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Posted by Allison Rae on 17th February 2010

warpaint: stars

I don’t know much about them yet, but I am loving the two Warpaint songs I’ve heard tonight. This video in particular gives me chills. It reminds me of sisterhood, dreams, and random forest expeditions from days gone by. Beautiful.

Posted by Allison Rae on 7th February 2010

My love

Some of my illustrations for our home-brewed wedding invites.

Posted by Allison Rae on 13th November 2009

underwater

Heartbreaking and beautiful. Sigur Rós’ Sæglopur.

Posted by Allison Rae on 7th May 2009

Model homes

Gidon Bing (sculptor) and Katie Lockhart (stylist) for Karen Walker Paints.

Posted by Allison Rae on 5th April 2009

Cosas mínimas

A couple months ago I came across the soon-to-be-launched Uppercase Magazine. The cover immediately drew me in; it was credited to an illustrator by the name of Blanca Gómez. This promptly led me to her blog and etsy shop for more.

I couldn’t resist ordering a set of her prints. Can’t [...]

Posted by Allison Rae on 25th March 2009

Pocket sandwich math

So I was recently recalling an old ’80s infomercial for a fabulous little kitchen appliance dubbed the SNAKMASTER. It was essentially a small electric sandwich grill that presses your creation into little triangular pockets.
I think they’re fairly commonplace now, but whoo boy, it seemed like a real innovation to me at the time. Somehow [...]

Posted by Allison Rae on 8th March 2009

Parallel Universes

This is a page from a little storybook I drew for my sweetheart. It stemmed from a lovely random morning conversation about something in the world we needed to take care of – view the whole set to find out what!

All sentiment aside, it was fun to make. I really, really like working [...]

Posted by Allison Rae on 14th February 2009

Le Ballon Rouge

Ahhh, this. It’s beautiful and you should watch it. It’s about childhood and balloons and Paris and colors and more. ‘Nuff said.

Directed by Albert Lamorisse in 1965. According to imdb, the only short film to win a non-short film Oscar, ever (it won Best Original Screenplay).