A Monster Bad Romance Vid
I wonder if Lady gaga watches much anime or if this is a coincidence. The cross in the monster as part of the title font and the big anime eyes in the music video. They were so freaky. I thought they came out in the beginning like they’re vampires or creatures born of the abyss.
Also in the vid there’s the attack of the Alexander Mcqueen monster. She had premiered Bad Romance at the Alexander Mcqueen show so I guess that’s understandable. And that polar bear dress was fierce. There’s also a bit of East European feel to it to go along with that Russian sound that she uses in the song. The only thing I thought was really scary was that cat. I don’t know why but it freaked me out.
And the end is a surprise so if you haven’t seen it I won’t spoil it where strangely she looks like Amy Winehouse. I love the vid. What do you think?
Kagehime
Campbell’s AdDRESS your Heart
Here are some dresses I had designed while coming up with one to enter the Campbell’s adDress your Heart contest which donates money earned from votes on the winning dress to the American Heart Association to help educate women about heart disease so please vote when you can. I’m not posting the one I entered until later, but while I was designing these dresses I seriously felt like I was competing against Andy Warhol (and if that was the case I diffently didn’t win) but he’s dead so you wouldn’t think I would be competing with him. But in 1967 his design was printed on a paper dress and that still inspires the dresses campbell has liked in recent years.
Here are some I ditched before coloring. All the dresses had to be mostly red so I just colored them another color, because I thought the dresses were too cute to totally ditch.
I hope you like the dress designs. I didn’t design the shoes, just changed colors and all that. I used Alexander McQueen, Dior and some other fancy shoes.
Kagehime
Gaga as the Bride of Frankenstein kills
A photographer died after looking at her. Seriously. According to Perez he fell off a ladder after passing out. Pop Eater says he died in the hospital after collapsing within minutes of seeing her. I want to know what really happened.
She’s looks like a fashionable bride of Frankenstein here but is she that scary?
Kagehime
Happy Birthday Hello Kitty!
How Hello Kitty’s been celebrated this year and tons of Lady Gaga! 35 years of Hello Kitty.
Although I have to ask is some of this too suggestive for Hello Kitty?
Kagehime
Fan Death with Beautiful Sound and Colors
I found a cool new group (okay so Perez Hilton found them before me but I did find them on his site) called Fan Death. I know it sounds like some weird metal group, but they’re actually a two girl group that sounds kind of like Bat for Lashes and therefore sound like the cure so they sound awesome. Not only do they sound awesome, but their video for Reunited is as well. The colors are vibrant and the actions of the people in the video are as quirky and bubbly as the song.
Kagehime
Anyone else thinks that Dandi looks just like Snow White? And the outfit was so cute I couldn’t resist drawing it.
Ad Sketches
I decided to do some drawings based on real people for a change instead of just drawing comics. I shaded them completely with pencil which I rarely if ever do. Then I scanned the images into the computer and put them in front of a black background, white seemed too boring.
Do you recognize these models from their ads?
In order from top to bottom: Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Guess
Tell me if you like them.
Kagehime
The mystery and power of Marilyn Monroe
Ever since I heard that the grave next to Marilyn Monroe’s was put on sale, I’ve been wondering what it was about her that people love so much (men and women) so naturally I had to find out. What was so captivating that today that people are willing to spend millions to spend an eternity next to her be buried next to her?
Time and time again she appears in pop culture representing the epitome of beauty. Many female stars attempt to capture her look or are strongly inspired by it. Need I name some? I’m sure you know. Madonna, Lindsay Lohan, Megan Fox, Anna Nicole Smith, you get the picture.
She’s got at least one good song about her at least inspired by her. Know Elton John’s song Candle in the Wind? It was originally written in 1973 about Marilyn.
And of course Andy Warhol painted his famous images of Marilyn Monroe.
Why? It wasn’t just because she was beautiful and died tragically (not to mention the conspiracy theories her death spawned) at the age of 36, although that in itself might be enough to develop a cult following. She didn’t let a hard early life stop her from becoming successful. And seriously how many successful model, actress, singers are there? And of course she wasn’t just a dumb blonde.
What do you think about Marilyn Monroe and her influence today?
Kagehime
Monster Ball Tour
I’ve been talking about Lady Gaga a lot recently, but hey she’s about to release the Fame Monster (sounds kind of scary huh?) and doing awesome things like starting the “first ever pop-electro opera,” the Monster Ball. She’s recently released the poster for her tour (without Kanye West). She announce that her opening is to be none other than Kid Cudi. I guess she wanted a quirky rapper to go on tour with her or one of the rappers from the I make her say”I poke her face” song which also included Kanye and Common. I do like Kid Cudi although I’m not a fan of this song. I just think its stupid. I like his song Day N Nite and how the vid includes The Wizard of Oz and Prince references and how half of the vid is a cartoon. What do you think of Kid Cudi going on tour with Lady Gaga?
Do you like the Monster Ball poster? I love it. It looks really modelly (that’s not a word). She’s wearing the awesomeness she premiered on SNL.
Make sure you don’t confuse the name of the tour with the movie Monster’s Ball starring Halle Berry. They have nothing in common except the name, as far as I know.
The tour sounds exciting. I want to go. What about you?
Kagehime
Rainbow Brite’s Makeover :-(
Remember Rainbow Brite, the 80s character and her friends with the super bright clothes? Well she’s getting a makeover. I guess that comes with getting older, because that’s what she’s doing getting a little older. Now she looks like barbie meets anime with a big head and slim waist, kind of like a Bratz doll.
Now the boys are gone, because with the bright colors they they were wearing I guess someone was afraid they were too “colorful” and I thought we were trying to move toward some type of equality. Guess not. Boys can wear bright colors if they want. But what’s Brite supposed to do now that she’s probably into boys now that she’s older and they are gone?
Kagehime
Gaga inspiration
Who’s the inspiration and who’s the inspired?
Above Marlies Dekkers and below Lady Gaga in Marlies Dekkers.
Lady Gaga zipper eye in spring 2009 and Flair magazine zipper eye June 2009
Kagehime
