Monday, June 15, 2009

From Yesterday's Observer



Many Observer-reading friends sent me a link to this article about pop star Mika last night, with the following fantastic tidbit:
"Waiting outside afterwards is a gaggle of 100 fans, including two who have dressed up as Lollipop girls, after the song. That sort of dedication is apparently typical of his hardcore followers. On his website, Mika recently started a dialogue with the illustrator Sophie Blackall, who posted a drawing of a girl in an ingeniously designed dress. Last night in Berlin, one fan - a man - turned up dressed exactly as the girl in the drawing. "I don't know if other artists get that sort of attention," he says, "because they laugh when I speak to them about it." "
I haven't felt so honoured since a Mexican fellow had a full back tattoo done of my drawing for Tim Burton's Big Fish. Sadly I never got a photo of that.

13 comments:

  1. antoineJune 18, 2009 at 6:19 AM

    hi sophie,
    i just got the link for that blog, and i m the one who put that dress, but it was not my idea, it was my gf crazy idea who is fan about mika and your work, just want to clarify thing s here. :)
    it amazed mika when he saw us, me and my gf.

    antoine

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  2. melodyJune 18, 2009 at 5:48 PM

    antoine and his gf were right next to me at the gig - their outfits really were fantastic - antoines girlfriend was actually dressed as the matchbox boy, you can see a photo here: http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/awqc-w.jpg (pic taken by a member of the german mika forum). :-)

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  3. Jade BoylanJune 19, 2009 at 8:35 AM

    yaaay so glad the link to the scan worked for you! lots o' luv from Jade x :-D

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  4. Lee-AnnJune 19, 2009 at 5:48 PM

    they sat right in front of me in the church xD
    the pic which melody posted was taken by me, just in the right moment- i love that pose =D

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  5. sophie blackallJune 21, 2009 at 9:20 PM

    Oh my goodness! I am ridiculously impressed with your paper frock, Antoine, and your 'gf' as the match baby is brilliant. I'm thrilled to bits. Thank you for posting the link Melody, (and for taking the photo Lee Ann.)

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  6. AnonymousJune 22, 2009 at 11:23 AM

    Hi Sophie,

    I just want to say, that I love this project you are making with Mika!!! That's brilliant!
    I really love art like yours or Mika's Sister DAWACK!!!
    For the next concerts Kanni is planning to produce other costumes and I'm really really happy about that because I think it's a very very amazing thing to do that!
    When will you and Mika go on with this project? Maybe with some other crazy-"not-of-this-world"-characters?? :D It would make me happy to see more of you art and of the "Blackall-Project"!

    Many Greetings Catharina

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  7. BRANDI MILNEJune 26, 2009 at 2:46 PM

    Hi!! You've won an award!! Please come and get it on my blog, and pass it on if you wish!! I love your works and your brilliant blogs!!

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  8. Kate LarkworthyJune 29, 2009 at 11:42 PM

    wow Sophia - that is very exciting. So clever. XOK

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  9. SephyJuly 21, 2009 at 10:39 AM

    Omg! So dedicated!! So cool!!

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  10. jena ardellOctober 9, 2009 at 5:00 PM

    That's so awesome!! Great illustration... I can see why the couple was so inspired to replicate the dress.

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  11. moving companyJanuary 26, 2011 at 8:14 AM

    Fantastic illustrations ! This is absolutely awesome. I just want to say that I love this project. This is brilliant.I know that you and Mika will do great job and win it. Wish you a best of luck.

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