Whilst flicking through June's issue of Dazed & Confused I spotted a fantastic double page spread that looked really great. Pages 140-141 were part of a feature on Crystal Castles, and the images were really well put together so kudos to the magazine and to the photographer Ari Marcopoulos. The really creepy but beautiful doll on the left looks so perfect and happy, contrasting with the photograph of Alice, who looks sad and vulnerable but also really beautiful. I imagined that the doll belongs to Alice, and shows a child-like nature and spirit that people don't see when she is on stage performing liked a crazed banshee. It made me think who is the real Alice: the girl who looks sad and still owns dolls or the girl who goes nuts during shows? Some free-hand drawings massively simplified the images, and were then traced onto the black T-shirt. I chose to do the design in white on black as opposed to black on white as it will have more impact and looks different. The doubling of text on 'Alice Glass' mirrors the band's logo, and represents the two sides of her personality.
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