prevent them coming out at a very poor quality. Where as Tumblr and Instagram etc are far more instant!
Lots of love
Charlotte
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Amose

Untitled, a photo by - Amose - on Flickr.

I've recently come across this new incredible Illustrator Amose! Check it out!!

Faces Faces Faces

I started working on this yesterday. Still in the early stages, lets see how it turns out!

Faces

I now have a studio space to work in and I feel so much more productive! Here are a few of my recent works. Much more to come!

Acid Illustration

A little something I've been working on recently.
It's a bit bright and a bit crazy. How I imagine tripping on acid would feel?

Bora Aksu

 A few pieces from Bora Aksu's - A/W 2013 collection.

Kapow

This is my attitude face

But my nickname is 'no-balls' which says it all!

Half Way To Graduation

Drum roll please!

The Dissertation is OVER!!! Let us not think of it again until results.

Alas, no time to relax, so much to do! 

I can't believe I'm so close to graduating.

Helping me through is Die Antwoord! I've been obsessed for a while and think it's now time to share!

ENJOY.x

Bitch has got a new hair do.

These days my hair is orange.

Roses and Crowns

I've got a bit of a thing for crowns at the moment. Maybe sub consciously I'm wishing I was a princess... Or a Ghetto Princess Bitch. Idea for my next drawing! Aha!

Smokey eyes

Smokey Eyes and Smouldering Looks

Feather Tattoo

Finally gotten round to scanning in some of my recent works!

More to come.

Get Your Sh*t Together!

Urban Outfitters, you couldn't have put it better!

http://vimeo.com/56693654



A bit of January Motivation!
What do you do to 1-get motivated and 2- STAY motivated?! Any tips please let me know because I need all the help in the world! haha
Happy 2013! The world isn't over yet!
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Instagram previews of my latests doodles and drawings!

This(above) is a fan art, pastiche/homage to an artist who embarrassingly enough I can't remember the name of!! If you recognise her style please let me know so I can reference/ credit her!! :D She's phenomenal!!

Happy New Year Everybody!!

I hope everyones had a wonderful Christmas and at least a little time off whatever you do to pay the bills!

Here are a few snippets from just a small selection of my latest drawings to start of the year! I'm going to scan them in and show them off properly when I get back to Manchester and also I may just add some colour for once! How exciting!

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Cheap Winter Student

If like me you are a cheap skaggy student and you want to save some pennies, here's a warm super  unstylish way to stay cozy and warm and cut down on gas bills!

Here's a break down on what I've got on!!!
1x Earmuffs
1x Hat [Footlocker]
1x Scarf
1x Vest
1x Long sleeve tshirt
1x Snug small jumper
1x XL Boyfriend's Nike Hoodie
1x Boyfriends super cozy skuzz bag jacket
1x Pair of flip mit Gloves [Topshop]
1x Pair of tights, under
1x Pair of thick leggings [Topshop]
1x Pair of boring black socks, and finally
1x Super snazzy festive slipper socks! [2011 Christmas present]

13 total layers = COZY WINTER FUN TIMES

Now be a good student and do some work bitches!

Playing with Photoshop and Illustrator

Riso

On Tuesday at Uni we discovered Risograph Printing which, in a nut shell is pretty much like screen printing but cheaper, faster and in an actual printer. I LOVED it! I can't wait to experiment with it in the new year, and the best thing is its SO CHEAP!! So I've gone through my sketch book and gotten my ass onto photoshop! This will be my first trial after christmas!

Grumpy face

In progress. Bit of a grump on her face, I can say I definitely know how she's feeling! Haha

Bat For Lashes

Last month I saw Bat For Lashes (Natasha Khan) Play at Manchester Cathedral. Phenomenal! Words can't even begin to describe how amazing everything about the evening was!

The day after I was fooling around in ceramics having a go at drawing into semi dry clay. I drew Natasha, I don't think it looks like her but I was happy with the outcome anyway. Also I really enjoyed the process so there may well be more of this to come!

I love how different it can look just from a slight change in lighting too.

Peace

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Liverpool

Early September I traveled to Liverpool for the first time for the Biennale (Amazing). I loved Liverpool so much, I really want to live there. Forget London!!

Cake skills

Randy Marsh Cake!

A little While ago it was Joe's birthday.. Above are some of the things I got for him, along with the cake that I spent a hell of a long time making! It was totally worth it though because he loved it! Randy Marsh aka Stan's dad from South Park is his favourite character and that's why I chose him to make. The cake was a Nigella Lawson Recipe! It was DELICIOUS!!! If you want to try it it was the Buttermilk Birthday cake from her book Domestic Goddess, Page210!!

Lotsa love

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Gibraltar and Morocco

The day I handed everything in for uni (in May) Joseph and I travelled home to Nottingham ready to get a plane to Gibraltar the next morning! Here are a few snaps from our journey...

We landed to this impressive view of the whole of Gibraltar! 

Our hotel view

On the first full day we spent 8hours exploring the Gibraltar Rock. We took the cable car up but walked down after trekking about seeing as much we could! 

A cheeky monkey came and drank from my bottle! He was a thirsty little thing!!

We got up close and personal with some of the younger monkeys! 

Mummy and baby monkey.

Joseph, Monkey and Me

On day two we took an excursion to Morocco! Fascinating place, I've never experienced people on the hard sell like that before. Incredible place though!

Camel time!

Sadly because we were rushed around so quickly to fit as much into the day as possible I didn't manage to get any good shots of the tiny streets and that happenings going on!

Back in Gibraltar that evening we crossed the boarder into spain for dinner and decided we would hire a car for our final 24hours.

I need to finish the film off in our underwater camera so I can develop our photos from the beach

Spain and the runway dividing them from Gibraltar.

On our final night we watched the sunset from the rock.

The perfect end.

I came home as pale as when we left. Joe on the other hand!!

That's all for this update!

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