Artist's commentary
Lydia Blake
Name: Lydia
Surname: Blake
Age: 24
British Girl living in London
Lydia is naturally social. She’s friendly, outgoing, and confident, with an easy way of talking to people that made her popular at school without her having to force it. She reads a room well, enjoys being seen, and usually feels most comfortable when she’s around others. She works in PR management, where her job revolves around communication, image, and relationships. She’s good at networking, client meetings, and keeping things polished and professional, and she having a structured schedule with clear expectations. She enjoys fast-paced environments and the feeling of being needed, even if the pressure can sometimes get to her. Outside of work, Lydia loves brunches, coffee dates, shopping, pilates or workout classes, and going out for drinks or events. She enjoys fashion, beauty, and social media, and puts effort into looking put-together. She doesn’t mind staying in occasionally, but too much time alone makes her restless. Her food tastes are pretty mainstream and trend-driven: café food, pastries, pasta, iced lattes, matcha, and shared plates. She’s not a fan of overly experimental food or anything too intense in flavor. Lydia cares about the people close to her and shows it through presence and consistency rather than big emotional gestures. She awkward situations, being left out, and people who are unreliable or socially unaware. She can be sensitive to how she’s perceived, even if she rarely shows it openly.
She likes cats, shopping, brunch, coffee dates, going out, pilates, fashion, beauty, social events, family gatherings, living in London, collecting cute mugs, scented candles, taking photos of her food, color-coded planners, bubble tea, rainy-day walks.
She doesn't like awkward situations, being left out, last-minute plan changes, staying home for too long, overly experimental food, bad vibes, disorganized people, feeling unprepared, peeling stickers off things slowly, waiting for ketchup to pour, soggy fries, socks that slide down.
