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bubble Doll™ is Gwen Lee. She is a master of blanket web2.0 marketing practices that see all the bubbleDoll™ virtual portals on the web light up whenever thee is a new design added to her collection. The super-kawaii brand, bubbleDoll™ is a cute and controlled documentary of gwen’s world.

How does being a creative person and pursuing your creativity affect other aspects of your life?

I find creativity wherever I am through observing the elements and principles of design within my surroundings.

Creativity is important to me in expressing who I am. Being creative helps me to communicate my thoughts, observations, and express my mental or emotional states. When my thoughts become cluttered, illustrating, sewing, listening to music or writing becomes my outlet for expressing or organising these cluttered thoughts.

Creativity has always been a part of me from a very young age. I loved illustrating and music as a child. There was one point in time when I totally lost interest in illustrating and became more interested and involved in music. Over that timeframe I was a musician playing in a band and orchestras. After my ventures in music I became a Visual Merchandiser and Ticket Writer. I then explored fashion and had my Jewelry Designs filmed and featured on models on a fashion show runway in Melbourne. Now I am back to revisiting and pursuing my interest in Illustration and I love it!

Currently, with BUBBLE DOLL™ my creative focus is on Illustration and Graphic Design. BUBBLE DOLL™ is my iconic identity that represents my creativity. With BUBBLE DOLL™, I work on producing my own projects as well as working on client projects.

Tell us about one person or moment that has made your time on redbubble particularly special or meaningful

RedBubble is an awesome online community. Although I have not met or liaised with any artists through RedBubble in real life, it has been wonderful connecting and building an online rapport with many artists through RedBubble and on other sites including Facebook and Myspace.

Show & tell us about five works on redbubble that have moved or inspired you

There are many works by RedBubble artists that have moved or inspired me. I would like to share with you groups of works by artists with their illustrative styles that I love!

Mikoto
Neapolitan Ice Cream
mikoto’s umbrella
mikoto’s ladybug
- Emphasis on its own iconic branding creatively incorporated into a theme
- Portrayal of irony with the juxtaposition of cute and evil
- Shadowing and highlighting effect techniques
- Character designs

Big Fat Robot
The prettiest Pretty from Planet Pretty
Big Fat Robot eats Melbourne – blue with logo
Tiki Time
- Radiation effects from the center of a character
- Stylised line work, shadowing and highlighting effect techniques
- Character designs

Karin Taylor
Chinese Red Fan Girl
“Citrus Siesta”http://www.redbubble.com/people/karin/art/1001444-3-citrus-siesta
Funky Mermaid
- Textures created with the repetition of shapes
- The visual balance and within each piece of work
- Colour themes

ScarlettCat
Paper Aeroplane
Two’s Company
Miss Penny
- Minimal colourisation with colour emphasising facial features
- Surrealistic themes
- Character designs

Oksancia
Green eyes portrait
Girl – Day
Little Monkey
- Highlight and shading techniques
- Surrealistic themes
- Character designs