Wednesday, October 27, 2010

COVERGIRL, PUT SOME BASE IN YO' WALK!!!



RECENTLY I WAS ASKED TO DRAW A FEW RUNWAY READY LADIES FOR A FASHION ILLUSTRATION PROJECT. THESE FOUR CATWALK STALKERS WERE THE RESULT. THE CLOTHING IS FROM (L to R): VERSACE, ARMANI, LANVIN, AND COSTUME NATIONAL. I THINK THEY ALL TURNED OUT CUTE, BUT I REALLY LIKED MY VERSACE GIRL, SO I MAY USE HER (AND HER BIG BOUNCY HAIR!) FOR ANOTHER PIECE LATER.

*GASP* I JUST REALIZED I DIDN'T USE ANY EXCLAMATION MARKS IN THAT POST, SO HERE YAH GO !!!!!!!

Friday, October 15, 2010

QUITE A HANDFULL



I HAVE COVERED MY INTEREST IN FABULOUSLY OVER-WORKED MOTHERS BEFORE ON THIS BLOG, BUT THIS ONE IS A SPECIAL ADDITION TO THE LIST. THIS DRAWING OF A DONNA KARAN CLAD LADY-ABOUT-TOWN (OK, IT'S DKNY FROM THE MID-90'S, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE!?) WAS THE 1st I DID OF MY FASHIONABLE-MOTHERS-WHO-ARE-TOO-TOO-BUSY-FOR-THEIR-KIDS SERIES. BUT FOR SOME REASON IT STAYED TUCKED AWAY FOR YEARS, UNTIL I DISCOVERED IT THE OTHER DAY AND SCANNED IT AND WHIPPED UP THIS GEM. I THINK THE LIL' CROSS-HATCHING HERE AND THERE AND SCATTERED WORDS IN THE CELL-PHONE BLAST TURNED OUT FUN, WHAT DO YOUUUUUU THINK???

p.s. I USED WAY TOO MANY DASHES ( - ) IN THIS POST, NO?

Monday, October 11, 2010

THE WELCOME WAGON



WHEN I AM DOING A FASHION ILLUSTRATION, MY INSPERATION FOR THE DRAWING IS USUALLY WHATEVER ODD, OFF, UN-FASHION RELATED THING I FIRST THINK OF WHEN I SEE THE CLOTHING. I THEN TAKE THAT ODD THING, MIX IT WITH THE OUTFIT, AND THAT IS HOW ART IS MADE, KIDS!

THIS PIECE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT. I SAW THIS MICHAEL KORS SWIM SUIT / CARDIGAN MIX FROM THE S/S/ 2011 SHOW IN THE NEWSPAPER AND THE 1st THING I THOUGHT OF WAS ONE OF THOSE CHEAP PLASTIC GRASS LOOKIN' WELCOME MATS WITH A SAD PLASTIC DAISY STUCK TO IT. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THE KORS SWIMSUIT IS SAD AND PLASTIC LOOKIN', BUT IT'S THE SAME COLOR OF GREEN AND WAS KIND'A TERRY CLOTH-ISH (THOUGH PROB NOT TERRY CLOTH) SO I THOUGHT, GREEN SWIMSUIT-HOT-SUMMER-GRASS-PLASTIC GRASS-CHEAP PLASTIC GRASS WELCOME MAT!!! IT TOOK YEARS OF COLLEGE EDUCATION TO GET THIS TRICKY FORMULA DOWN, TRUST ME.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

DON'T MESS WITH MOTHER NATURE



NO ONE ROCKS A GIGANTIC HAIR BARRETT LIKE MARVEL COMICS' VERY OWN INHUMAN PRINCESS, CRYSTAL. MAKING HER 4-COLOR DEBUT IN FANTASTIC FOUR COMICS #45 IN 1965, CRYSTAL IS A SWEET YOUNG GIRL FROM THE HIDDEN CITY OF ATTILAN, A METROPOLIS FILLED WITH SUPER-POWERED FREAKS AND WEIRDOS! CRYSTAL IS ABLE TO CONTROL THE FOUR ELEMENTS: FIRE, WATER, AIR AND EARTH. THAT ABILITY MAKES HER FIT RIGHT IN WITH HER BUDDIES THE FANTASTIC FOUR.

HERE I'VE DONE A RE-DESIGN OF HER COSTUME. I'VE CHANGED HER COLOR SCHEME FROM YELLOW AND BLACK TO BROWNS AND ORANGES, EARTH TONES, TO SHOW HER TIES TO NATURE. I ALSO ADDED THE CIRCLES MOTIFS AS A SORT OF 'CIRCLE OF LIFE' REPRESENTATION. PLUS I JUST LIKED THE WAY IT ALL LOOKED!

NOW IF ONLY PROJECTROOFTOP.COM WOULD PUT IT UP ON THEIR SITE I'D BE A HAPPY MAN!!!