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Beauty Bytes: November 9, 2012

Modelling is sooo glamorous – isn’t it? Well, there’s a parallel nude modelling scene, empowered by the Internet and the prosumer camera market. And modelling for GWC’s (Guys With Cameras) is not the glamfest you might think it is. Illustrator (and friend) Molly Crabapple reflects on the time she spent working as a professional naked girl, touching not only on the double-edged (and dangerous) sword of innate sexiness, but also the existence of “good girl privilege” – and the …

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Other People’s Makeup: Molly Crabapple

“Being an illustrator certainly makes me more dexterous with the tools, but I don’t do my makeup in any proper way.” Molly Crabapple, who paints tartly women, louche men, and fantastical beasts – and who founded Dr. Sketchy’s Anti Art School – breaks a lot of rules.

“I naturally have this black-and-white coloring – my skin is pale and my hair is dark, so I go with that. I’m a little bit goth, in a Morticia Addams way, so

"People accuse me of looking like an anime character! But I like my eyes to look really big."
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