Elle Australia - 03.2019

1. SAMSUNGThe Frame
   65” Premium 4K Smart TV
   ($3,899, samsung.com)
   My boyfriend works in
   television and is also an AV
   nerd, so a good television
   is important to him. This one
   has a frame surrounding the
   screen and settings that make
   it look like a picture when
   it’s not in use. I thought it was
   somewhat ridiculous at first,
   but now I am obsessed with it.


2. ULTIMATE EARSBoom
   2 Portable Bluetooth Speaker
   ($230, ultimateears.com)
   I listen to music all day while
   I’m working. This one gets
   the job done – and isn’t that
   about as much as you can
   say for any solid product?

SPLICE

I use this to edit funny

little videos. Usually of

The Real Housewives

of wherever.

SPOTIFY

I have a huge library

that I press shuffle on

every day. I get very

offended when the

algorithm suggests

a song that I hate. Lately

I’ve been getting

the cultiest ’70s

chanting music.

CLUE

This period tracker is

very useful for blowing

off plans well into the

future. “Oh, dinner on

Friday the 20th? No,

I have cramps that day.”

JULIE’S

MOST-USED APPS

3. APPLE13-inch MacBook
   Pro (from $1,899, apple.com)
   Someone told me this was
   the one “for art people” and
   without doing any research
   of my own, I decided that
   was true and I bought it.
   I use Photoshop continually
   for my work, and the quality
   of display on the screen
   seems important. I can’t
   really tell, but I do love my
   MacBook Pro!


4. EPSONPerfection V800
   Photo ($999, epson.com.au)
   I use an Epson scanner to
   transfer my illustrations onto
   my computer. It has never
   given me a single problem
   and I respect it so much for
   that simple fact.
   5. WACOMIntuos
   with Bluetooth ($149,
   wacom.com)
   This tablet is like a little
   sketchpad with a pen that
   attaches to my laptop. I draw
   everything by hand, scan
   it in, then fill in the colour in
   Photoshop using the tablet.
   It helps provide subtlety in
   the weight of my brush or
   pen stroke when colouring.

VS SASSOON25mm

Ceramic Curler ($32.95,

vssassoon.com.au,

not pictured)

I’ve used this curling iron

since I was 16. I also do my

hair more or less the same

way I did when I was 16

years old. I should give

a master class in this iron –

I know everything about it.

It is my longest relationship.E

OR LEARNING HOW TO

USE,” SAYS INSTA-FAMOUS

ILLUSTRATOR JULIE HOUTS

(@JOOLEELOREN). SHE

SHARES HER ZERO-FUSS GO-TOS

THREE MORE

ILLO ACCOUNTS

TO FOLLOW,

ACCORDING

TO JULIE...

@pantspants

@desertislandcomics

@richard_haines

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“MY MEASURE OF A GOOD

GADGET IS ONE I DON’T

HAVE TO SPEND TIME FIXING

T E C H

COLLAGEBY

GUS&STELLA

4.

HW

I’M

WIRED

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Compiled by: Elle McClure. Photography: Adrian Mesko

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