From Cali to Marfa, TX

‘Remote’ Spell lookbook by Davis Ayer

Photography by Davis Ayer

Model Lauryn Holmquist

Well pour me a whiskey neat and put on some Creedence... What a beautiful set of roadtrip dreams to start the working week off with.

See the full shoot here.

☽ The words ☾

A little bit of Monday-motivation...

Sketchy Fridays (but Saturdays, really)

Alright, so it's the second week and I already missed actually posting this on a Friday. Which pretty much sums up why I never make resolutions, but rather try and sneak in lifestyle and habit changes gradually, so I don't notice. Which makes no sense, but sometimes I can trick myself into excellent things like quitting smoking or drawing every day. So, in the words of HST, whatever's right.

But anyway, here it is... my sketchbook this week is full of work, work, work. There's maybe one personal, for-fun drawing among them, and it's probably the one I like least... which says a lot about drawing for work and how it makes you push yourself, and even more about how very, very quiet my social life currently is.

Also, my excuse. That strange alien being of cuteness pictured above arrived yesterday evening, and that, ladies and gentlemen, is my excuse for failing at a resolve only two weeks in.
By all accounts, I'd say she's a good excuse.

Raych x

WANDERING: EDEN PHOTO DIARY

Welcome to God's country... Always fine and 22 -- except when a sou'-easter picks up -- always tins to be had, and the ocean provides. It also soothes gnarly new-year hangovers.

Moon Shaman

The Moon Shaman is a wild and mystical daughter of the night, who holds a raw and powerful magic. She is midnight of the winter solstice, every phase of the orbiting moon, the strange tides that bring the oceans near, and the weirdness elicited by a full yellow orb rising over the horizon.

Harvest and hunter's, wolf and long nights.

Prints of the Moon Shaman are available here.

Smoke and artefacts: Lenni

Love this little creative firecracker of a lookbook for Lenni's latest line (shop it here). 

Shot by the ever-killing-it Julia Trotti -- who runs a photography blog here that is not only beautiful, inventive, and inspiring, it is also super practical in that she shares a lot of knowledge -- this collection of images heralds the arrival of some really strong Australian creatives, in both Lenni and Julia. It definitely sets the bar. 

And also, from a totally subjective standpoint, this is the way I love to see photoshoots edited -- with a bit of collage-illustrationy goodness thrown in for good measure. 

See more of the shoot on Lenni's blog here.

Also -- yay! -- I created the above logo for Lenni (but, by way of disclaimer, not the other images used throughout the shoot)... nothin' is more fun than drawing a set of tattooed palms.