OnWilliam Christmas Cards

So instead of doing another lot of Christmas cards this year (you might remember from last year?) I contributed a design to OnWilliam's set that they are giving out for free through stores on William St. 14 stores have an artist each and having just finished up an exhibition with Tu they chose me to be their artist! Check out the full set here, there are some beauties. And a big THANK YOU and congrats to On William for being the first ever (not joking) client to send me copies of my merchandise for them! Received a beautiful pack in the mail of not only my own OnWilliam Collectable Christmas Cards but everyone elses! You guys are the best!

Also pop over to sketch show, new season illos just posted!

Graffiti Dress

Photo by Matt Jelonek

This month I met the most inspiring person I have met for a long time. Emily Parish contacted me and asked if it would be possible for me to spray paint one of her Aurelio Costarella dresses, and yes, she had cleared it with Ray! She was attending a charity ball and wanted to wear one of her favorite dresses but with a twist. Emily and her husband Rick run The Telethon Adventurers which is dedicated to their late son Elliot. Emily is brave, charming and a true Adventurer and she wore the hell out of that dress! Cant wait to be a contributing part to their charity, their passion is astounding.

Urban Walkabout Perth

 

The second issue of Urban Walkabout's Perth series was released last week! LOVE the background colour they chose to pair with my illo. She is Natalia Vodianova if you were wondering and she is wearing a Christian Dior/Miu Miu inspired outfit. And what a great launch party,  I got to draw all the invitee's shoes and they got to keep the lil illo as a gift:)

Louis Baxters

PHOTO: Andrew Baker
I had the fabulous opportunity of creating a mural for the opening of Subiaco cafe Louis Baxters last month. The cafe is owned by Eamon Sullivan and Laki Baker, Eamon had previously invested in some of my artwork and wanted me to create a unique artwork with a street feel, recognise the girl? I go there all the time now (is that narcissistic?) the coffee is amaze and the food just as good, try the lambwitch ;)

UPDATE: View an article/interview featuring more pics of the mural on The Velvet Bow.

Perth Fashion Festival

Wow, what a week! Perth Fashion Festival was amazing this year, well done to all involved. I was commissioned to do a mural on a big blank temporary (yep, it will be painted over) wall at the GPO where the free to the public parades were held. I was told the wall was 3.6m x 12 m, HUGE. So I did no planning and within 4 hours, multiple bottles of spray paint and no projector Nicole Trunfio was done!

Claremont Quarter Fashion Fortnight

I have spent the last month or so working on illustrations for Claremont Quarter's Fashion Fortnight campaign and have just now had the chance to blog about it! It was such a great project to work on and I got to experiment with my new love of mixing watercolour and pencils. The illustrations are all over the center and W.A's print media which has been amazing to see. The stores there are so amazing (Sass & Bide, Zara Bryson, Mecca) that I have already spent my earnings, whoops!

Urban Walkabout

Saskia got chosen to grace the cover of Perth's first edition of Urban Walkabout! AND she got a friend, coincidentally the first boy I have ever drawn (so he had to be in Prada). What an amazingly fun project it was to work on with the UW team, and cos Mt Lawley is my hood. You can read an interview with me here. Cant wait to do the series of upcoming covers...

Aurelio Costarella PFF

So my lil' old blog is being featured in Perth Fashion Festival this year. I will be doing a series on Perth designers and this one is the first. The lovely Perth model Tammy Stone wearing my favorite designer Aurelio Costarella! I'm so happy with the way it turned out. Cant wait to frame it in an old gold gilt frame.

FASHIONWA.COM

I did this illustration for FASHIONWA about a year ago. It was adapted from a photo taken by the fabulous Penny Lane (another Perthie). It seems more relevant than ever to post it now because I have been watching Australia's Next Top Model which stars gorgeous WA girl Jessie Maloney! And Perth Fashion Festival is coming up...