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
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...
What a cool idea!
Instand Fav.
montdragon replied
Thank you so much I do appreciate your comment…
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
this is so amazing its form is dead on. badazz
montdragon replied
Thanks big time…Namaste.
artbyakiko
Very cool design!
montdragon replied
Meow meow to you…thanks and thanks again.
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
Wow classy design!
Nice work :o)
montdragon replied
Thank you so much!!!
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
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
congrats on your featured !!
montdragon replied
Thank you pbworks…ha ha you noticed and as always Sacrebleu!!!! Namaste.
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
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
Great design!!! Super!!!
montdragon replied
Thank U so much!!!!
oldmanradish
Hawt! You’re good
montdragon replied
No I am one of those bad seeds…ha ha…thanks big time.
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
VERY coool!
montdragon replied
TY and big time thanks like deja vu twice…ha ha.
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...
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
Excellent simplicity and concept. Fantastic piece!
montdragon replied
Complex simplicity package for consumption…it is all illusion…thank you.
tiffatron
fantastic design!
montdragon replied
Thanks…she was fantastic and still is…thanks again.
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
You like illusion!
montdragon replied
Illusions are all we have (?) or just the essence of what is perceived…thanks
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
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
Can’t wait to see more!
montdragon replied
Thank you very much…stop by again.
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
A very smart design, Well done!
montdragon replied
Thanks big time…I appreciate your review.
NicPW
very creative; good use of shoes as profile
montdragon replied
Icon iconic as icons go…thank you.
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
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
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
cool!!
montdragon replied
Norma Jean still part of the icon scene…thanks.
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
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
That would certainly make a great shirt for shoe and showtime addicts like me ;)
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
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 ...
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
This is a really nice tee!
montdragon replied
2U TY…
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
Very cool!
I had to look twice to get it..;o)
montdragon replied
Thanks very much…I appreciate the viewing and comment…Namaste.
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
soooooooooooo good!!
montdragon replied
thank you soooooooooooo much…I appreciate the comment.
Svetlana Sewell
Cool design!!!
montdragon replied
TY 2U…!!!
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montdragon replied
TY 2U…Namaste
Waleska Luker
montdragon replied
Thank for the feature I do appreciate it very much…again thanks.
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
Perfect!
montdragon replied
TY 2U…big time…!!!
Cool Designs
Very Very Cool
montdragon replied
Thank you for the view and comment.
Ty Beach
I have to own this shirt!!!!
montdragon replied
TY 2U…big smile.
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
nice!!
montdragon replied
TY 2U…
Azzurra
wow i love this…awesome ♥♥
montdragon replied
Thank you very much…I do appreciate your comment.
kdigraphics
Really nicely done… I love the clever “look again” effect you’ve created with the high heel shoes… Brilliant!
montdragon replied
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 about 1 month 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 24 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 about 1 month ago
Genius!!
Congrats on the super feature!
montdragon replied 24 days ago
TY 2U I appreciate your comment…Namaste.
bevmorgan about 1 month ago
Very very clever. I love this image. What a creative mind you have!
montdragon replied 24 days ago
It is all in the eye of the viewer….thank you for looking and commenting…I do appreciate it.
Tracy Bollinger about 1 month ago
Congrats on the feature !!!
montdragon replied 24 days ago
TY 2U 4 your comment it is very much appreciated…have a great selling season.
reindeer about 1 month ago
this image is absolutely unreal….what a creative mind you have!!
montdragon replied 24 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 about 1 month ago
oooh! i love it!
montdragon replied 24 days ago
Thank you a compliment indeed “oooh! i love it!” so succinct…big smile 4U…!!!
jenniferlove about 1 month ago
VERY CLEVER IMAGE CONGRATS ON FRONT PAGE FEATURE XX
montdragon replied 24 days ago
It is an image of ambiguity…thank you very much.
ScenicSC about 1 month ago
The shoe thing is way clever, I didn’t even notice it at first. And I love Marilyn, too. :)
montdragon replied 24 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 about 1 month ago
Amazing concept…love it …CONGRATS ON THE HOME PAGE!!!
montdragon replied 24 days ago
A little of this and a little of that…voilà…thank you I do appreciate your comment.
CapturedByKylie about 1 month ago
Congratulations on having your tee featured on the Red Bubble Home Page.
October 28th 2009.
montdragon replied 24 days ago
Thank you for commenting…much appreciated.
vampvamp about 1 month ago
pretty awesome concept….very clever & it looks great!
montdragon replied 24 days ago
It is better with smoke and mirrors…a better illusion…oh thanks so much for commenting…I appreciate it.
CJ Bookholt about 1 month ago
So simple and so fantastic!
: http://www.redbubble.com/groups/redbubble/forums/4/topics/25871?page=345
montdragon replied 24 days ago
Less is always so much more…you complete what you see with your own imagination…thanks.
Tenee Attoh 29 days ago
Congratulations,well done
montdragon replied 24 days ago
TY 2U.
cammiecakes 29 days ago
How beautiful and clever, well done!!!
montdragon replied 24 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 29 days ago
Congrats on the home page feature!
Fantastic design… only wish I’d thought of it! Brilliant!
montdragon replied 24 days ago
Thank you for commenting I do appreciate it…!!!
nancy salamouny 29 days ago
congrats…love the classy look
montdragon replied 24 days ago
Thank you a retro redo of a classic icon or icons of girlie girl glamour.
dreamNwish 4 days ago
An awesome design!
Very creative with the shoes as the top of her dress or blouse. Very cool!
montdragon replied 1 day ago
Thank you for your kind words…it is all illusion…again thanks.
nishagandhi 4 days ago
amazing
montdragon replied 1 day ago
TY 2U you are very kind.
judygal 4 days ago
CONGRATULATIONS ON A WELL DESERVED FEATURE

montdragon replied 1 day ago
A belated thank you…
dreamNwish 1 day ago
You’re welcome. I love optical illusions! :-)