THE RESURGENCE OF TRUE LOVE!
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: YBD DOES SEX APPEAL, ROMANCE, AND POP HUMOR, IN EQUAL MEASURE.
So these are the postcards I made the other night that I talked about in yesterday’s post, remember? When I sat down to do more cards in the Nobody Series, but instead I ended up feeling flooded with neon lights and positivity, instead?
Well, here are my unexpectedly hopeful new postcards, in the gallery above. Now, let me tell you about them….
FOR YOU I AM ONE HUNDRED PERCENT AVAILABLE
If loving this postcard is wrong, then I don’t want to be right! This card, which oozes not-so-subtle sex appeal, is pure vintage Cosmopolitan magazine, from top to bottom. We have the vamp model in pastel lingerie, which is a back-of-the-mag Cosmo fashion staple. We have the predictably campy fiction article illustration as our background. Finally, even the text is classic Cosmo: a sexually edgy editorial suggestion about “what to say to get a guy to know you’re interested.” Come to think of it, I got literally everything in this postcard from the December 1983 issue of Cosmo. Goddamn, I would love the opportunity to give this card to the right person! I mean, jeez, wouldn’t you?
EVERYBODY’S LOOKING FOR A REASON TO LIVE / IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A REASON I’M A REASON TO GIVE
I’ve never done a two-part text postcard before. But obviously, these are two lines of text that belong together! They’re not my words; they’re lyrics to a fabulous and kinky Depeche Mode song, “Pleasure, Little Treasure.” This card is also experimental for the glittery hearts I collaged into it — usually YBD cards just have one, big, red heart I make with watercolor ink and gloss. I’d give this card high marks for romance and whimsy, but points off for technique. I could have been a little neater and punchier in the delivery, collage-wise. But I do love this model’s wistful pose — with a rose, no less! The matching pink nails are just the icing on this beautiful and demure cake.
TRUE LOVE SAVES THE DAY!
So the background for this card was a Captain Morgan ad from the ‘80s featuring colorful daiquiris that looked so mouth-wateringly juicy, it honestly triggered this former problem drinker. Meanwhile, the models are from an avant-garde Sheer Energy pantyhose ad that was styled to look like a comic strip, complete with conversation bubbles. The expressions on their faces are what I might call apathetically exaggerated. Combined with the superhero vibe of the text, it’s a pretty funny combination. At least, it is to me. What do you think?
You are cordially invited to drop any comments into the box below. ❤️🔥—Y.B.D.
