Doodling With Colour

Honey Magazine, Illustrations, Make-up, maudie james, patrick hunt

Hmmm. What shall I try first? A rainbow across my tilt-up nose, or should I wait a few weeks and do the ‘April Fool!’ one? Some good make-up tips here, I particularly love the rainbow lashes, and I would now dearly love to get myself a Doodle Kit.

Inspirational Illustrations: Play the Fashion Game

19 magazine, 1970s, Illustrations, irvine sellars, leslie chapman, paper dolls, ravel

I fear I may be thirty-eight years too late to enter this competition, but I definitely wouldn’t say no to a wardrobe full of Irvine Sellars gear! Let me know if any of you are crazy enough to print this out and make actual paper dolls (and please send photos…).

Illustrations by Leslie Chapman. Scanned from 19 Magazine, May 1974.

Mild Sauce: Illustrated Titillation

1970s, cosmopolitan, Illustrations, mild sauce, underwear, Vintage Adverts

Is it just me, or are drawn sexy images generally sexier than photographed sexy images? Despite the completely ludicrous breast depictions, I’ve got a soft spot for these adverts. All scanned from various copies of Cosmopolitan, 1972-76.

The worrying thing is, women actually pay for breasts like these nowadays.

Inspirational Illustrations: Graff, Unmistakably

1970s, graff, harpers and queen, Illustrations, jewellery, Vintage Adverts

Scanned from Harpers and Queen, May 1976. Artist unknown.

Inspirational Illustrations: Brush up!

1970s, Illustrations, petticoat magazine, philip castle

Illustration by Philip Castle.

Scanned from Petticoat, April 1970.

Inspirational Illustrations: A Love Story

1970s, Illustrations, jean max perramon, nova magazine

Illustration by Jean Max Perramon. Scanned from Nova, March 1975.

Sometimes you find a beautiful image like this, google the artist and find out wondrous things about them. Sometimes you find nothing. Sometimes, you find something deeply sad.