Long time no see!

It really has been a while!
Apologies!

A quick over view of what's gone on between may and now.

- I finished 2nd year of uni! Woohoo!
- Went to Gibraltar and Morocco with Joseph which was perfect :)
- Moved house. Twice! Crazy times.
- And I've Worked. A lot.

And to be honest not much else really.
The boring bit. And also my lame excuse for being a loser...
Basically, for the summer I've taken on a full time office job, to pay the rent and hopefully do some saving. Three hours of each day are spent travelling to and from work. Ball Ache!
It has been really interesting and I've learnt a lot. But me oh my it's boring as hell! Not to mention stressful! I now know I'm not made for office work!
One morning I woke up looking super tasty! Blatantly been thinking I'm hard and been sleep fighting!

I've got lots of holiday snaps so I'll post about that separately!

Office work has zilched my brain! I can't remember the last time I had an idea for anything! Need to get creative again!


Bizzle.
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Update time!

Oh Hai there!

Update time. It's been a while because I'm shit at life so apologies. I have genuinely been very busy as well though... Honest.

Anyway.

To those of you who don't know. My two tumblr blogs (Yes that's three blogs in total greedy I know. So kill me.) Anyway! I've revamped them!

http://laterillustratorinspiration.tumblr.com -
Clues in the name, this is my inspiration hub
Http://charlottejosephine.tumblr.com [new url]

and

http://laterillustrator.tumblr.com - 
This is my personal work an' ting check um out! Follow if ya like? [I don't really use this anymore Dec2012] new url - http://charlotte-josephine.tumblr.com

  I have also been working on the biggest uni project of the year which is a 32 page book!! Snippets and things from that to come soon I promise! 120 sketchbook pages in to this at the moment. Deadline a looming on the 21st and there's still lots to do!

  I confess, I've wasted a lot of time recently because I made the fatal mistake of downloading Temple Run on my phone. Needless to say I am hooked! Gotta try not to get distracted!!

  Aaaaand finally I've been doing a lot of Bikram Yoga, still very much a beginner but loving it!! Had some positive feedback on my Dandayamana Dhanurasana pose. Ooooooh yeah. I feel so proud! If you don't know about Bikram Yoga I say look it up. It sounds crazy (90mins in about 40degree heat) but it is amazing. Honestly, I'm sleeping better, waking better, FINALLY saying goodbye to the winter belly too!
  And to end here's an excellent remix! I love Pogo!! Check out the rest of his remixes!
Boo Bass (Monsters, Inc. Remix)
Love love
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Berlin Diana F+

This was the first film I shot on my DianaF+ sadly not many photos came out but I am happy with the ones that did so thats okay :) From my trip to Berlin January 2011? maybe 2010? Definitely need to go back some time because we didn't get to see everything! But everything we did see was pretty fab :)
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DianaF+

Some photos from my DianaF+ finally got the films developed a year later! A few from a visit to Nottingham Castle with my brother (above) showing Nicole (above) from Canadaaa Eh?! The sights of our hometown :) Miss you Nicole!! x x

A quick little painting I did some time this week. In other news I now have Instagram so you can follow me there @laterillustrator :)
Happy Easter all!
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ExposuresExposures

Today I've been playing around with coloured flashes, flowers and exposures! I created the layered, double and triple exposures in Photoshop CS4. Photos shot on a canon EOS 40d using the flash from my Diana f+ and quality street wrappers (over the flash not the lens) because I'm a hoarder and save shit like that... Above are a few of the shots I came out with. More to come soon!

Apologies for delays between posts, I was planning on posting loads over easter but shit happens. Anyway. Here I am getting back on the game!

Enjoy

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PS. for the tumblr kids out there

http://laterillustrator.tumblr.com

http://laterillustratorinspiration.tumblr.com

Kaleidoscope MoonDreamer

So! I've had a lot of fun making kaleidoscopic images with MoonDreamer :)

Massive amounts of procrastination going on here.

"I know you don't understand, and how could I expect you to?"

"I know you don't understand, and how could I expect you to? I can't understand it myself. I do need you to know that the things you're thinking are wrong. I do love you. I'm sorry for the shit that I've put you through." Author Unknown

Moon Dreamer

Moon Dreamer finished!

For now, I might add a moon behind her but I've not decided yet! Better scan's/ photographs to come!

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"Maybe I'd get my life on track,, And start to focus my attack,, On all the things my life just lacks,, And start to claw my passion back,, Instead of living like a hack,"

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Look For the Woman
In context to the full song this doesn't apply. But this section of lyrics is what I feel I need at the moment. Desperately.
Swap the "Maybe I'd" For "I need to" and bang on. It's easier said than done though. I need to rid these negative vibes!!

The Girly Weekend

Two of my lovelies

Me and the ladies

My teacup pie. Terrible photo I admit but I was too eager to taste it! And boy it was DELICIOUS! 

I wish I could go home for a few days. The first time in nearly 2 years I've properly longed for Nottingham. Never thought I'd get this feeling.x

There Is Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself.

Fear is one of my biggest downfalls. I'm getting so behind with things because of my own fears and something somewhere is turning it into a horrible cycle on myself.

I feel like a big fat failure.

A lot of self loathing going on right now.

Aztec Princess

Aztec Princess

Pastiche/ Homage to the incredible, Anne Sofie Madsen. http://www.annesofiemadsen.com/info/illustrations#358

I don't have a lot to say at the moment.

Brimming with nerves for thursday.

Gah.

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The Universe is shaped exactly like the Earth, if you go Straight long enough you'll end up where You were.

Hello,

So it's been a little while, sorry about that!

I've just had a really lovely weekend with these two lovely ladies http://blandbox-believer.blogspot.com/ and http://aimee-walker.tumblr.com/ tea, coffee, cakes, yoga, drinks, dancing, shopping, fab food the lot!

I am exhausted! I need to take more photos again!

The sky has been really beautiful recently, I've spent a lot of time day dreaming in the sky instead of working on the presentation I'm supposed to be doing on thursday. It is stressing me out far too much. I'm making a video (which is horrible) of it because I physically can't get up and do it. Eurgh. I feel sick at the 

very thought of it!

Boomtown fair 2011

I'm having so many headaches at the moment too which might be related to my stressing over this presentation. have however found comfort in knowing that I'm not weird for enjoying my own company more of the time than not. A friend of mine says she's the same and spends a lot of time on her own. I was starting to think I was abnormal but I'm not so that makes me happy :)

Apologies for the whiney post and the lack of general postage! Be back on the game soon!

 Hope you're all well, more illustration on it's way too!

And the finished Moon-Dreamer is on her way! Yeah exciting times!

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Moon Dreamer-Progress

Moon Dreamer

A preview of a girl I'm working on.

I'll post a full scan when she's done! She's water colour and pencil on card. No special card either literally just the back of an old sketchbook! Turns out I love painting on it though! I was expecting it to bleed loads when I first tested it out but to my happy surprise it doesn't at all! booyah!

Laters

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Illustrations new and old

Origami Wolf 2011

Beetles from Berlin's Natural History Museum Jan 2011

Woodland Animals

Blind and continuous line drawings

Badger, Fox, Rabbit, Squirrel, Deer, Owl, Mouse, Hedgehog.

Some turned out better than others.

Badger is my favourite!

Acrylic Silhouette. 

I had to tackle this fellow this morning! And because I'm a big girls blouse I was shaking like a leaf! ha. I am pretty impressed that I managed to catch him though! Normally I'd pass the job on to someone else. This wasn't an option this time. He was far toooooo close to my bed for comfort so out the window he went. Bye Bye Boris!

Boris the Spider by The Who

My Boris didn't meet a sticky end though!

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Sweetheart

Valentines day. Not a day I usually indulge in but yesterday my sweetheart surprised me with a Single Red Rose and perfume from Harvey Nichols! Prada Candy is the one he chose after a wild goose chase trying to find my favourite perfume (Aquolina Pink Sugar) that you can't actually buy in the UK! After consulting many different perfume counters he found what he thought to be the next best thing! In actual fact I love it more than the other one! I've never been so surprised or felt so special! I now feel terribly guilty because I didn't get him anything thinking we weren't going to bother!! (I'll make it up to him) But together we made a super delicious cheese cake. The best I've ever tasted if I do say so myself! Cooked a tasty dinner and ate by candle light. So cheesy I know! I have to admit though, I've loved every second :)
Thank-you to my lovely :) ♡