Monday, July 21, 2008

"I don't know about you, Miss Kitty, but I feel so much yummier"



I FOUND A PICTURE FROM AN OLD 80'S MUGLER CATWALK SHOW WHERE THE MODELS WERE ALL DRESSED UP IN KITTY THEMED SNOW SUITS. I FLIPPED OUT!!! STUFF LIKE THAT IS WHY MUGLER WILL ALWAYS AND FOREVER BE MY FAVORITE DESIGNER. HE'S JUST SO RANDOM AND KITCH AND RIGHT UP MY ALLY. I ALWAYS FIND THAT ANYTHING WEIRD I THINK TO DESIGN MYSELF, MUGLER HAD PROBABLY ALREADY DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR, IF NOT THE SAME THING.
STOP BEING WEIRD ALREADY THIERRY AND GET BACK TO WORK!!!

I TRIED MANY MANT MANY DIFFERENT POSES FOR THIS CAT-GIRL BEFORE I SETTLED ON THIS ONE. I KEPT TRYING TO DRAW A POSE WHERE SHE'D BE LICKING HER LEG LIKE A CAT DOES, BUT IT KEPT TURNING OUT SO AWKWARD. I'M GLAD I WENT WITH THIS POSE THOUGH AS IT MAKES THE SCENE KIND'A MORE CUTE AND LESS OVERTLY PERVERTED.

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD W/ PHOTOSHOP.

Monday, July 14, 2008

GRID GIRLS






I DUSTED THESE LITTLE LADIES OFF FROM A LONG FORGOTTEN FOLDER OF DRAWINGS I DID IN COLLEGE. THESE ARE CLOTHING DESIGNS BY MY GOOD FRIEND MICHAEL YAGOOBI FOR HIS 1st COLLECTION AT COLLEGE AT SAINT MARTINS IN LONDON. I DID A SERIES OF 7 OR 8 DRAWINGS OF THE OUTFITS FOR HIM. I MOVED AWAY FROM LONDON BEFORE I HAD A CHANCE TO GIVE THEM TO HIM. I DID HOWEVER USE THE PIECES FOR THE DESIGN OF MY 1st WEBSITE IN 2005. THE BLACK SQUARE BEHIND THE GIRLS WERE CLICK-ABLE AND WOULD TAKE YOU TO DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE SITE.

IF I FIND THE OTHER THREE IMAGES FROM THIS COLLECTION I WILL POST 'UM UP!

SHARPIE PEN ON POSTER BOARD

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

LITTLE MAN SYNDROME



love LOVE L-O-V-E- THE OLD DISNEY FILMS! 'CINDERELLA' AND 'PETER PAN' AND 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' AND 'SLEEPING BEAUTY'! ALL GREAT! THE ANIMATION IS SO EFFORTLESS. THE NEWER FILMS CAN BE GOOD TOO, BUT REALLY DON'T HAVE THE SAME FEEL OF WIMSEY AND CHARM AS THE OLDER MOVIES DO. AS I KID A WAS 100% OBSESSED WITH THE DISNEY FILMS. I WOULD DRAW THE PRINCESSES ENDLESSLY AND ESPECIALLY LOVED TINKERBELL AND ALL THE 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' CHARACTERS.

I DREW UP THIS 'SNOW WHITE' THEMED PIECE IN NO TIME FLAT. I HAD THE IDEA FOR IT ON THE SUBWAY AND THEM SKETCHED IT RIGHT ONTO THE BRISTOL BOARD, WHICH I NEVER DO. THE GNOMES SHE IS SURROUNDED WITH ARE BASED ON A REAL SHINY SILVER GNOME PIGGY-BANK I HAVE IN MY BEDROOM. THE SWIMSUIT IS BY MY PERENNIAL FAV DESIGNER, THE (crazy) MY. THIERRY MUGLER!

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD W/ PHOTOSHOP

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

SISSOR SISTERS



WHY DO LITTLE GIRLS ALWAYS WANT TO CUT OFF BARBIE'S HAIR? IT'S LIKE SOME SORT OF IRRATIONAL IMPULSE; THEY MUST MAKE BARBIE BALD AND LESS ATTRACTIVE AT ANY COST! THEY GIVE HER A HORRID HAIR-CUT, DRAW ON HER, LOOSE ALL HER FAB DESIGNER OUTFITS. AT THE END OF ALL HER TORMENT SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S BEEN IN A CHOLA GIRL-GANG JUMP-IN INITIATION!

THAT THOUGHT MIXED WITH THE IDEA OF A CHIC YVES SAINT LAURENT LADY GAVE BIRTH TO THIS PIECE. SHE WEARS AN OUTFIT INSPIRED BY A RECENT STEFANO PILATI YSL COLLECTION AND BEARS MORE THEN A PASSING RESEMBLANCE TO MODEL AGYNESS DEYN (MANY OF MY GIRLS SEEM TO NOW-A-DAYS. LET'S JUST HOPE SHE'S KINDER TO HER OWN HAIR THEN SHE IS TO BARBIE'S!

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD W/ PHOTOSHOP