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Miss Cherry MartiniALTERNATIVE SPOOKY CUTELOWBROW ART WITH TATTOOSWords: Siara GrayPhotography: SLDixon PhotographyMelbourne based alternative artist, Miss Cherry Martini designs a graphic paper doll world ofghoulishly cute, bewitching characters. Her art is a mixture of dark and darling imagery. Belovedanimated icons get alt girl makeovers complete with tattoos piercing and body mods. Growing upin rich and rural Rotorua, New Zealand, Miss Cherry began creating art as a young girl. Nurturedby a supportive and artistic family, she grew in her talents, winning prizes and developing herwhimsically spooky illustration style in part influenced by accomplished artist, Simon Morse.Miss Cherry Martini began her career working as a tattoo artist in New Zealand, funding her moveto Melbourne where she continued her artistic education, earning her diploma of Arts and Illustrationwithin two years. Although originally, her interest was in pursuing a career in animation, Cherry’stalents in design moved her into work with product and logo conceptualization. She workedbriefly as the Creative Concept Developer for Moose Toys, eventually running the entire GirlsCreative Department. In her personal art, Cherry’s bold style caught the attention of New Zealandalternative clothing company and wholesaler, Brutalitees. From there, product and clothing designwork snowballed; her work can be seen on everything from t-shirts to clothing to housewares andworks with numerous well-known companies, including Lowbrow Art Company, Too Fast Clothing,HellBunny, Sourpuss Clothing, and Steady Clothing, to name a few.In addition to being an accomplished full-time artist, Miss Cherry Martini has an impressive alternativemodeling portfolio, is an experienced creative writer, is planning to initiate a label of herown, and expecting a baby girl in July.www.MissCherryMartini.comwww.Facebook.com/MissCherryMartiniFanpagewww.RedBubble.com/people/CherryMartini6 InkSpiredMagazine.com