KiCKIN' MIX DAY!!//HAWAII

This mix took me from Home to Hawaii and back again to the luggage carousel.

KIDS (SOULWAX REMIX) = mgmt

SEXY BITCH = david guetta (feat. akon)

WALKING ON A DREAM = empire of the sun

BEST I EVER HAD = drake

OPEN YOUR EYES (MARKY & BUNGLE RMX) = snow patrol

BLUME (FRENCH VERSION) = einsturzende neubauten

WAITING IS CRUEL = frenchmen in rome

YOU GOT YR. CHERRY BOMB = spoon

LAZY EYE = silversun pickups

SWEET SWEET HEARTKILLER = say hi to your mom

PAPER PLANES = m.i.a.

MONSTER HOSPITAL REMIX = mstrkrft

SEXY BOY = air

CREATURE FEAR = bon iver

DAY 'N' NITE = kid cudi

SIGNS = bloc party

MANEATER = nelly furtado

COVERED IN RAIN (LIVE VERSION) = john mayer

YOUR LOVE MEANS EVERYTHING = coldplay

PARDON ME = incubus

IT'S ONLY LOVE (STEREO-FOLD-DO) = the beatles

I GOTTA MOVE = ben kweller

WHOLE WIDE WORLD = wreckless eric

SWALLOWED IN THE SEA = coldplay

IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT = pink

HOLLER TILL YOU PASS OUT = 3oh!3

REASONS = built to spill

FRIDAY = ksxi

DERAILMENTS IN A PLACE OF OUR OWN = of montreal

CLOSER (LIVE VERSION) = nine inch nails

PREPARETODANCE = deep dish

YELLOW = coldplay

Check them out. Check them all out. For seriously.

ENJOY!!

PHOTO FLASH//GOING THROUGH PICTURES

I found this long lost image the other day. Here's a little equation for you.... what you get when you mix Mario Testino's shot of Kate Moss in her smudgey paintbox makeup, and one giant hair roller.

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image © Alison Messinger.

FASHION ILLUSTRATION//PAINT A PRETTY PICTURE

First painting = a success.

all images © Alison Messinger.
PS - DON'T STEAL!

THE SHOOT//AT MUIR WOODS

Inspired by Glen Luchford's ads for Prada in the late nineties... I ventured out into the woodsy seaside just a half hour away from a bustling city.

Thank you very much to my lovely model and dear friend Meryl for the day.

all images © Alison Messinger.
PS - DON'T STEAL!

SWEET PHOTO-OP!!//SHOOT@TREASURE ISLAND

Another shoot gone swimmingly well, today at Treasure Island. Complete with Asbestos, beer-can-filled swimming pool, and men hollering from big rig trucks!

Collaborators Photographer Ashley Tarr and Model Caro Curlionis rocked my socks.

all images © Alison Messinger.

FASHION ILLUSTRATION//IT HAS BEGUN

And so endless doodling at work and pouring over my favorite pages of all my glossies has proven to me one thing: I should start seriously getting back into drawing. Well, as a hobby anyway...

Here's official numero uno:

all images © Alison Messinger.
PS - DON'T STEAL!

KICKIN' COLLAGE DAY!//COURTESY OF POLYVORE.COM

See this collage and more when you find me on Polyvore; polyvore.com | stylecliquist. Connect and collage!

THREE THINGS TO LIKE//ADAM KNIGHT

Well, I have to say... not only is he a man with huge goals and ambition, but he is surely one of the few who will reach them. This Iowa-born-turned-Californian gives us the kind of variation in illustrative styles that comic artists and big-wig animation houses vie for. He comes to us Academy of Art-ists here in San Fran as a convert from the house of AI, and is sure to make his mark in the rejuvenating comeback of the 2-D industry in drawing and animating. Check him out at http://theartofadamknight.blogspot.com/.

I was lucky enough to be given a series of quick and long portraits by the artist. See below for two of my favorites;



Pencil and Sharpie:

Col-erase pencil sketch with digital paint:

Adam even let me play somewhat of a color-by-number with one of the sketches! Here is the result of our collaborative efforts;

all images © Adam Knight.