Wallpaper just released their July issue on the subject of sex and the erotic. Naturally they asked us to be involved and turn my Alphabunnies into an appetising new alphabet of lovely ladies. As Airside’s resident sexpert in drawing naughty girls, I couldn’t wait to start on it. You can now have a peek at some initial sketches.
Where did my obsession start…mmmmhhhh For a start I have a french perverted mind but really it all started when I was a kid. Everyday I would draw princesses and pretty girls. There were no boys in my sketchbooks: hips and curves were much more dramatic and fun (many of you would agree I am sure). As a teenager it became a kind of compulsive doodle habit that kept me entertained in school.
I could do them with my eyes closed and of course I gave them away to the boys who were suddenly more interested in my drawings. When I joined Airside two years ago I was the only girl designer in the middle of a lovely big boy’s designer club! At one point I was trying to come up with an idea for a print for our shop and I ended up going back to my habit of drawing sexy girls. I was happy. The boys were happy.
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When Wallpaper commissioned us to do something for their Sex and Art issue, they said they’d like something along the line of Alphabunnies. I decided to go with 50’s pin ups instead of animal hybrids and to create a new set of letters.
I feel this set is more organic and the poses are more sophisticated than Alphabunnies but the spirit remains the same: sexy Amazons exploring the joys of foreplay.
The idea here is to pare down my initial drawings as much as possible graphically, using negative space for their bodies. I have to confess I kept my favorite letter from the Alphabunnies – the G – and explored other ways to design the rest of the letters.
Now you can get your hands on limited edition prints of each of the individual letters of our erotic alphabet. You can see a sensuous selection of lascivious letters here.
Each letter is a limited edition of 10 and the prints are only available until the end of July, so like a rampant rabbit, get in there quick.
Finally have a look at the animation that our very gifted animator Maki did for the website.
After animating the alphabunnies and these lovely ladies, she is now my second in command when it comes to bringing the pin-ups to life.
On the 1st July I will be representing the good ship Airside at ilovedesign.com’s 8×8 London event. It’s going to be a breakneck affair with 8 designers rattling through their inspirations and motivations at the gaff-inducing speed of 8 minutes. Like Pecha Kucha, this talk is fast, the upshot is you won’t have to gander at the above slide for too long.
The speaker list can be found here along with speaker bios for the event. Tickets for the evening cost £15 (£10 for students), and there’ll be plenty of beer for those through the door. I hear tickets are selling fast so head on over to ilovedesign.com to avoid disappointment!