(mtv add)

I saw this image a long time ago and it still makes me smile , so much so that i have taken the text and placed it into one of my own cross stitched works , which i shall be uploading once it is complete. I love this image because at first glance it looks 'sweet' or even 'cute' but when you look closer you realise ,, no there is actually something sinister and horrible been said, i love the juxtaposition of this sweet yet horrible combination, it makes me smile every time.



(Robots in Disguise video art)

This was done as part of a music video for Robots in disguise, and also to promote the Barry M makeup brand. I like how the artist has painted with makeup  to create  a new slant on a 1940's s 'pulp fiction' style image, It also reminds me a lot of Roy  lichtenstein's work,( only 3d)

Love will send you BATTY

This is the latest addition to my drawing book, I'm pleased with the line quality on this and the characterisation of my 'batty' characters, I suppose if you take the typography out of the equation, this isn't quite as melancholy and full of woe as my other illustrations might be, although in the beginning it was intended to be.

(unknown artist)

I'm not sure who did this but i like it, i like its crudeness, i like the fact that you can't be all too sure if the writing is in blood or paint, I'm drawn in by all the small bits and pieces on the floor , again not quite sure if they are bits of bone and flesh or just other artist materials. I find it pretty yet brutal to look at , but none the less very appealing

One for sorrow, with a bit of luck

This is the latest offering from my drawing book. I'm extreamly pleased with the way in which my work is moving, my characters seem to be more alive and vivid than they ever have been, I still like to put typography with my work but feel that my illustrations are getting better and better, so much so that i feel you could look at them and understand and work out what was going on in them without the writing.

this idea came to me when i saw two magpies nesting in the tree in my garden, this warmed my heart as it is a fact that magpies mate for life, and so if i see one alone i always feel a bit sad as they ether havent found anyone yet , or their mate has dies, either way they are alone. Then i got on to thinking, what if they had chosen a partner and ended up realising they resented or hated them , if they mated for life the only way out would be death. I like this image as we can clearly see that the lady magpie is poisoning a cup of tea,, what i like about it is that we dont know who she is poisoning the tea for,, is she killing her husband , or herself?

The bad faerie's tooth collection kit

I made this yesterday as part of my collaboration project, we were asked to do something with a matchbox. When making this piece i firstly thought, what's tiny enough to fit inside a matchbox ?, I then thought about teeth, as they were one of the few things i imagined you could place inside a match box that seemed quite interesting. As usual my themes usually revolve around love , loss heart break and revenge, obviously with a sprinkle of the macabre on top. So as not to disappoint i turned this into a revenge theme. I've always adored faerie tales and loved how in folk lore faeries are very dark characters indeed, nothing like Hollywood and Disney would have you believe. I manipulated some of these folk tales of changelings, revenge and mischief and made it something of my own. I thought, what if there was a faerie who solely dealt in revenge? she'd go round to the liars, heart breakers and adulterers houses in the dead of night and rip out their teeth and stitch their mouths, i had the idea that she could collect the teeth as though the teeth contained the lies people had told, i thought obviously teeth are in your mouth so would have 'witnessed' as it were all the lies that had passed the lips, so thought maybe the teeth could harbour these feelings and lies,, the character i invented would collect all of these as a way or revenge against these people. The kit contains:

 1 bottle of ether

(to silence their screams)

1 pair of pliers

1 tooth collection jar

1 needle (to stitch up their mouth so they can't tell)

1 spool of yellow thread ( the colour of cowards)

1 skeleton key

I'm very proud of this piece not just for its aesthetics but also for its context. I have tried to make the kit look very dirty and worn as though it has had a lot of use, as I'm sure if my faerie did exist she would have her work cut out. I have deliberately refrained from using a lot of colour as i thought if i were to use red as blood spatter it may cheapen my idea, as it is so obvious that the box would have blood on it, i feel that by using black to represent the blood it makes my box look ever more frightening than if red were to be used as the black could be blood, or dirt or rust,, who knows, it adds to the mystery. The only colour i have used is the yellow thread to further draw on my theme of cowardice, using the yellow thread to represent this. The tooth collection jar has red blood inside and also contains individually hand crafted teeth . The bottle of ether is purple, not to represent anything, i just like the colour. Overall i am very proud of this piece, i like its aesthetic appeal i like its meaning and the story i have created for it. On the back of the box and on a label for the box is a poem i wrote to go with this character and theme:

If you've been bad make no mistake

the tooth faerie will stake her claim.

Be thee lier, heart breaker, adulterer and more

She'll slice the tongues of deceitful whores.

Fear all yee cowards, backstabbers and biter

she comes while you sleep to collect your deceit.

My youtube chanel is finally underway!

http://www.youtube.com/user/charlottevictoriana?feature=mhee

I have always played various instruments and sang at the top of my lungs, written songs and rhymes, mainly as a hobby and a form of amusement to myself, but recently more and more people have been telling me they like my voice and want to hear more of what i do. Well here it is, i haven't had chance to upload everything but fear not i am working on it. You can expect to see lots of smiths and Morrissey covers, some cure, perhaps 80's Madonna and classic Springsteen, along side some of my own little songs too , i hope you all enjoy it.