Asger Carlsen inspired photography

 I've been researching Asger Carlsen's manipulated portraits and i thought they were so awesome they deserved a dedicated blog post. They're so minimal, like the background and colour scheme's really plain but the subject is totally deformed. With some of his pieces, the deformity isn't obvious at all, it just seems like a normal photograph, but when you see it, it's really shocking. He makes you question what's real and fake.

Since i don't have friends to take pictures of, i went and took pictures of my brother and my cousins. And since they're 5, i couldn't take any nude pictures (lol) to fit in with Asger's deformed limbs pieces. So i had to stick with plain t-shirts. It took me over half an hour to persuade Lily to take her princess dress off. And even then, she was crying on 90% of the pictures and refused to let go of her candy cane. But anyway, i managed to get some pretty cool pictures.

Mega cute

So after hours of editing, here are is a small group of my Asger Carlsen inspired edits:

creepy or wat

CHUNKY PLATFORMS

Chunky shoes are my fave things ever at the minute. I find myself wearing socks and chunky sandals every day, which makes me about 6ft! Anyway i thought i'd review the ones i have and match them with outfits etcetc.

The first ones I got were these khaki chelsea boots from VAGABOND at Office:

I wasn't keen on the colour at first, i wanted black ones but i couldn't see any so i got these, then about a week later i saw they had black ones. But i still love them. They're really comfy and the sole does bend unlike others, because they're kinda rubbery.

They were £90, which seems quite a lot but i think that's a decent price for leather boots. They're called 'DIOON ELASTIC CHELSEA BOOT' in 'khaki leather', Vagabond have tons of shoes with the same chunky platform which are all amazing.

With them being khaki, they could be pretty hard to match with outfits but they match pretty much everything i own because pretty much everything i own is black, white or grey lol. They look cool with socks, tights, jeans, anything really. I love wearing them with woolly socks and jeans or tights and skirts. They look great with black American Apparel easy jeans or pleated skirts.

The next ones I bought were these black chunky sandals from eBay: 

I absolutely LOVE these shoes, they literally go with everything. I got them from a Chinese store on eBay and they had them in white too. They took about 3 weeks to come but they were definitely worth the wait, and they were only £19.99 too!

They aren't the comfiest shoes in the world, they're pretty hard and the sole doesn't bend but you get used to them and they aren't uncomfy. They don't rub at all.

The only down-side is that they are faux leather and i can see it starting to kind of wear away a bit, but for £20 they're definitely worth buying.

I just went on eBay to try and find them and it turns out they've been taken off for some reason, but they will probably be on aliexpress.com or somewhere like that. Or there will definitely be similar. 

I only received these one's in the post today but I loooove them:

I've wanted these shoes forever and after recently doing a shoot with The White Pepper, they gave me loads of discount so i finally ordered them and they're beautiful. 

They're literally the comfiest things, the insole is mega squishy and the leather on top is really soft so they don't rub at all. The sole is a mixture of a hard rubbery foam material and rubber so they do bend slightly, but not alot. I've got used to wearing shoes that don't bend though.

They are £66 (but i got them way cheaper), which is a decent price for leather shoes, and i'll definitely be wearing these lots because they're so comfy and go with everything. 

I think they look awesome with white everything; tights, socks (and the rest of my outfit if i can find enough white stuff!!) They're brilliant for winter because they're white and snowy.

I was planning on saying which were my favourite here but i literally can't decide. I like them all equally for different reasons. I don't wear the Vagabonds as much now though because i love the other 2 so much and i used to wear them like every day. 

STICK N' POKES

Ok a lot of people have been asking me how I do my own tattoos so I thought I'd do a mini tutorial kinda thing.

  U WILL NEED:


 - Sewing needles/tattoo needles (they must be sharp!)
 - Some string - Indian ink/ tattoo ink
- A pen/pencil/paintbrush
- A cloth or something you don't mind getting inky
 - AAAAND SOME ICE (if u can't handle pain)


 First of all, I'd recommend that you sterilise your needle. I've never done this and I'm ok but yeah they say u should do that. I think you're meant to dip it in alcohol and burn it (but u should check with google). Then you've gotta construct your tattooin' thing. Professionals drill a hole into wood and put the needle in the hole but i don't have a drill so i just use a pencil and string. Position your needle (spiky side outwards) at the end of your pencil/paintbrush or whatever you're using, so that about 5mm is poking out. Then wrap LOOOOADSA layers of string around it so that the needle can't move at all. Make sure you wrap a few layers of string around the bit of needle that's poking out, but not so much that you can't see the end. This is so that it will absorb the ink and it will disperse into your skin whilst poking. Because there's no point stabbin' yourself if the ink isn't even going in. (ok so i realised i haven't done this on my sample, awkward.)

 

 You now need to numb the area you're poking with ice. You should hold it on for about 30 seconds. Depending on the size of the tattoo and how quick you are at poking, you may need to numb it again. Then, presuming you have decided on a design already, lightly sketch out your design onto your skin with pen. And now you basically just dip the needle into the ink and poke the pattern into your skin. to make sure you're poking deep enough for the ink to go under your skin, watch carefully. At first the needle will push down on your skin and make an imprint but then you'll notice it going under. If you poke really fast you'll notice it doesn't hurt as much and it'll go into the skin easier and quicker. I tried to take some pictures of my stick n' pokes for inspiration but i have such crappy lighting atm.


 

 HAPPY POKIN'