Karina Dale :: pin-up artist

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ARTIST :: Karina Dale DATE :: 2010 MODEL :: Violetta Beretta Copyright © Karina Dale

Karina Dale has a vision of modern pin-up as a movement through which subjects and viewers can feel empowered and embrace their unique beauty.

"I am a different kind of pin-up artist. I draw everyone, skinny, fat, black, white, man or woman and everything in between. I believe you are gorgeous just how you are. I will represent you on your best day, in your best light, but I don't need to change you".

Growing up in a small town many of Karina Dale's influences were old ads, magazines and antique art found in abundance in off the map locations. As a teen Karina discovered comic books and fantasy art based around tabletop role-playing games and the books inspired by them. Her inspiration to draw strong, capable women derived from Larry Elmore and Luis Royo, while J Scott Campbell and the late Michael Turner inspired her to draw comics. When she discovered pin-up art drawn by Olivia De Beradinis, she knew pin-up was her true calling.