Misia Schmidt's ink drawings of teenage girls goofing and lazing around

Date
25 February 2015

LA artist Misia emailed in last week with a bunch of her drawings and paintings, and I was super impressed. She’s managed to mash up Nick Sharratt’s illustrations from Jacqueline Wilson books with The Babysitter’s Club, The Fresh Prince and a bunch of other pop culture references – all drawn in well-practiced monochromatic inks. Unique and skilful aesthetic aside, what I truly love about Misia’s drawings are the characters in them – GIRLS. Girls barefoot doing acrobatics in living rooms, girls lounging on beds listening to music, girls hanging out together doing nothing, girls wearing zigzag leggings and looking bored. These pictures remind me that I’m a girl, and being a girl is SO cool. They make me want to text every female I know and arrange some sort of day where we can watch TV for hours and eat peanut butter on crackers and cereal out the box. I hope it does the same for you.

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Misia Schmidt: Untitled, Drawings

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Misia Schmidt: Untitled, Drawings

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Misia Schmidt: Untitled, Drawings

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Misia Schmidt: Untitled, Drawings

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Misia Schmidt: Untitled, Drawings

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Misia Schmidt: Untitled, Drawings

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Misia Schmidt: Untitled, Drawings

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Misia Schmidt: Untitled, Drawings

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Misia Schmidt: Untitled, Drawings

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Liv Siddall

Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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