I did something I shouldn’t ever do, which is let a few weeks’ worth of photos build up on my machine. Not good, not good at at all, because THIS is what happens when I do it. An avalanche of information and visuals, instead of manageable bite-sized bleep and bloops. Too late for regret now, so sit back and open wide.
First up, last week’s print orders, among them the Orange Cream version of Honeydrip and colored-in Endless Commission. I really dig photographing my prints – they feel so very different from what the images look like on-screen, more alive and tactile, with the velvety paper texture under the ink.
Second, here’s me giving hedonism a bad name at this amazing cake shop while pimpin’ literary enfant terrible/style maven Clint Catalyst‘s and designer Jared Gold‘s collaborative PRODUCT – a prize ribbon celebrating indulging in the finer things in life. Am a true hedonist? When it comes to cake, certainly. See more images from this quick shoot hurr and get your ribbon right hurr. There are other ribbons, too!
And speaking of style, here’s most of the Haute Macabre crew during a rare meeting of the meats, captured by Chloe. We didn’t mean to match and are still pondering how this came to be. Here’s how to dress like “one of us” 1. boots 2. tight black trousers/jeans/leggings 3. drapey top 4. leather jacket/drapey jacket 5. massive scarf/cowl/hood. Black/white/gray only, obviously. I’m exempt from black hair dye.
Samantha, Nixon, Courtney Riot, yours truly
Chloe also took the shot below, along with these photos at the Induced Epidemics reception. I think hers are my favorite from that night, at least from what I’ve seen.
Speaking of the reception, it was crazy-fun and crazy-packed. The night is a sparkling blur of meeting people, running into tons of old friends, listening to Nixon describe the technical aspects of preserving a dead boar in the back room, feasting on Skooby’s incomparable fries, and then it all culminating in serious booty-shaking at the after-party.
I have an Induced Epidemics reception set of my very own on Flickr, too. A few of my favorites below, starting with this one of me with my piece. It’s a one-of-a-kind version of Honeydrip in warm shades of cayenne and cinnamon, measuring 14 x 30″.
With the incredibly talented and sweet Cherry Vega and Chloe StReagan.
Lorraine having her shmancy heels pleasured by Clint Catalyst.
Perish and Roxy, workin’ it as per usual.
Bunnies by Zoe Williams
Now we begin the holiday portion of our broadcast. You’ve been warned.
As I’ve mentioned before, I don’t do Christmas. It wasn’t part of my culture growing up and I’m an agnostic at best, so celebrating it never quite made sense. HOWEVER! In Russia, the big winter holiday is New Year’s Eve, complete with fireworks, decorated tree, gift-bearing Ded Moroz [Grandfather Frost] and his granddaughter, Snegurochka [Snowy]. Check it:
I had these two pay me annual visits until I was at least seven. My parents would invite them over, and then I danced and recited Pushkin poems about winter in order to get my gifts. You think I’m lying, maybe, but these are my fond childhood memories, dammit. These, and the ones where I was eight and, as treatment for some horrible childhood ailment, had my sinuses punctured without anesthesia at a sanitarium. Anyhow! These days, Ales and I are reveling in holiday cheer that’s invaded our home thanks to this coniferous visitor. It’s my first tree in a decade, it leans to the lefts, and I love it.
And finally… The Los Angeles SantaCon. SantaCon simply is. There is so much of it, in fact, that I actually briefly considered putting it behind under a cut. This is but a fraction – a huge SantaCon gallery is coming to ChinaShop, soon.
Inkdrops 029 - Alkonost Tattoo Commission
Photo Flurry 119 - LA Trip for Gag Me With a Toon 5
Style Dispatch 025 - Color Supernova
If all the other photos weren’t so bloody fantastic I’d say you’re the master of posting unflattering pictures! Mwahahaha. It’s okay, I still heart you.
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But it’s the best photo I have with you, dammit!
Hey miss
Quick question, does Zoe Williams happen to have a website/facebook/contact point in regards to her bunnies per chance?
Hope all is well for you girls over there during xmas
b
Brent, here you go: http://x03.org/
I want that skull ornament! All the photos are amazing, one of my fav of the photo flurries so far. And the hedonist shoot is just WOW. I sooo wanna have your hair *.*
Lenore, it’s a papier mache calavera I bough at a Dia De Los Muertos event two years back – I just poked a hole in it!
Happy you like the Flurry this time around.
What an adorable stubby little tree!
Also, you’ve totally photographed and elf in that last image. Totally.
I like the tree. It has personality.
You know, if you Replace Pushkin with Christmas carols and Grandfather Frost with a Drunken Grandfather that’s pretty much Christmas to be honest.
I agree with Alice…clearly that is an elf.
Alice, Tequila – glad you share our sentiment about the tree! It perpetually looks like it’s doing a little jig.
Elf? Definitely.
I am completely in love with that black and gray jacket, may I ask where you got it?
(Love your makeup as well.)
That was a fun post! I love Snegurochka’s costumes a lot for some reason. Santas scare me, but I bravely looked at your Santacon pictures anyway and am seeing Santa in a more flattering light. We have yet to get our tree. I’m not a holiday person at all, but for the sake of my kids (haha) we’ll be getting one soon.
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!? Father Frost’s name is Dead Morose? Wow. M-E-T-A-L.
So … you and Ales have provided the best Bailey’s ad run in recent memory. Daniel is forever hard. and the pictures in general are very nice.
not to mention pretty blue eyes peeking over a cold collar. *throws black velvet and fleece blanket over her*
And out of all of them, the boy in the green hat gets the prize for looking the very most elvish.
Jayne, thanks! If you mean the black leather, it’s from eeee-bay.
Gretta, the tree-smell alone is worth it [if you like tree smell]!
C. Amoeba – Bolshoye spasibo! [I gotta figure out how to make Cyrillic work on here]
Horizonline – most metal holiday ever, especially if you take the long white hair and beard into account.
I think Daniel may have won SantaCon with his X-mas B-boy getup, though Ales is definitely the most natural elf of all.
I love your piece in that color scheme. I would love to have a print of it!
Oh Zo, you look so cute in a Santa hat (don’t hit me!).
I like your hair.
I know this is very late but i’ve finally cracked. I’ve been lusting after your cowl-hoodie ever since you’ve posted this (i’ve been a reader for a bit over a year now) and curious as to wear you got it?