ARTISTS X BLOGGERS

Remember the post I wrote about Igor + André?

Well, while I was reading some new blog posts this morning, I came upon that picture on the Betty Facebook Page :

As I easily recognized the mark of Danny's art (the illustrator of the duo), I thought "wow, I like Betty's blog very much, but it seems I didn't figure out how popular Betty was among the blogosphere and the "fashion" world online in general." 

Then I looked at Igor + André illustrations collection, and I found out Danny drew many portraits of bloggers among the web, named : Blogger's portrait.

Here's the one of Betty :

I found these amazing! And it's also incredible to see how fast a blogger's reputation can grow through that kind of "collaboration". Some bloggers are now having a very special statut in the blogosphere, being considered as experts, role models, and also some kind of stars to some. Seeing how technology can empower each each and everyone of us to build a whole "brand" around their blog and persons in fascinating. 

I remember I did draw a portrait for a blogger once. It was more than two years ago. Here's the link of the post, and here's the drawing :

It was for Pauline, creator of the Pauline Fashion Blog. It was fun to collaborate with her, and beyond the artistic motivation behind the initiative, I also got many benefits from it. 

As she posted my drawing of her very popular blog, her audience could hear of me and go check my blog as well. That boosted my daily visitors number and enabled me to interact with many people who wrote me that I was talented, and who asked me for some advice about how to draw, etc, etc.

I love the way everyone can express himself and get connected so easily through the web. How inspiring our sharing culture online can be! 

Pauline

Les temps se font durs ! Plus vraiment le temps de me consacrer pleinement à l'activité du blog actuellement à cause de quelques contraintes universitaires passagères, mais histoire de commencer l'année en beauté, j'ai tenu à partager avec vous quelques photos de Pauline. 

Pauline, c'est la créatrice du site Pauline Fashion Blog, et autant vous le dire tout de suite, cette fille est géniale. Son style est juste à tomber, et sa créativité m'éblouit : ses mélanges de matières, de couleurs et d'accessoires absolument déments font d'elle une petite icône mode du web. Elle partage sur son blog tous ses styles, ses "aventures mode" (un concept que je viens d'inventer, mais vous m'aurez compris), ses voyages et plein d'astuces pour dénicher des petites merveilles un peu partout où elle va...un vrai monde de gourmandises, de fantaisie et rêveries comme je les aime. C'est par ici, et ça vaut réellement le détour !

Pauline m'avait gentiment demandé de dessiner la bannière de son site pour ce qu'elle appelle le festival des bannières. Voici une ébauche de ce projet, que j'ai dessiné il y a un moment et que je devrais finir très bientôt.Vous me direz ce que vous en pensez !

Sans plus tarder, voici un concentré de quelques-unes de ses meilleures photos pour égayer un peu ce temps de grisaille, aucun nuage ne survivra à cet explosé de couleur et de bonne humeur.

Prenez soin de vous, et bonne année !

Times are tough ! Not much time to get concentrate on the blog's in these days because of university stuff, but just to start this new year in beauty, I've wanted to share with you some pictures of Pauline.

Pauline is the creator of the Pauline Fashion Blog website, and this girl is awesomely great. Her style is just amazing, and her creativity dazzles me : her way of mixing materials, colors and crazy accessories makes her pretty little fashion icon of the web. On her blog, she shares all her styles, her "fashion adventures" (a concept that I just invented, but I'm sur you know what I mean), her travels and many tips for finding small wonders everywhere she goes. It is here, and it's worth a visit!

Pauline kindly asked me to design the banner of his site for what she calls the festival banners. Here is a draft of the project I drew some time ago and that I should finish soon. You could tell me what you think !

Without further ado, here's a concentrate of some of her best pictures to brighten up this time of gloom, no cloud will survive this explosion of color and mood.

Take care and happy new year!

Photographies par Laure McGalloway