Marilyn Girlie Girl T-Shirt

montdragon

Marilyn Girlie Girl

Marilyn Monroe was and still is the definitive Icon of past and present glamour ala sexy femininity however it is perceived sometimes positive sometimes not so positive. This graphic is a big time favorite of mine. I distilled the essence of what fans or observers of Marilyn Monroe perceived of her…but for me she was as fragile as a beautiful rose to bloom stunningly and then way too soon like all beautiful roses they fade or are pressed into a keepsake before they fade…this is a keep sake for Norma Jeane Mortenson just a girlie girl who magnificently exceeded her fifteen minutes of fame and was and is forever young. Most have missed her wit and comedic excellence and she was a great actor and only see a sexy Icon who will never be replicated…originals are just one of a kind.

Twentieth century icon Marilyn Monroe still recognizable to some and vaguely to others just a girlie girl who died too young and still is forever young…..Marilyn Girlie Girl.

Please note that this is a distillation or the essence not the exact image of Marilyn Monroe…she never had high heels as cleavage or lips as full and many women of that period did wear a bouffant hair style so this image is more of a homage to capture the glamour of the period of the time.

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  • Sam Dantone

    Sam Dantone

    I have always been “Head Over Heals” for Marilyn…

    Sam Dantone

  • montdragon replied

    The poignant thing about an icon like Marilyn is the reality of life where did she begin or end from being a person and not just an icon of stardom which is superficial…that old cliche “only the good die young.” Thanks you for the view and comment.

  • Christine Till  @    CT-Graphics

    Christine Till...

    What a cool idea!
    Instand Fav.

  • montdragon replied

    Thank you so much I do appreciate your comment…

  • Sam Dantone

    Sam Dantone

    I’m back, I have been thinking of this one all afternoon. The heals have it…

    The stripped down image that is still complex. I love simple complexity. I too often over work my images sometimes to invisibility. Someone once told me if you want to illustrate an elephant just do the tusk. Break it down and simplify…

    Powerful.

    Sam Dantone

  • montdragon replied

    We all do our stuff the way we do our stuff…which is our persona expressed visually sometimes very complex or simply which is just as complex…what I did was distill Marilyn the icon she was illusive nothing is ever what it seems…I like your stuff very much Sam…it is your stuff.

  • Warren Hart

    Warren Hart

    this is so amazing its form is dead on. badazz

  • montdragon replied

    Thanks big time…Namaste.

  • artbyakiko

    artbyakiko

    Very cool design!

  • montdragon replied

    Meow meow to you…thanks and thanks again.

  • yanmos

    yanmos

    congrats on your featured!!! great piece!!!

  • montdragon replied

    Thanks Yanmos…I finally got around to putting this graphic on a T here at the Bubble…Peace Dude.

  • Amy-lee Foley

    Amy-lee Foley

    Wow classy design!
    Nice work :o)

  • montdragon replied

    Thank you so much!!!

  • Nadine Smith

    Nadine Smith

    i looked at this before, but i just realised the shoes…. awesome!!

  • montdragon replied

    Thanks nothing ever seems like what it seems…like icon glamor illusions.

  • Frank Stillitano

    Frank Stillitano

    This is amazing design.
    Implying shoulders through the use of high heels is fresh, effective and absolutely mesmerizing. Lovely stuff.

  • montdragon replied

    TY 2 U…less is more and glamor is illusion and then poof all gone…thanks again.

  • Pascale Baud

    Pascale Baud

    congrats on your featured !!

  • montdragon replied

    Thank you pbworks…ha ha you noticed and as always Sacrebleu!!!! Namaste.

  • Lyuda

    Lyuda

    True Perfection!!!! Fantastic in black and white!! So sharp :)

  • montdragon replied

    Oh where have you been my little artists genus…always a pleasure when you comment Namaste 2 U.

  • Cordelia

    Cordelia

    Great design. Looks simple but is so clever. Congratulations

  • montdragon replied

    Glamor and icons are never simple takes smoke and mirrors to get them just right…like Madonna and all the other girls…thank you.

  • wiercipietas

    wiercipietas

    Great design!!! Super!!!

  • montdragon replied

    Thank U so much!!!!

  • oldmanradish

    oldmanradish

    Hawt! You’re good

  • montdragon replied

    No I am one of those bad seeds…ha ha…thanks big time.

  • sjem ©

    sjem ©

    It’s about time you put this onto a t-shirt Mr Dragon.

    Exceptional work.

  • montdragon replied

    Well…hum…oh…and harrumph’n harrumph…I kinda wonder about this bubble place…no doubts now on my part…it is TOP DRAWER…so I am gonna invest in this place…has what is called “SOUL”...that being the artists and red bubble H.Q. all being genuine and man some artist here just knock me out flat on my arse…oh oh hey thanks big time for the drive by and comment….Namaste all in harmony harmony in all.

  • GriffintheMad

    GriffintheMad

    VERY coool!

  • montdragon replied

    TY and big time thanks like deja vu twice…ha ha.

  • SuisseSilver

    SuisseSilver

    That is awesome! I love the simplistic yet bold style.
    Oh and did you mean to make her clothing look like high heels? Cause it looks pretty sweet.

  • montdragon replied

    Retro glamor in its day was much simpler than the mega productions of today in the end just illusion and all in all really all the same…today. Thank you very much.

  • Deanna Roberts Think in Pictures

    Deanna Roberts...

    Fabulous – love this :D

  • montdragon replied

    Thanks…wow if we were all “FABULOUS” like the illusions that we see or have seen…she was was just a girl and then…? Thank you again.

  • TigerFiSH

    TigerFiSH

    Excellent simplicity and concept. Fantastic piece!

  • montdragon replied

    Complex simplicity package for consumption…it is all illusion…thank you.

  • tiffatron

    tiffatron

    fantastic design!

  • montdragon replied

    Thanks…she was fantastic and still is…thanks again.

  • Grandia

    Grandia

    Amazing design, just love how you made the heels look like a top =)

  • montdragon replied

    Subjectively she was fantastic just an illusion and still she was just a girl..objectively too much fuss…Norma Jean just a girlie girl really….thanks.

  • Frank Stillitano

    Frank Stillitano

    You like illusion!

  • montdragon replied

    Illusions are all we have (?) or just the essence of what is perceived…thanks

  • Laurie Lou McKern

    Laurie Lou McKern

    very clever shoe/ neckline design

  • montdragon replied

    All the sum parts that some saw of her…an iconic illusion of glamor…after all she was human and vulnerable in any even a star of her world and glittered for awhile…thank you.

  • Petra Pinn

    Petra Pinn

    makes you look twice… brilliant!

  • montdragon replied

    Yes it does make you look twice just like Norma Jean who grew up to be Marilyn Monroe and still we all look twice when when see her in movies or still photography or hear “Candle in the Wind.” Thank you for the view and review of your comment.

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    This is just so cool very nice job :)

  • montdragon replied

    Thank you very much…THANKS!

  • DApixara

    DApixara

    Can’t wait to see more!

  • montdragon replied

    Thank you very much…stop by again.

  • LaurenTaylor  Photography

    LaurenTaylor ...

    I LOVE Marilyn Monroe, and I LOVE how you made this illusion…the heels and everything…awesome work!

  • montdragon replied

    Thank you so much for your comment and review.

  • Alicia Fuentes

    Alicia Fuentes

    A very smart design, Well done!

  • montdragon replied

    Thanks big time…I appreciate your review.

  • NicPW

    NicPW

    very creative; good use of shoes as profile

  • montdragon replied

    Icon iconic as icons go…thank you.

  • Vicki Ferrari

    Vicki Ferrari

    Very creative and original work!

  • montdragon replied

    TY for your comment and review…nothing is ever what it seems just like Marilyn or someone we see at a glance.

  • bubbleblue

    bubbleblue

    Excellent work. Very creative.

  • montdragon replied

    Thank you…subject matters like illusions that flicker and then there gone and we vaguely remember just the sense of it…

  • Sylinden

    Sylinden

    You have done a ton with the simplest of images! This graphic is wonderful!

  • montdragon replied

    Simplicity is complexity…thank you for your comment and review.

  • signoreurra

    signoreurra

    cool!!

  • montdragon replied

    Norma Jean still part of the icon scene…thanks.

  • lldd

    lldd

    too cool! marilyn and shoes go perfectly for some reason.

  • montdragon replied

    Thank you…smoke and mirrors and that is illusion like so many Icons…just a glimpse of what we see.

  • lefotodelmaui

    lefotodelmaui

    Cool Works! I like this photo and your stream, nice

  • montdragon replied

    Thanks I appreciate your comment not a photo but a graphic and I will accept any favorable review at any time from anyone kind enough to give one…again thanks I do appreciated your review…Namaste.

  • lldd

    lldd

    That would certainly make a great shirt for shoe and showtime addicts like me ;)

  • Ambur Rockell

    Ambur Rockell

    YES! MARILYN MONROE—-WITH BLACK HAIR! I LOVE HER

  • montdragon replied

    Harrumph…you must know that every great blonde has her roots of being a great brunette so to speak…love your gallery lots of joy de vivre not too naughty and has that “je ne sais quoi” of the classic tradition of pin me up and pin me down pinup…sweet as cupcakes with just enough oh la la cake and cupcakes…to make you think them thoughts of…hush…why it ain’t just cupcakes it is all American pie…oppsadaisy…thank you for stopping by I do appreciate your comment and review.

  • Elucidate

    Elucidate

    Stunning T-shirt design. It captures the indescribable, unplaceable essence of Marilyn Monroe. I never could understand what it was that drew people to her. Perhaps the tragedy of her death, at so young an age, was what did it. It showed people that even Hollywood goddesses were mortal. She was truly an icon.

  • montdragon replied

    “I never could understand what it was that drew people to her.” The commonality of fragility that is inherent in mortality of that flicker of illusion…life. Thank you for the thoughtful comment and taking a few moments to view and review…Namaste.

  • Patricia Anne McCarty
  • montdragon replied

    Oh me oh my a Bubalouieeeeeeeee…why fluff my kilt…thank you Patrica Ann McFun and the Fan Frenzy frenzied fans of the fan Frenzy Fan Frenzy funsters….TY 2 U Alzheimers…I mean TY 2 U All…wow a Bubalouieeeeeeeeee El Kabong…..and a Quick Draw McGraw….seriously thank you.

  • LazerBears

    LazerBears

    This is a really nice tee!

  • montdragon replied

    2U TY…

  • Rob  Hagey

    Rob Hagey

    This is sick, I think I wanna get one of these at some point.

  • montdragon replied

    TY 2U for the comment and review…thanks big time.

  • Poncho72

    Poncho72

    Very cool!
    I had to look twice to get it..;o)

  • montdragon replied

    Thanks very much…I appreciate the viewing and comment…Namaste.

  • roca

    roca

    I’d love to see this as part of our new group, Image Tees (for your best t-shirt designs). Please find us at: http://www.redbubble.com/groups/image-tees

  • montdragon replied

    thanks for the invite…

  • Isa Rodriguez

    Isa Rodriguez

    soooooooooooo good!!

  • montdragon replied

    thank you soooooooooooo much…I appreciate the comment.

  • Svetlana Sewell

    Svetlana Sewell

    Cool design!!!

  • montdragon replied

    TY 2U…!!!

  • Angela  van Boxtel

    Angela van Bo...

    Please submit to our new group http://www.redbubble.com/groups/womanly-tee-design
    for the largest Tshirt clothes line at Manly Beach!! Womanly @ Manly Beach!! as part of the Manly Arts Festival www.manlyartsfestival.com and the event is hosted by www.creativemums.com.au

  • montdragon replied

    TY 2U…Namaste

  • Waleska Luker
  • montdragon replied

    Thank for the feature I do appreciate it very much…again thanks.

  • DON CASTILLO

    DON CASTILLO

    great design! glad i had the chance to see it .don :)

  • montdragon replied

    TY 2U appreciate the view and comment…again thanks.

  • TweetyPies

    TweetyPies

    Perfect!

  • montdragon replied

    TY 2U…big time…!!!

  • Cool Designs

    Cool Designs

    Very Very Cool

  • montdragon replied

    Thank you for the view and comment.

  • Ty Beach

    Ty Beach

    I have to own this shirt!!!!

  • montdragon replied

    TY 2U…big smile.

  • bosmoore

    bosmoore

    fabulous, witty, I love the way you simplified the image to it’s essence and it still says a lot.

  • montdragon replied

    The essences is never simple…simple is the essence of complexity…thank you very much…Namaste.

  • Junior Mclean

    Junior Mclean

    nice!!

  • montdragon replied

    TY 2U…

  • Azzurra

    Azzurra

    wow i love this…awesome ♥♥

  • montdragon replied

    Thank you very much…I do appreciate your comment.

  • kdigraphics

    kdigraphics 20 days ago

    Really nicely done… I love the clever “look again” effect you’ve created with the high heel shoes… Brilliant!

  • montdragon replied 18 days ago

    TY 2U…I like your portfolio…”less is more” a cliché for some and “less is more” is always more…big smile and Godspeed 2U.

  • Joanne  Bradley

    Joanne Bradley 12 days ago

    One of the best uses of Marilyn’s silhouette I have ever seen, an amazingly clever design! Congratulations on the homepage feature!

  • montdragon replied 6 days ago

    So little of what we see…we see…most of the time we think we see…like what is or is not glamour…thank you.

  • robpixaday

    robpixaday 12 days ago

    Genius!!
    Congrats on the super feature!

  • montdragon replied 6 days ago

    TY 2U I appreciate your comment…Namaste.

  • bevmorgan

    bevmorgan 12 days ago

    Very very clever. I love this image. What a creative mind you have!

  • montdragon replied 6 days ago

    It is all in the eye of the viewer….thank you for looking and commenting…I do appreciate it.

  • Tracy Bollinger

    Tracy Bollinger 12 days ago

    Congrats on the feature !!!

  • montdragon replied 6 days ago

    TY 2U 4 your comment it is very much appreciated…have a great selling season.

  • reindeer

    reindeer 12 days ago

    this image is absolutely unreal….what a creative mind you have!!

  • montdragon replied 6 days ago

    Seeing is believing and believing is seeing an illusion filled with your imagination of what you see…that is the best part…thank you very much.

  • Jelynn

    Jelynn 12 days ago

    oooh! i love it!

  • montdragon replied 6 days ago

    Thank you a compliment indeed “oooh! i love it!” so succinct…big smile 4U…!!!

  • jenniferlove

    jenniferlove 12 days ago

    VERY CLEVER IMAGE CONGRATS ON FRONT PAGE FEATURE XX

  • montdragon replied 6 days ago

    It is an image of ambiguity…thank you very much.

  • ScenicSC

    ScenicSC 12 days ago

    The shoe thing is way clever, I didn’t even notice it at first. And I love Marilyn, too. :)

  • montdragon replied 6 days ago

    Oh is it Marilyn or Jayne or maybe Bunny…or like so many other glamour girlie girls…just an illusion…with killer high heels…it is all in the details…thanks for your comment.

  • micmac

    micmac 12 days ago

    Amazing concept…love it …CONGRATS ON THE HOME PAGE!!!

  • montdragon replied 6 days ago

    A little of this and a little of that…voilà…thank you I do appreciate your comment.

  • CapturedByKylie

    CapturedByKylie 12 days ago

    Congratulations on having your tee featured on the Red Bubble Home Page.
    October 28th 2009.

  • montdragon replied 6 days ago

    Thank you for commenting…much appreciated.

  • vampvamp

    vampvamp 12 days ago

    pretty awesome concept….very clever & it looks great!

  • montdragon replied 6 days ago

    It is better with smoke and mirrors…a better illusion…oh thanks so much for commenting…I appreciate it.

  • CJ Bookholt

    CJ Bookholt 12 days ago

    So simple and so fantastic!
    : http://www.redbubble.com/groups/redbubble/forums/4/topics/25871?page=345

  • montdragon replied 6 days ago

    Less is always so much more…you complete what you see with your own imagination…thanks.

  • Tenee Attoh

    Tenee Attoh 12 days ago

    Congratulations,well done

  • montdragon replied 6 days ago

    TY 2U.

  • cammiecakes

    cammiecakes 12 days ago

    How beautiful and clever, well done!!!

  • montdragon replied 6 days ago

    Glamour is an illusion and beauty is in the eye of the beholder…and imagination is in your mind to imagine…thank you very much.

  • Richard Yeomans

    Richard Yeomans 12 days ago

    Congrats on the home page feature!

    Fantastic design… only wish I’d thought of it! Brilliant!

  • montdragon replied 6 days ago

    Thank you for commenting I do appreciate it…!!!

  • nancy salamouny

    nancy salamouny 11 days ago

    congrats…love the classy look

  • montdragon replied 6 days ago

    Thank you a retro redo of a classic icon or icons of girlie girl glamour.

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