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About me

Hi, I’m Ayla Marika, a visual artist and designer based in the Southern Tablelands, NSW Australia. I specialise in hand-drawn illustration, graphic design and traditional fine art painting. I love surrealism, impressionism, graphic novels, rock music, cartoons and psychedelia.

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Top 5 Feline Fatales of 2017

Print Magazine (24 pages). 2017. Limited run of 50.

Mediums: Ink Pen on Paper; Digital Collage (Adobe Photoshop); Graphic Design (Adobe InDesign); Professionally Printed & Bound (external company).

Description: In this satirical art project, I developed a series of 10 artworks that provide commentary on the modern female lifestyle promoted in beauty magazines and the ‘beauty standards’ prevalent today. The purpose of this is to show how modern marketing and graphic design in magazines plays on our subconscious desires and fears, and how communications professionals use these to influence our purchasing decisions around different beauty and fashion products. This is achieved through a series of digital collages, comprising original illustration juxtaposed with images from popular magazines and other sources.

Format: A4, 24 page magazine, published as a limited run of 50 magazines.

Cover Art

2017 Feline Fatales WEB FULL 800w

Part 1: Wild-Haired Wild Child

Part 2: Wild Thoughts

Part 3: I Am Lion, Hear Me Roar

Part 4: Catwalk Litter

Part 5: Supernatural