When asked, a good portion of people would admit in charmingly sheepish self-consciousness to have at one point believed that Ray Eames (Dec. 15, 1912 – Aug. 21, 1988) was a man. Ray, of course, is not a man. She is the remarkable painter-turned-designer-and-filmmaker who, together with her husband Charles... [http://thereconstructionists.org/page/9] LC: I try to find a really interesting photograph of the woman I am going to draw – and I use that as a reference. For some of these women, literally only one photograph exists, so I may need to go to the library and do some additional research. The photos are often black and white, so I use them to get the likeness of the woman, and then I breathe new life into each portrait, by infusing bold color into the clothing and background. Then Maria picks a quote that best captures the woman’s ethos, and I hand-letter it into the portrait. [http://storyboard.tumblr.com/post/41698890843/the-reconstructionists-celebrating-badass-women]