Makeup inspired by Alice in Wonderland
One of our favorite books this year is Camille Rose Garcia’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. So when we saw the video tutorial below–posted on YouTube by Haleybean–we were super excited. We asked Haleybean to tell us more about why she chose to create this makeup tutorial inspired by Camille’s incredible artwork.
I recently did this make-up tutorial based off the cover art that artist Camille Rose Garcia did for a rendition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. To start with, Alice is my all-time favorite piece of literature so I’m always on the prowl for different ways people find to interpret the Alice stories. I was in a bookstore one day and saw Camille’s work and fell in love with it immediately. She presents Alice in a way that is so new and original it’s ridiculous. She holds true to the story while bringing in her own fresh new take on it.
I started google-ing more of her art and I really enjoy her work. I regularly do my make-up tutorials on YouTube, I have been doing so for the past 2 1/2 years or so and I get most of my inspiration from artwork and movie characters alike; I automatically pulled inspiration from Camille because it has all elements I love and presented me with the challenge to take in her interpretation and do something completely different to add that Haleybean twist to it.
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Burton & Depp versus Jim & Arnold
In honor of the opening of Tim Burton and Johnny Depps’ Alice in Wonderland tomorrow, the always superb Vulture blog catalogs Cinema’s 15 Greatest Actor/Director pairs. Cameron & Schwarzenegger; Scorsese & DeNiro; Allen & Farrow–they’re all there.
We won’t spoil the whole piece for you, but here’s a fun tidbit from the entry on John Landis & Eddie Murphy:
We’ll let Landis explain this one: “The guy [Murphy] on Trading Places was young and full of energy and curious and funny and fresh and great. The guy on Coming to America was the pig of the world — the most unpleasant, arrogant, bullshit entourage … just an asshole.” Amazingly, they did actually work together again after that (on Cop III), but it’s safe to say it ain’t happening again.
[Insert Very Important Date Joke Here]
The Royal Premiere of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland was held in rainy London last night. As can be expected when you mix Burton, Alice and the British, some wacky fashions were on display. Here are just a few of the wild styles from the red carpet (via HuffPo), and you can check out more here and here.
P.S. Little known fact: this movie is based on a book!
Alice star and Tim Burton’s wife, Helena Bonham Carter
The UK’s Michelle Obama: Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
Singer Paloma Faith
Camille Rose Garcia’s stunning
ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
Word on the street is that there’s a new Alice in Wonderland movie on the horizon. We’re excited for that, but we’re even more excited for this incredible new book: Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, illustrated by the wonderful Camille Rose Garcia. In her visual interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s unabridged masterpiece, Garcia brings this classic tale to life with the unique style for which she is famous.
Watch Camille explain her creative process:
Browse inside the book:
Then buy your very own copy.
Music always inspires me while I work, for this project I wanted the art to reference psychedelic colors, and also have a bit of darkness. While reading the story again, I realized it is a pretty dark story, everyone is mean to Alice, she gets drugged by a crazy caterpillar, and the queen threatens her with a beheading! So my musical selections are a nice mix of psychedelic, punk rock, and dark, brooding music. And a couple of folk songs thrown in since my studio is in the middle of the woods!
Camille Rose Garcia shares the music that inspired the book:
Click here for some downloadable wallpapers. Curiouser and curiouser…
Brew York City?
I have a special love for Milwaukee, having spent my first 21 years within and near the city limits. Besides being a great town for eating fried foods, drinking local beer and getting your picture taken with the Fonz, Brew Town has become a cinematic hot bed as of late. First, this summer’s atmospheric Johnny Depp vehicle Public Enemies featured a bunch of scenes shot in-and-around MKE (making many a local gal swoon). Now comes word that the latest David Strathairn film (okay, okay, he’s no Depp, but he does have an Oscar nomination under his belt), is shooting on Milwaukee’s historic Brady Street. Apparently, to re-create downtown New York circa 1920, you have to set up shop in the heart of the Midwest.
