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Inspiration thread!

Post by LittlePinkFaery » Sun May 17, 2009 7:02 pm

One of our members suggested this thread and I think it is a great idea :)

What hair inspires you?
What inspires you to make a particualr style of hair? (could be books, films, clothes, accessories)

If you are linking to a picture you must state who has made the hair/item . If using a photo you may need permission.

Do not show off the hair you have made since being 'inspired' (that should be in the gallery) just things that have inspired you to be creative- hair realted creativity only!

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Re: Inspiration thread!

Post by LittlePinkFaery » Sun May 17, 2009 7:30 pm

to start you off...not terrribly exciting, but obviously I am inspired by the wonderful Siouxie Sioux and the pain of goth backcombing when I started making my banshee falls and wigs several years ago!

Image taken from http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/slowdive ... oux009.jpg
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I hope she had shares in Elnet!

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Re: Inspiration thread!

Post by Couture_Coiffure » Mon May 18, 2009 9:19 pm

As someone who loves opulent hair styles, I was more than thrilled to have someone on my LJ friend's list post a link to this most fabulous creation:

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Even better, there are details to how it was created, which can be found here.

Definitely going to try this out with plastic some time this year.
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Re: Inspiration thread!

Post by allthistightness » Sun May 24, 2009 5:04 am

Couture_Coiffure wrote:As someone who loves opulent hair styles, I was more than thrilled to have someone on my LJ friend's list post a link to this most fabulous creation:

Even better, there are details to how it was created, which can be found here.
Whoa, that's amazing! Is that boat on top of her head? So cool!

My daring hair inspiration started with:
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Scary Spice always had the coolest 'dos.
:)

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Re: Inspiration thread!

Post by Lilinth » Sun May 24, 2009 4:13 pm

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hope it was okay for me to post three pics...comic books!
old green/purple comic book heroes and villains...i love the look...and i am a comic geek thanks to the OH
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Re: Inspiration thread!

Post by tazzyface » Mon May 25, 2009 9:43 am

More human than human

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Re: Inspiration thread!

Post by Couture_Coiffure » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:27 am

tazzyface wrote:When I get stuck on what colours to use, I look to nature :)

Images such as these really inspire me (some of these are quite large):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... k-A330.JPG
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... icht_2.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... a_suma.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... ipfarm.jpg
Stunning photos, and definitely lots of color.
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Re: Inspiration thread!

Post by VixenSingsBlack » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:44 pm

Yep, mold on bricks.
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fantastic stuff! oh and fungus too.

What inspires you to make a particualr style of hair? I find that the varying textures found on bricks and mold/fungus has seriously inspired my desire to create loose wool/yarn falls before; I've tried to replicate the look of a young bird perched on a moldy/mossy tree branch with lovely rough bark before in yarns/wool falls. The color combos are a plus too. I don't run around finding inspiration in the styles/hairdos of famous folk. *shrugs* I guess I don't pay that much attention to them, so I get my hair inspiration else where.

I hope that was a bit more clearly on topic for this thread. Sorry :i10:

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Re: Inspiration thread!

Post by LittlePinkFaery » Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:49 pm

for hair colours I assume? every one knows this is hair inspiration right?

I cna see how that would work for dread colours!

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Re: Inspiration thread!

Post by Lilinth » Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:39 pm

vixensingsblack- the purple-green look on those bricks is my theme for everything :D

no pics due to computer death but at the moment i'm looking at some of my dad's late best friend's paintings, he was an artist named lieuwe gerritse (can't find anything on google) who painted women using vivid pastel colours, you can really see the emotion

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i took a pic of an old pic on a poster for a 1998 gallery exhibit:
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Re: Inspiration thread!

Post by [[Violet.Nightmare]] » Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:44 pm

So as some of you may start to notice i use myspace to find a lot of different artists

this is my most recent find. I love almost everything he does, i think the mans a genius.

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... =271321380
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Post by IKickShins » Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:57 pm

I tend to be inspired by food. If you look at the file names for pictures of my pre-made dreads, they're oftentimes named after whatever food I was thinking about when I made them.

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(a lot of my natural sets come out of cravings for various flavors of ice cream!)
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Re: Inspiration thread!

Post by anarchyinthejp » Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:33 am

nature has it best!!

whenever i want to find interesting colour combinations, the first place i look to is insects, fish, and birds...or flowers!

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the book 'living jewels' is my bible :)
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Re: Inspiration thread!

Post by OpheliaImmortal » Thu Jul 23, 2009 1:09 pm

Kimono fabric always inspires me. I bought a dress from eBay that has so many colours in it because it's made from kimono fabric - turquoise, pink, gold, white... lots of different shades. Really inspirational to look at, and I have so many ideas just from the fabric of that dress, not necessarily restricted to hair ideas!
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Re: Inspiration thread!

Post by SyNNy+SuKKupyre » Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:58 pm

I get inspiration from everything from Cosplay to Kandi making XD

Sometimes I just see something or a thought just pops into my head while I am doing something and I am like "I MUST DO THAT!"

Like my Install pattern was inspired by shoe lacing patterns XD
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Re: Inspiration thread!

Post by EbonNoire » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:20 pm

I can never achieve this hairstyle but ive this this hairstyle for most of my whole life.this is one hairstyle that you would never see someone walking down the street in and thats why i love it!
Image :i2:
All of their hairstyles are unique and fits their personalities
and i especially became inspired by the Amazon Quarlet hairstyles from sailor moon
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Re: Inspiration thread!

Post by oxalchemyxo » Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:01 am

Sorry if this is a bit more than you wanna know, but I was inspired while I was sitting on the toilet bowl. :lol: I looked at the towels hanging on the hooks and they were off white, light green with bleached hand prints that turned yellow, and dark green. I thought they looked great together, but I have yet to make them. soon enough! :D
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Re: Inspiration thread!

Post by CryptiquesBizarre » Fri Jul 22, 2011 10:15 pm

EbonNoire wrote:I can never achieve this hairstyle but ive this this hairstyle for most of my whole life.this is one hairstyle that you would never see someone walking down the street in and thats why i love it!
Image :i2:
All of their hairstyles are unique and fits their personalities
and i especially became inspired by the Amazon Quarlet hairstyles from sailor moon
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Sailor Moon is definitely a huge inspiration for me as well! :)

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