Today I'm lifting the veil slightly on what's going to happen here on the blog in the coming months. I'm preparing a paper doll series dedicated to the centenary of Marilyn Monroe.
Instead of focusing on the iconic dresses already so often depicted and seen in paper dolls, I decided to go back to the beginning and draw inspiration from Norma Jeane's looks—before fame, before platinum hair, before Hollywood.
I'm looking for the base paper doll for the series.
I started with a suggestion of a tutorial I found years ago on the web.
So, I looked for references that I liked and those that gave me tips for creating an interesting pose.
I will try to combine a pose of young, sweet Norma Jeane, full of that simplicity that marked her early days as a model, with a pose of Marilyn Monroe that will allow me to continue the project, contemplating her years as a starlet and perhaps as an already established star. In the coming months, I will share outfits inspired by her pin-up years, her photo shoots as a professional model, her early films (which are numerous), and the looks that defined her rise as the movie star she is remembered as today. I hope you enjoy this adventure as much as I'm enjoying preparing it. I'm sharing with you a work-in-progress paper doll base.
Tell me: which paper doll base do you prefer(from left to right)? 😜
I look forward to seeing you on June 1st!
Until then.
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Estou a preparar uma série dedicada ao centenário de Marilyn Monroe. Em vez de incidir nos vestidos icónicos já tão desenhados e vistos em paper dolls, decidi voltar ao início e inspirar-me nos looks de Norma Jeane — antes da fama, antes do cabelo platinado, antes de Hollywood.
Estou à procura da paper doll base para a serie. Tentarei combinar uma pose de Norma Jeane jovem, doce e cheia daquela simplicidade que marcou os seus primeiros tempos como modelo com uma pose de Marilyn Monroe que me permitirá dar continuidade ao projecto contemplando os seus anos de starlet e quem sabe de estrela já consagrada.
Nos próximos meses, vou partilhar outfits inspirados nos seus anos de pin up, nas suas sessões fotográficas como modelo profissional, dos seus primeiros filmes( que são imensos) e nos looks que definiram a sua ascensão como a estrela de cinema que hoje é lembrada .
Espero que gostem desta aventura tanto quanto eu estou a gostar de a preparar. Partilho convosco um working in progress da paper doll base.
Digam-me: qual a paper doll base que preferem?
Conto com a vossa visita no dia 1 de junho! Até lá.
