TALKING HEADS

*whew!* WHAT A LOT OF WORK THIS PIECE WAS! I DREW IT YEARS AGO BASED ON THOSE OUTSTANDING, CLASSIC SANT ANGELO / VERUSCHKA PHOTOS FROM VOGUE IN THE 60's (US VOGUE JULY 1968, KIDS). THE ONES WHERE THE MODEL VERUSCHKA IS THIS SORT OF BOHO-BODY-PAINTED-WRAPPED-IN-FABRIC-AND-TWINE-GODDESS. PEOPLE JUST DO NOT DO ICONIC PHOTO SHOOTS LIKE THAT ANY MORE, WHICH IS A SHAME. WHEN YOU SEE THOSE PICS NOW, THEY STILL LOOK MODERN AND FRESH AND VIBRANT!

SO, AFTER I FINISHED INKING IT I DID A WATER COLOR BACKGROUND FOR THE PICTURE, TO BE PHOTOSHOPPED IN AFTERWARD. BUT IT JUST DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT TO ME. IT DIDN'T CAPTURE THE ECLECTICNESS OF THE VERUSCHKA PICS. SO I SET IT ASIDE TO WORK ON LATER. FLASH FORWARD 3 YEARS AND HERE I AM, FINALLY FINISHING IT! I SOURCED PICS OF FABRICS AND YARNS AND MISSONI FABRICS AND GOLD LEAF TEXTURES TO ADD IN AND GIVE THE PICTURE A MORE COLLAGED FEEL. I TRIED TO BUMP UP ALL THE COLORS SO THEY MATCHED THE VIVID HUES OF RED,GREEN AND YELLOW THAT SANT ANGELO FAVORED SO MUCH.

*MARKER ON BRISTOL BOARD W/ PHOTOSHOP

DOG SHOW

I HAD THIS GRAND IDEA FOR A PIECE BASED ON A SANT ANGELO DRESS I HAD SEEN MANY TIMES. I LOVE THAT HIPPIE-BOHO-SWINGING-SANT ANGELO VIBE AND AM ALWAYS WANTING TO CAPTURE THE MORE KITSCH ASPECTS OF IT. I WANTED TO DRAW THIS FLOPPY GIRL WEARING A FLOPPY SANT ANGELO WITH A BIG FLOPPY POODLE IN THE BACKGROUND. I DECIDED TO USE A SOFT BLUE FOR THE OUTLINE OF THE GIRL AS OPPOSED TO MY FAV STARK BLACK. I FIGURED IT WOULD MAKE ALL THE COLORS POP MORE AND HELP GIVE IT THAT TRIPPY VIBE I WAS AFTER.

THE COMPOSITION DIDN'T TURN OUT EXACTLY AS I HAD WANTED IT. SOMETHING ABOUT THE DOG BEING NOT AS LOOOOONG AS I HAD WANTED. I HAD PUT OFF DOING THIS ONE FOR SO LONG BECAUSE I JUST COULDN'T GET THE LAYOUT HOW I WANTED IT, BUT I DECIDED TO GO AHEAD WITH IT ANYWAY. BUT STILL, IT'S AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT IN COLOR FOR ME AND I'M ALWAYS UP FOR DRAWING A SANT ANGELO CREATION.

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD W/ PHOTOSHOP

JUNGLE GRRRRRRRRRL!!!

ANOTHER DESIGNER I REALLY ENJOY IS GIORGIO DE SANT'ANGELO. HIS ETHNIC HIPPIE CHIC FASHIONS WERE THE PERFECT FIT TO THE 1960'S AND 70'S WHEN HE WAS AT HIS MOST PROLIFIC. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT HIS WORK THAT REMINDS ME OF AN UPTOWN JUNGLE-JANE VIBE. SO I DECIDED TO DRAW THIS PARTICULAR SANT'ANGELO OUTFIT NEXT TO SOME WILD ANIMALS. THE TWO THINGS I ENJOY DRAWING MOST ARE HIGH FASHION LADIES AND ANIMALS, SO I TRY TO MIX THEM TOGETHER AS MUCH AS I CAN. I THINK THE ELEPHANT TURNED OUT ESPECIALLY FUN. THIS DRAWING IS DEFINITELY ONE OF MY FAVORITES OF ALL MY WORK.

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD WITH PHOTOSHOP COLORS