Graffiti My World

Hellloooooo there, it's me and my future dead gummy worm that I scandalously devoured.
Just recently, I've become more inspired than ever before, and I've learned a lot from my friends, family, bloggers, and even those that I see 5 days a week between the hours of 9 - 5PM. Most importantly, let's not forget our most intelligent (sometimes) friend - the internet. SO many different portals of knowledge and inspiration out there waiting to be exploited from up-and-coming models and photographers to visual artists and musicians of all kinds. Let me also take a moment to be uber cheesy and mention how beautiful the world is. There is SO MUCH out there. What are you waiting for? Git it gurrrl.

Anyway...

I've had the great pleasure to work with photographer, Carlo Parducho a few times in the past as a Stylist. It's always a fun shoot with him because he's always got so much energy that he brilliantly exudes into his photography. Let me just be blunt here - he knows his shit. Models, photographers, magazine editorials, you name it he knows it and I admire him for that.

We (and by 'we' I mean myself, Carlo, and awesome MUA Miki Chang) recently worked together on a graffiti shoot in DTLA - Little Tokyo. Lezzbehonest: This was my favorite shoot to style because I used a lot of my personal taste into this one. Studs, Bling, and a ton of Bad-Assery. To top it off, we had model Valentine from No Ties Management who really did an amazing job representing the look we were going for. The result? Some really good shit.

Photographer: Carlo Parducho

MUA/Hair: Miki Chang

Stylist: Araxie Ashkharian

Model: Valentine

mucho hugz and kissez

araxie a.

Rue Electric

Papercut Magazine

Got a sneak preview of the shoot I worked on to be submitted to Papercut Magazine from photographer Carlo Parducho and the shots look UGH-MAZING except ya'll won't be seeing any of it until further notice :). I honestly love styling. Before, during, and after the shoot. The whole process of it (esp prepping) can be a little nerve wracking when you're working towards the shoot date. It's so easy to network this way. I feel like this time around, I've met a lot of friendly people which I hope to work with again in the future.

from left to right

Makeup and Hair Stylist: Dari A. So

Wardrobe Stylist: Araxie Ashkharian (me)

Model: Jessica Spangler of No Ties Management

Photographer: Carlo Parducho

Assistant Photographer: Melanie Kwok

with hugs, kisses, and everything girly (blah)

araxie a.

New Obsession!

AHA!

A good friend of mine who is a photographer has always been doing good and keeping me in the loop of his fave editorials and/or interesting finds (especially if it has to do with Taylor Swift.... if you're reading this, shoot this blog post a holla!)

Last night, he introduced me to PINTEREST which will get you on there exploring for hours (as he tested it out to be). I'm treating it to be like my own google images search engine. So much inspiration can come from this! It seems to be like a Flickr mixed with a side of Tumblr... but for some reason, I find this website a lot easier to use than either of them. sorry!

I've got a sort of "thing" for bridal. It's beautiful. Not the lovey-dovey side to it... but the art of it. The gown and coordination between the colors and decorations and themes. I've always wanted a vintage-inspired wedding.. and none of those typical wedding photos. I want those candid shots that truly tell a thousand words. None of that cheesy videography. It's soOoOoO boring! Let's hope my supposed husband-to-be is fond of that idea!

Anyway, all of these photos (which really are a itty bitty sample of Pinterest) have to do with stuff I've looked around on the website. Enjoy!

My favorite photo^