Juliet

 Illustration inspired by Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

"It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale."

I am one of those mad people who actually really like Shakespeare. I love the way he uses language and sometimes it totally takes my breath away. I remember reading it as a school girl and whilst all my class mates were complaining about having to read Shakespeare, I went to the library to read more. Mad, I know. :-)

Credits
Model

• Fairytale princess pack 2 by faestock

Textures

• grunge textures 01 by buzillo-stock
• Bokeh Texture Pack 004 by regularjane
• Backblech 02 by sundel

All other images and textures my own.

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At the Bottom of the Sea

My latest photo collage - number 8.

It has been inspired by the lyrics to the song 'At the Bottom of the Sea' by The Thermals.

I've used lots of my own pictures and textures, including:

- 2 pictures of the sea, both from the Suffolk coast,
- a picture of part of the Collosseum in Rome,
- a picture of some moss/clay soil on the Devil's Dyke in Reach, Cambridgeshire,

and the following textures from kind people on DeviantArt:

- Buzillo Grunge Textures
- Absynthium Stock Flame Textures
- Freaky665 Victorian Grunge

The jellyfish has been hand painted, and, although it's mostly anatomically correct, I've taken artistic license with it's colour. This particular jellyfish isn't normally red, but it works better with the rest of the collages and as they're all going to be used in the same calendar.... The bubbles have also been hand painted.

The image will be available on my RedBubble and DeviantArt pages as a print (and in various other forms) plus it will also be included in my soon to be released 'Soulscapes' calendar on Redbubble. I'll announce it here when it's ready. :-)

Fab DIY Lampshade - It's a Puzzle

I've just come back from Rome - don't worry there will be pictures... the trip was great - my son's idea - and the shopping was even better. :-)

Amongst other things I brought back a DIY lampshade, or rather two but I've only managed to assemble one so far as my head is a bit fuzzy and the instructions are in ITALIAN!!! Amongst all the lovely things I also brought back a horrible bug and I am not quite feeling myself... so I am very proud of myself that I managed to put it all together after all!

Anyway, here it is.

The whole lampshade first with the top unfinished so I can insert the cable/bulb.


A close-up of the lampshade.

The puzzle pieces (40 of them) that make the lampshade.