Monday, April 9, 2012

COLORS OF THE WIND



I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHERE I GOT THE INSPIRATION FOR THIS ONE. I DREW IT YEARS AND YEARS AGO, AND FINALLY FINISHED IT TODAY! I TRIED TO DO A SEMI LIKENESS TO MY FAV SUPER MODEL LINDA EVANGELISTA. I THINK IT SORTA LOOKS LIKE HER, AND THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.

FOR ONCE, THE OUTFIT I DREW IS NOT FROM DESIGNER IN PARTICULAR. IT'S JUST A FUN QUICK DOODLE I DID OF SOMETHING CHIC I'D WANT TO SEE MIZ LINDA IN. THIS WAS A GREAT EXERCISE FOR ME IN ADDING COLOR BLOCKING TO EMPTY SPACE.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

IT CAME FROM BEYOUND THE STARS!!!



NO ONE WORKS ROBO-CHIC LIKE Mr. THIERRY MUGLER. GIVE THIS 80's & 90's DESIGN ICON SOME OLD TIN, A YARD OF SILVER LAME' FABRIC AND A COPY OF THE MOVIE 'METROPOLIS' AND YOU HAVE YOURSELF ONE HELL OF A FUTURISTIC FASHION SHOW!

WHEN I SAW THE SILVER LAME' GOWN FROM MUGLER'S SPRING 1987 COLLECTION, I JUST KNEW I HAD TO PAIR THIS LOVELY LADY WITH THE CAMP ROBOT ICON OF THE 1960'S: ROBBY THE ROBOT FROM THE FILM 'FORBIDDEN PLANET'. ROBBY IS A GIANT MENACING ROBOT WHO WAS BUILT TO . . . COOK AND CLEAN FOR A MAD SCIENTIST??? A GROSS MISUSE OF POWER. WHEN HE FINALLY REBELS AGAINST HIS DOMESTIC DICTATOR, I SEE IT AS A LEAP FORWARD FOR REPRESSED DOMESTIC GODDESSES EVERYWHERE. I WONDER IF THE JETSON'S ROBOT MAID WILL BE THE NEXT TO RISE UP?