SOMETHING'S FISHY . . .

I'M NOT ALWAYS A FAN OF THE COLLECTIONS THAT DONATELLA VERSACE HAS PUT ON THE CATWALK AFTER THE DEATH OF HER BROTHER, VERSACE FOUNDER AND STYLE ICON GIANNI VERSACE, BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT HER S/S 2012 PRESENTATION WAS FLAWLESS, FUN, AND . . .FISHY. NOW, YA'LL NOW I LOVES ME SOME TRANNY REALNESS, SO A OUT-RIGHT MERMAID INSPIRED THEME FOR THE SHOW WAS A WHALE OF A GOOD TIME FOR ME! THE STYLING WAS CLASSIC VERSACE, THE GOWNS WERE ALL STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND THE MOOD WAS BRIGHT AND LIGHT. A MUCH NEEDED RETURN TO SOME WHIMSICAL FUN IN FASHION!
LET'S JUST HOPE THAT THE LADY WHO BUYS THIS GOWN GETS HOOKED BY THE (fisher)MAN OF HER DREAMS! (ok, that's my last fish reference, i swear!)

PAWS AND CLAWS

HOW MUCH ARE WE LOVING THESE CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN PAW HEELS!?! FUR, FEATHERS, CRYSTALS, WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE? I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DRAW THEM FOR A WHILE AND FINALLY FOUND A SECOND TO PUT PEN TO PAPER. NOW, DO YOU THINK THEY MAKE THEM IN MEN'S SIZE 9 1/2???

THE BAD SEED(s)

EVER SINCE I WAS TURNED ON TO THE VERTIGO COMICS SERIES 'FABLES', I COULDN'T GET ENOUGH! I'VE READ EVERY ISSUE AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT STRANGE TURN THE STORY TAKES NEXT. THE SERIES DETAILS THE LIVES OF A COMMUNITY OF CHARACTERS FROM THROUGHOUT FAMOUS LITERATURE AS THEY LIVE AND LOVE IN MODERN DAY NYC.

ONE OF THE MORE MYSTERIOUS CHARACTERS IS THE AGELESS CHILD SORCERESS OZMA, WHO HAILS FROM THE LAND OF OZ. SHE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE SCHEMING AND PLOTTING WITH HER MAGICAL CAT FRIEND MADDY TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE FABLES COMMUNITY. I'M A HUGE FAN OF THE OZ BOOK SERIES EVER SINCE I WAS A KID, SO IT'S FUN FOR ME TO SEE A FRESH, DIFFERENT TAKE ON A CHARACTER I GREW UP WITH.

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IT'S BEEN FOREEEEEEEVER SINCE I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO FLICK THROUGH SOME FASHION MAGS AND DRAW THE PIECES I LOVE. WHEN I FINALLY GOT A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH MY NEW COPY OF THE VOGUE PARIS COLLECTIONS MAGAZINE (i get the new one each season!) THESE COLOR BLOCKED MARC by MARC JACOBS WEDGES JUMPED OUT AT ME. HOPEFULLY I'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO DRAW SOME MORE OF MY HIGH HEEL DREAM SHOES SOON.

DON'T FEED HER AFTER MIDNITE!!!

HERE IN NEW YORK CITY THERE IS ALWAYS THE CHANCE THAT YOU COULD HAVE SOME SORT OF ICKY CREEPY CRAWLY THINGS HIDING OUT IN YOUR APARTMENT. BUT WHO KNEW WE'D SEE A FULL BLOWN GREMLIN LURKING AROUND THE CITY THIS YEAR!!?

MY PAL PHILLIPE BLOND OF THE NYC FASHION DESIGN DUO THE BLONDS HIT HALLOWEEN PAY-DIRT AGAIN THIS YEAR W/ HIS INSPIRED TAKE ON THE SINGULAR AND SEXY GRETTA GREMLIN FROM THE FROM FILM GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW EXCITED I WAS WHEN I CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF HIS CREATION ONLINE. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A MORE AWESOME COSTUME? I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT GROTESQUE AND GHOULISH GOWN HE COMES UP WITH NEXT YEAR!!!

P.S. - YEEEES, I KNOW HALLOWEEN WAS MONTHS AGO, BUT I GOTZ A JOB PEOPLE! I WAS BUSY WITH WORK AND IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO FINISH THIS PIECE, O-KAAAAY?

HOGGING THE SPOTLIGHT

WELL IT'S TAKEN ME A WHILE, BUT I FINALLY FOUND SOME TIME TO SIT DOWN AND DRAW AGAIN. FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN FOREVER SINCE I'VE GOTTEN TO BE CREATIVE, BUT WHEN I SAW THE GOWN DESIGN DUO the BLONDS DID MY MY #1 FASHION ICON SINCE CHILDHOOD MISS PIGGY I HAD TO SIT RIGHT DOWN AND SET PENCIL TO PAPER. MISS PIGGY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE POP CULTURE ICONS. SMART, SASSY, ALWAYS DRESSED TO THE 9's, MISS PIGGY IS THE EPITOME OF THE CLASSIC SCREEN SIREN . . . AS A FELT PIG. SHE WORE THIS SEQUINED GOWN AND FEATHER BOA TO THE PREMIERE OF HER NEW FILM "THE MUPPETS".

SPICE INVADERS!!!

1st OFF, SORRY I HAVEN'T POSTED HERE IN FOR-EEEEEEVVVVER! I'VE BEEN SO BUSY WITH WORK AND LIFE AND ALL THAT BORING STUFF. WELL I FINALLY HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN AND FINISH THIS SPICE GIRLS PIECE AND BOY AM I GLAD I DID!

I ORIGINALLY DREW THIS SET OF S.D. (THAT'S 'SUPER DISTORTED' TO YOU NON-ANIME FANS) SPICE GIRLS WAAAAY BACK IN THE 90's!!! YES, I PUT PEN TO PAPER AND MADE THIS SET OF WANNABE's ALMOST 15 YEARS AGO! THE ORIGINALS WERE DONE WITH MARKERS ON TYPING PAPER AND HAVEN'T HELD UP TO WELL OVER TIME. WELL, I RECENTLY UN-EARTHED THEM AND DECIDED TO RE-DO THEM. I AM ALWAYS WANTING TO ADD SOME CELEBRITY CARICATURES TO MY PORTFOLIO AND WHO BETTER TO INCLUDE THEN MY FAV BAND EVER? SO I RE-DREW, RE-WORKED, RE-INKED AND RE-SPICED MY LOVELY LONDON LADIES AND HERE WE HAVE AN ALL NEW TAKE ON THE FAB 5.

I HOPE I'VE INSPIRED YOU TO GO PUT ON YOUR UNION JACK DRESS AND YOUR BUFFALO BOOTS AND ROCK OUT TO SOME 'SPICE UP YOUR LIFE' !!!