SHAKE THESE BOOTIES!

I REALLY LIKE THE WACKY DESIGNS AND REFERENCES THAT JEREMY SCOTT COMES UP WITH FOR HIS ADIDAS ORIGINALS COLLECTIONS EACH SEASON. THE NEWEST COLLECTION HAS CUTE BLACK & WHITE WEDGE BOOTIES W/ HUGE LOGOS AND WINGS ON THE UPPER. I PUT PEN TO PAPER AS SOON AS I SAW PICS OF THEM ONLINE!
 BOTH OF THESE PIECES ARE UP FOR SALE AS PRINTS IN MY STORE AT: http://society6.com/hithereb

THE TRIP BACK

WELL WELL WELL, LOOKIE WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN! HERE ARE 3 OOOOOOLD DRAWINGS I DID THAT I RECENTLY RAN ACROSS AND DECIDED TO SCAN AND SHARE. I DID THESE AT A TIME WHEN I WANTED ALL OF MY DRAWINGS TO HAVE BLACK FRAMES OR BOXES AROUND THEM. I STILL LIKE TO DO THE BLACK BOX THING, BUT I'M A BIT LOOSER ON APPLYING THE CONCEPT TO EVERYTHING I DRAW. GROWTH!

THE FOUR DESIGNS SHOWN HERE ARE BY: KANSAI, SCOTT BARRIE, BIBA AND KATHERINE HAMNETT (original queen of the message T!!!).

POWER SUIT POWER STRUGGLE

AH, THE DEBUT OF ANOTHER OF MY OH-SO-WITTY COMIX. THIS ONE TELLS THE 100% TOTALLY TRUE NOT EVEN FABRICATED TALE OF HOW POPULAR FASHIONS TURNED FROM CHIC COUTURE TO GRUNGY BORES. SEE, A GIANT CALENDER ATTACKED METROPOLIS AND THEN MAGICALLY EVERYONE'S CLOTHES GOT REALLY BAD. NO, I SWEAR, I SAW IT ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL!

I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME AND SAY THAT 90'S FASHION ARE REALLY BAD! HOW DARE WE REPLACE GREAT 80'S TACKY COUTURE SHOULDER PAD TRANNY MADNESS WITH, LIKE, TORN JEANS AND A FLANNEL!!! HAVE U SEEN ANY OLD 90210 EPISODES LATELY? I MEAN, DONNA MARTIN'S CLOTHING IS SO BAD IT GOES BEYOND BAD AND BACK TO AMAZING!

ANYWAYS, I WANTED TO MAKE A LIL' FOLLOW UP TO MY PREVIOUS JOAN CRAWFORD vs. UNCLE SCROOGE COMIC, SO I THOUGHT UP THIS PREMISE. I ENJOY QUICK, 1 PAGE READS, NOT MUCH TEXT, VERY GRAPHIC, EASY TO REPRINT IF I WANT TO AND WAAAAAY TOO MANY EXCLAMATION POINTS. AND OF COURSE IT COMBINES MY TWO TRUE LOVES, FASHION AND CARTOONS!

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MEN'S . . . WHERE???

OBVIOUSLY I LIKE DRAWING WOMEN MUCH MORE THEN I LIKE DRAWING MEN. A LOOK BACK AT MY MYRIAD OF POSTS WHERE DRAWINGS OF GIRLS IN CUTE OUTFITS ARE FEATURED MAKES THAT MUCH APPARENT. BUUUUUUT, THAT'S NOT TO SAY I DON'T ENJOY DRAWING MEN TOO! IT'S JUST NOT THE 1st THING I THINK OF TO DRAW. ALSO, MEN'S CLOTHING IS SO MUCH MORE BORING THEN WOMEN'S. YOU CAN JUST BE MORE CREATIVE WITH WOMEN'S CLOTHING, TAKE MORE RISKS. I GUESS I JUST THINK WOMEN ARE MORE COMPLEX THEN MEN, AND THEREFORE MORE FUN TO DRAW.

SO, HERE ARE 2 EXAMPLES OF MY MEN'S WEAR ILLUSTRATION. BOTH OF THESE OUTFITS ARE FROM THE THIERRY MUGLER S/S/ '08 MEN'S WEAR COLLECTION, NATCH. IF I'M GONNA DRAW MEN'S WEAR, IT MAY AS WELL BE MUGLER!

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" I OWN EVVVVREYTHING!!!"

WELL, YOU GOTTA LOVE A GOOD OL' FASHION COMIC BOOK BATTLE ROYAL, RIGHT? TWO SUPER-POWERED BRUTES MAKING MINCE MEAT OUTTA EACH OTHER! OF COURSE, IN THIS CASE, THE TWO 'BRUTES' ARE A OLD SCOTTISH DUCK AND A CLASS-A BITCH W/ SOLDER PADS. THAT'S RIGHT KIDS, WE'RE TALKIN' SCROOGE McDUCK AND MOMMY DEAREST HERSELF, Miss JOAN CRAWFORD! WHEN I THOUGHT OF THE TOPIC OF GREED, THESE TWO WEIRDOS WERE THE 1st TO POP INTO MY HEAD.

DON'T YOU LOVE HOW IN ALL OF JOAN'S FILMS SHE STARTS OUT AS A LOWLY SHOP GIRL AND ENDS UP A MARRIED MILLIONAIRESS? CAUSE, YOU KNOW, RICH GUYS MARRY SHOP GIRLS EVERYDAY. IT ALSO MUST BE SAID THAT I AM STILL A BIG 'DUCKTALES' FAN! HOW COME REAL MILLIONAIRES DON'T TRAVEL THE WORLD LOOKING FOR LOST PIRATE TREASURE AND STUFF LIKE UNCLE SCROOGE DOES? SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA TO ME!

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PUTTING SPANDEX TO THE TEST

OFFICIALLY ADDED TO MY COLLECTION OF SUPER SIRENS (from L to R): MERA, WIFE OF AQUAMAN AND QUEEN OF THE 7 SEAS, HEPZIBAH, 1/2 HUMAN 1/2 SKUNK, ALL ALIEN HOTTIE WHO CAN CONTROL AND CONFUSE WITH HER PHEROMONES, WONDERGIRL, (A.K.A. DONNA TROY) SUPER-POWERED LIL' SIS OF WONDER WOMAN, AND LASTLY, ALANNA STRANGE, WIFE OF SPACE ADVENTURER ADAM STRANGE.

COLOR ME BITCHY

WHEN I WAS BUT A WEE LAD I USED TO LOOOOVE TO BUY COLORING BOOKS. MOST KIDS COLOR IN THEIR COLORING BOOKS, BUT NOT ME (i was weird). I USED MINE AS REFERENCE MATERIAL. YES, EVEN AT A YOUNG AGE I WAS ALWAYS COLLECTING REFERENCE FOR THINGS I WAS INTERESTED IN DRAWING. OBSESSIVE MUCH?

I WOULD SCOUT COLORING BOOKS FOR ALL THE CARTOONS I LIKED AND USE THEM TO LEARN TO DRAW THE CHARACTERS. I WOULD SOMETIMES TRACE OVER THE LINES WITH TRACING PAPER AND A PENCIL SO MANY TIMES I WOULD WEAR A HOLE THROUGH THE PAGE! WHENEVER A NEW DISNEY FILM CAME OUT I WOULD GO RIGHT OUT AND SPEND ALL MY MONEY ON COLORING BOOKS SO I COULD SEE A CLEAR LINE DRAWING OF WHAT ALL THE CHARACTERS LOOKED LIKE.

I'VE NOTICED THAT KIDS NOW-A-DAYS DON'T REALLY HAVE COLORING BOOKS LIKE MY GENERATION DID. I NEVER SEE THEM ON SALE AT THE SUPERMARKET OR THE TOY STORE AS THEY WERE IN MY DAY (i make it sound like i'm 100!). THIS GAVE ME THE IDEA TO START MY NEW COLLECTION OF PRINT OUT COLORING PAGES FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES! MY COLORING PAGES ARE, OF COURSE, BASED AROUND MY LOVE/HATE OF ALL THINGS FASHION. AAAAND, I EVEN GIVE SOME HELPFUL HINTS TO ALL THE CREATIVE THINKERS OUT THERE RIGHT ON THE PAGE. HOW CONVENIENT!

JUST PRINT IT OUT AND GO KRAZY KIDDIES!

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GO! GO! GIRLS!

THREE MORE LETHAL LOVELIES: THE INVISIBLE WOMEN, JENNIFER KALE AND SHADOWCAT.

I REALLY LIKE THE VINTAGE MARVEL COMICS JACK KIRBY 'FANTASTIC FOUR' ADVENTURES, ESPECIALLY THE WAY SUE STORM, THE INVISIBLE WOMAN, IS DRAWN. BACK THEN SHE WAS SWEET AND DEMURE W/ A BLONDE JACKIE-O HAIR-DO. NOW, SHE'S A BIT MORE OF A BAD ASS.

JENNIFER KALE IS A CHARACTER I DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT, THOUGH I DID RESEARCH HER BACKGROUND TO MAKE THIS DRAWING. I THINK HER OUTFIT AND M.O. AS A TEEN WITCH ARE KIND'A INTERESTING, THOUGH IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT MARVEL EVER MADE MUCH GOOD USE OF HER

AND WHAT X-MEN FAN DOESN'T LOVE KITTY PRYDE, CODENAMED SHADOWCAT. SHE HAS BEEN A FAN FAVORITE HEROINE SINCE HER FIRST APPEARANCE WAY BACK IN THE 1970'S. SHE'S HAD A FEW DIFFERENT COSTUMES BUT I LIKE HER MOST IN HER STANDARD X-MEN UNIFORM.

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VIDEO(games) KILLED THE RADIO STAR

HERE IS A COMMISSION I HAD A FROM AN INDIE MAG FOR AN ARTICLE ABOUT GUYS WHO LIKE VIDEO GAMES TOO MUCH, OR SOMETHING. I JUST DREW 3 SAD HIPSTERS HYPNOTIZED BY THEIR 80'S PONG GAME. I AM DEFINITELY NOT A VIDEO GAME GUY. I'M NOT COMPETITIVE ENOUGH I THINK. THOUGH I DID LOVE ME SOME SUPER-MARIO! AND I LIKED MARIO CART! AND X-MEN vs. STREET FIGHTER! AND . . . UM, THAT'S IT.

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HEAD AND SHOULDERS

HERE'S A SIMPLE LIL' INK WASH PAINTING I DID OF A MADAME GRES GRECIAN DRAPED 1/2 DRESS. HOW SHE THOUGHT THOSE UPPER CLASS LADIES OF HER'S WERE GONNA GO OUT IN ONLY HALF A DRESS, I'LL NEVER KNOW.

I DID SOME STUDIES OF A SKULL FOR THE GIRL TO HOLD FOR A BIT AND THEN JUST WENT AHEAD AND PAINTED IT. I'M NOT TOO GOOD A SKULL ARTIST, BUT I DON'T THINK IT TURNED OUT TOO BAD. I WAS JUST IN THE MOOD TO DO SOME CREEPY, GOTHIC, ADAMS FAMILY LOOKING STUFF. I ALSO STARTED TO DO MORE PAINTING TOTALLY IN INDIAN INK LATELY, AND THIS WAS MY 1st IN A LONG WHILE.

*INDIAN INK PAINTED ON WATERCOLOR BLOCK

DOMINO EFFECT

I AM CONSTANTLY SOURCING IMAGES OF THIERRY MUGLER GARMENTS FOR REFERENCE. YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW HARD IT IS TO GET GREAT, CLEAR IMAGES OF MUSCLE-MUGLER'S FASHION CREATIONS. THE TWO GARMENTS PICTURED HERE ARE SIMPLE DRAPED WHITE COTTON, PROBABLY OFF-THE-RACK. STILL, NO ONE DOES IT LIKE THIERRY. THESE PIECES ARE SO OLD HOLLYWOOD-GRECIAN GODESS. I USED THE FLIP/ROATE THING TO MAKE THEM INTO A PIECE WHERE YOU CAN NEVER TELL WHICH SIDE IS UP.

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GIMMIE WESTWOOD!!!

THE 9th AND FINAL PICTURE IN THE SERIES, THIS ONE DEPICTS A VIVENNE WESTWOOD GYMP GIRL WITH HER STAR PRINT MINI-CRINI AND ROCKING HORSE SHOES. I GAVE HER A MORE TRADITIONAL (YET TOON'D OUT) TEA POT AND LOTS OF WEIRDO TEA-CUPS FLYING AROUND ALL OVER. I USED THE LETRA-TONE STARS I HAD CUT OUT OF THE MINI-CRINI AND STUCK THEM ON THE BORDER OF THE PICTURE. THIS PIECE IS THE LARGEST OF THE 9 AND IN A LARGE BLACK AND GOLD FRAME.

ALL NINE OF THE PICTURES ARE NOW UP ON THE ORANGE WALLS OF MY DINING ROOM.

GIMMIE SPROUSE!!!

I GOT MY GRAFFITI ON WITH THIS STEPHEN SPROUSE PIECE FOR MY GIMMIE! FASHION SERIES. I HAD RECENTLY BEEN WORKING WIT MY BUDS AT MAO PR ON THEIR STEPHEN SPROUSE BOOK (OUT IN JANUARY KIDDIES!) AND I WAS INSPIRED BY HIS BARELY THERE STRAPPY SWIM-SUITS. I WANTED TO PLAY UP HIS TRADE-MARK GRAFFITI PRINTS, SO I USED IT ON THE COFFEE MUG THESE ROCK LADIES ARE WADING IN. GOTTA LOVE THOSE BUG-EYED SUNGLASSES!

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GIMMIE MUGLER!!!

YOU KNOW I CAN'T DO A SERIES OF FASHION DRAWINGS WITHOUT INCLUDING A MUGLER OUTFIT! THE MUGLER ROBOT-LADY IS PRACTICALLY MY FAVORITE FASHION MOMENT EVER. I HAVE SEEN THE OUTFIT ON DISPLAY AT MANY MUSEUM EXHIBITS NOW AND I NEVER GET TIRED OF IT. I ONLY WISH MR. MUGLER WAS STILL WORKING TODAY (AND NOT SO LOONEY!) SO I COULD WORK WITH HIM MAKING ALL HIS INSANE CREATIONS. VIVA-LA-ROBOT -LADY!

GIMMIE HALSTON!!!

THE STORY BEHIND THIS PICTURE IS THAT IT ORIGINALLY WENT WITH AN ALL HALSTON SERIES I STARTED YEARS AGO. SOME OF THE PIECES THAT WENT WITH IT HAVE SHOWN UP HERE. BUT I COULD NEVER MAKE IT WORK OUT THE WAY I WANTED IT TO, SPECIFICALLY THE RAIN. SO, I RE-DID THE PICTURE AS A FINAL THOUGHT TO THIS GIMMIE! SERIES AND IT WORKED OUT GREAT. THE RAIN FINALLY LOOKS AS GRAPHIC AS I'D WANTED IT TO BE ORIGINALLY.
HER LOOK IS MEANT TO BE KAREN BJORNSON-ESCE (ONE OF HALSTON'S MUSES)

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GIMMIE GAULTIER!!!

THIS WAS THE 1st PICTURE COMPLETED FOR THIS SERIES. IT'S ALSO THE ONE THAT CHANGED THE LEAST FROM INITIAL SKETCH TO FINAL PRODUCT. HER OUTFIT IS A JEAN PAUL GAULTIER DENIM SAILOR SUIT FROM THE S/S '89 COLLECTION. SINCE J.P.G IS A FRENCH DESIGNER, I GAVE THE GIRL A FRENCH-PRESS COFFEE MAKER TO SIT ON. MAKES SENSE, NO? THE CLOUDS AND SEAGULLS IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER HELPED GIVE IT A SEA-SIDE FEELING.

GIMMIE DIOR!!!

THIS IMAGE SEEMS TO BE PICKED AS THE FAVORITE OF THIS SERIES BY MOST PEOPLE. I HAD PLANNED FOR IT TO LOOK VERY DIFFERENT AT FIRST AND COULDN'T MAKE IT WORK OUT THE WAY I WANTED IT TO. I ALMOST SCRAPPED IT UNTIL I FOUND A NEW WAY TO RE-WORK IT AT THE END. I LIKE THE WAY THE LETRA-TONE LOOKS AS COFFEE IN THE AMERICAN-DINER-STYLE COFFEE POT.

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GIMMIE DOLCE&GABBANA!!!

THIS ONE TURNED OUT GREAT I THINK. THOUGH I DO THINK THAT THIS IS THE 1 IMAGE OUT OF THE 9 WHERE THE OUTFIT DRAWN IS MAYBE NO SO RECOGNISABLE AS A FAMOUS FASHION DESIGN. THE DRESS SHOWN HERE IS FROM A VERY EARLY DOLCE&GABBANA COLLECTION. NOT ONE OF THEIR MORE ICONIC PIECES BUT IT WORKED GREAT FOR WHAT I NEEDED. I WAS GOING TO ADD A LEOPARD PRINT TO THE DRESS (ONE OF THEIR SIGNATURE TOUCHES), BUT DECIDED TO JUST USE LETRA-TONE INSTEAD. THE DOUGHNUTS WERE A LAST MINUTE TOUCH. WHO DOESN'T LIKE COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS!?

I GOT THE IDEA FOR ALL OF THOSE LINES AROUND HER FROM A 'VIVIAN GIRLS' EXHIBIT I WENT TO IN NYC. THE WAY ARTIST HENRY DARGER DREW CLOUDS WAS MY FAVORITE PART OF (QUITE ODD) SHOW.

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GIMMIE ALAIA!!!

I HAD ORIGINALLY WANTED TO DO 6 PICTURES FOR MY 'GIMMIE! FASHION' COLLECTION BUT I WOUND UP THROWING IN 3 MORE THAT I DREAMED UP ON THE FLY. THESE WERE THE CHANEL, HALSTON AND ALAIA IMAGES. THIS ALAIA ARTWORK USES THE FAMOUS IMAGES OF SINGER-ACTOR-ODD-BALL-WEIRDO GRACE JONES IN HER ICONIC ALAIA 'MERMAID' GOWN. I GAVE HER A SINISTER GRIN AND AN AX BECAUSE, WELL, GRACE JONES IS A KOOK.

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GIMMIE CHANEL!!!

IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2008 I WAS ASKED TO DO A SMALL ART SHOW FOR THE 'GIMMIE! COFFEE' COFFEE HOUSE ON MOTT ST. HERE IN SOHO NYC. I WAS VERY EXCITED TO GET THE CHANCE TO SHOW MY WORK IN SUCH A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA AND CREATED NINE NEW PIECES FOR THE EXHIBIT. I TOOK THE THEMES OF COFFEE AND FASHION (TWO THINGS I LOVE!) AND MIXED THEM TOGETHER. ALL OF THE PIECES ARE IN BLACK AND WHITE AND FRAMED IN DIFFERENT BLACK FRAMES.

I WANTED TO PICK SOME ICONIC LOOKS FROM FASHION DESIGNERS TO MIX WITH THE COFFEE IMAGERY. THE 1ST ONE SHOWN HERE IS MY ODE TO CHANEL. OUR GIRL WEARS A CHANEL TWEED SHORT-SET WITH QUILTED CHANEL BAG AND MATCHING TWEED SAILOR HAT. I EVEN PUT A LIL' BOTTLE OF CHANEL No. 5 PERFUME AT HER FEET. SHE IS SUPPOSED TO BE DRINKING A GIANT FRAPPICHINO BUT EVERYONE SEEMS TO THINK IT'S A SLURPEE. I LOVE A SLURPEE ON A HOT DAY SO I'M OK WITH THAT!

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