Kitsch

Wandering the world with a new pair of of sunglasses and a cosmic cat shirt.

Howlovely.

Meet Werewolf Erin. She thinks that wolf whistling is xenophobic to her kind, but can be cheered up with a scratch behind the ears or dog biscuits.
Inspired by my own photo, which you can see here. 

Patchwork.

Meet Patchwork Erin. She has an intense fear of needles and likes to liken her eyes to those of David Bowie. Inspired by Halloween and Mad Chuckie dolls.

Bone And Feather

Modeling a flower crown for Bone And Feather. To get your own, visit HERE.

Krishna

Meet Krishna Erin. She's a mouthful.
Inspired by Krishna, and the story of his mother seeing the universe in his mouth.

Atlas.

Meet Atlas Erin. She realises that this idea is outdated and been done before by Shooshoosaidthemaiden if you follow this here LINK. But she also feels that she's very down to Earth.

Diddle Diddle.

Meet Kitty Erin. She likes playing with yarn and boasts of being a wicked fiddle player. She was once in a band with Diddle Diddle, but they recently split due to a  territorial disagreement that ended in what is commonly known as a "cat fight".
I like cats. They were my inspiration. Nothing more, nothing less.

In Your Head.

Meet Zombie Erin. She doesn't like Colgate and says she has a phobia of getting lock jaw. You may run into, or away from, her as she wanders aimlessly around and about in search of fresh human brains.
Inspired by the hit TV series "The Walking Dead". I think it could have been done with more precision, but it was getting late and I grew tired and fussy. 

Strike Me Down If You Dare.

Meet Anti-Christ Erin. She thinks her mathematician of a father is going to love the fact that she has a "plus" sign tattooed on her back.
Simple photo, not much to it.

Real Monster.

Meet Monster Erin. She thinks stuffy, blocked noses are the worst and is currently experiencing muscular difficulties in her arms, due to holding up her eyes. She hates high-5's and gets shivers down her spine at the mere thought of applauding.
I sort of got this idea of off an inspiration of mine, though they had drawn eyes on their hands. I initially had half of my lips on either side of my arms as well, so that my face was full split down the middle, but it looked far too unnatural, so I opted out and settled for this. It was taken on my new camera also, pretty happy with the quality of photo and what have you. Also, the title to this post is in no way affiliated to Lady GaGa or her awful, awful music.

Suck me.

Meet Nakey Erin. She loves looking off whimsically to the side with her eyes only half open to give this illusion that she is a meaningful individual. In actual fact, she is a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery.
Was just an average photo that I decided to do something plain and ordinary with.

Fire.

Meet Hotheaded Erin. She says smoking is made easier for people like her but admits that low hanging branches are problematic for her condition. She sometimes wishes she could braid her hair without getting third degree burns.
Inspired by the elements. I am thinking of doing water, air and earth as well, though the means have escaped me as of late.

La Ballade of Lady and Bird.

Meet Earth-Child Erin. She likes all things Earth related, barr most parasites and when there is too much or too little milk in her cereal.
Things have gone a little haywire for me so I spent a day recently sitting in the backyard watching nature and attempting to take photos of all the amazing moments I usually miss to witness. During this time I noticed all the dead leaves that had accumulated in piles under one of the trees and I envisioned hands creeping through it like snakes. And this is the resulting photo.

Where The Wild Things

Model: Tara

Photographer: Erin Johnston (Shooshoosaidthemaiden)

The dress she is wearing is mine, and I also styled her hair and applied her make up.
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Hairy Maclary and Animorph

Meet Hairy Erin. She believes that hairdressers are the devil reincarnated and that all life's little hiccups can be solved with a dollop of Pantene, lathered and repeated.
I've had this idea in my head for a while and after someone mentioned that my hair was what "made" most of my photos, I decided to do a number of shoots inspired by my hair. I'm wearing my Christmas dress that I received off of my boyfriend a little bit early (he also got some of his). People say I look like a pixie when I am in it. 

Meet Lion Erin. She prides herself on having eyes like David Bowie, but hates his song "Diamond Dogs". She says she gets mistaken for Simba's daughter too often to count and says men love her sexy smile.
When this fellow mentioned that he thought my hair was what "made" most of my photos, I thought of a lion and its mane. So I decided to animorph myself. I had trouble deciding what animal to splice myself with, so I resorted back to the original idea of lion. I think I may do many of these and further experiment.

The World In Her Hands.

Meet Atlas Erin. She sees the world like a snow globe, beautiful and delicate, and easily destructible if she so chooses. She says wind on Earth is all thanks to her mildly exhaling and earthquakes are due to her having a case of the hiccups.
I was going through old photos and came across this one from when I did a previous photo I called "Cosmos" (link). I decided I liked my sweet little smile and would use the photo to experiment with layers. This was the outcome, which I rather liked and decided I would keep and share.

Eyes Wide Shut.

I was lost for ideas so I tried to think of something simple and this came to mind. I wanted to take a photo because my hair was straightened for the first time in ages, and this was the resulting photo. I'm not entirely fond of it, but I like the concept.

Reign Over Me.

It's been really quite drizzly where I live lately, and I've been feeling a bit down and out of sorts lately as well as though I'm imitating the weather. This concept is widely known, I just thought I'd give it a shot. The initial idea was to put a cloud above my head but I found it looked a bit out of place when the photo was taken from this angle, which I love. So I just put rain on only me, which made me think of the movie "Reign Over Me" with Adam Sandler.
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Four legged Erin.

I reckon it appear as though I'm some form of four legged animal, somewhat like the cartoon character Catdog. I decided on not wearing any clothes so that I could easily blend the two halves, but I tried to make it as modest as I could.
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Skeleton butterfly.

I thought I looked a little odd in this photo, but I loved the position of the hand and came up with the idea to put bones on my flesh in photoshop. I like the outcome.
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