Sunday, March 21, 2010

SHAPE UP!!!




I DID THIS PIECE FOR MY GOOD FRIEND, LONDON BASED FASHION DESIGNER JASPER GARVIDA. THE GREEN PANELED DRESS SHOWN HERE WAS MAY FAVORITE LOOK FROM HIS S/S 2010 COLLECTION. JASPER AND I WENT TO FASHION COLLEGE TOGETHER AND HE, NOT THE TEACHERS, TAUGHT ME THE FOUNDATIONS OF FASHION, DESIGN, TECHNIQUES, EVERYTHING! HE NOW HAS A SUCCESSFUL LIL' CLOTHING EMPIRE GOING AFTER WINNING THE 'PROJECT CATWALK' REALITY TV SHOW COMPETITION. KEEP YOUR EYES AND EARS POINTED TO THE FASHION PRESS BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU'LL BE HEARING MUCH MORE FROM HIM IN THE FASHIONABLE FUTURE!!!

YOU CAN CHECK OUT JASPER'S WEBSITE HERE: http://www.jaspergarvida.com/

Thursday, March 11, 2010

MINNIE-MOUSE-TRAP!!!


WHILE I WAS STALKING PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK (SHUT UP! YOU DO IT TOO!) I RAN ACROSS A PICTURE OF MY FRIEND SASKIA DRESSED UP AS A FUNKY COS-PLAY VERSION OF MICKEY MOUSE. THE PICTURE WAS SO FUN THAT I SAVED IT WITH PLANS TO USE IT FOR INSPIRATION IN THE FUTURE. I FINALLY GOT AROUND TO IT AND I THINK THE PIECE TURNED OUT REALLY GREAT!!!(if i do say so myself)

I ALSO DECIDED TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO FOR A WHILE, WHICH IS SLAP TOGETHER A LIL' HOW-TO OF MY CREATIVE PROCESS FOR MAKING A DRAWING. THAT WAY ALL YOU KIDS CAN GET A PEEK INSIDE MY TWISTED BRAIN . . .

IN #1 WE SEE THE PHOTO OF SASKIA IN HER MICKEY MOUSE GEAR. #2 SHOWS THE SKETCH I DID OF HER AND MY IDEA FOR HER FINER BEING STUCK IN A MOUSE TRAP. I USUALLY DO TONS OF DRAWINGS AND SKETCHES BEFORE I SETTLE ON A FINAL, BUT IN THIS CASE I ACTUALLY WENT WITH THE VERY 1st ONE I DID. I DID HAVE TO RESEARCH A MOUSETRAP THOUGH (#3) AND DO A THUMBNAIL OF THE LAYOUT (#4). I GENERALLY ALWAYS KNOW FROM THE BEGINNING OF A DRAWING HOW I'LL WANT THE LAYOUT TO BE SET-UP. THEN IN #5 WE SEE MY FINAL INKED MICKEY-GIRL (I SPOTTED THE BLACKS ON THE EARS IN PHOTOSHOP, NO NEED TO WASTE GOOD INK!). AND FINALLY IN #6, I DID A CIRCLE OF TRADITIONAL MICKEY MOUSE EARS HATS AND PHOTOSHOPPED IT INTO A TESSELLATION. IN THE END I SLAPPED THEM ALL TOGETHER AND VOILA!

IF YOU'VE LEARNED ANYTHING FROM THIS POST, IT'S THAT YOU SHOULDN'T TRY TO GET THE CHEESE OUT OF A MOUSE TRAP! IT'LL SNAP ON YOUR FINGER AND MAKE IT SWELL TO CARTOON PROPORTIONS!!!

Saturday, March 6, 2010

PLANET TERROR!!!



I WAS GOING THROUGH AN OLD FILE OF SKETCHES RECENTLY (A LIL' PRE-SPRING CLEANING) AND RAN ACROSS THIS DRAWING I HAD DONE AFTER SEEING THE FILM 'GRINDHOUSE'. IN IT, ROSE McGOWEN PLAYS A STRIPPER WHO IS ATTACKED BY ZOMBIES AND FORCED TO ATTACH A MACHINE GUN TO HER AMPUTATED LEG FOR DEFENSE. IF YOU HAVEN'T GUESSED FROM THAT DESCRIPTION, THE FILM IS CLEARLY CAMPY AND DOESN'T TAKE IT'S SELF TOO SERIOUSLY.
I ACTUALLY PREFERRED THE 2nd HALF OF THE FILM WHICH WAS DIRECTED BY QUENTIN TARANTINO, BUT THE ROSE McGOWEN MACHINE-GUN-LEG IMAGE IS A PRETTY STRONG VISUAL, SO I KEPT DOODLING THAT. I DID THIS PIECE WITH A BIC PEN ON A PIECE OF OLD, USED PRINTER PAPER. A TRUE DOODLE!! WHEN IT WAS UNEARTHED, I PHOTOSHOPPED IT AND KIND'A TRIED TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE AN OLD IMAGE LIFTED OFF OF ONE OF THOSE OLD GRINDHOUSE MOVIE POSTERS.