LADY SIF: MARVELOUS MAIDEN OF MIGHT!!!

ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS I LOOOOOVE COMIC BOOKS, AND OF COURSE THE FEMALE SUPER-HEROS ARE MY FAVORITE. MARVEL COMICS HAS REALLY BEEN KNOCKING IT OUTTA THE PARK LATELY WITH ALL OF THEIR FEATURE FILMS. 'IRON MAN', 'CAPTAIN AMERICA', 'THE AVENGERS' AND, OF COURSE, THE MIGHTY 'THOR'!

THOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORITE OF MARVEL'S "BIG THREE" HEROES (Iron Man is my least fav). I ESPECIALLY LIKE THOR'S TWO FEMALE FOILS; THE ALLURINGLY EVIL ENCHANTRESS AND THE STOIC SHIELD MAIDEN LADY SIF. I THOUGHT ACTRESS JAIMIE ALEXANDER DID A GREAT JOB PLAYING SIF IN THE 'THOR' FILM. IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY HARD FOR ME TO FIND ANY CLEAR IMAGES OF HER FULL COSTUME. SO I SENT OUT TO HOBBLE TOGETHER AN IMAGE OF HER LOOK. MUCH OF MY COSTUME RESEARCH CAME VIA PICTURES OF HER MOVIE ACTION FIGURE. I ALSO GOT SOME NICE SHOTS OF HER FROM A 7-ELEVEN CUP BARING HER IMAGE.

 I DID A SKETCH OF HER (shown below) A WEEK OR SO AFTER I SAW THE FILM, BUT IT'S TAKEN UNTIL NOW TO FIND TIME TO FINISH IT. I USED SEVERAL TEXTURED OVERLAYS IN PHOTOSHOP TO GET THE FEELING OF CHAIN-MAIL ON HER COSTUME. I THEN USED A SCAN OF ASGARD FROM "THE MAKING OF THOR" BOOK FOR THE IMAGE IN THE BACK GROUND. I'M NOT SO GREAT AT DRAWING WEAPONS LIKE SWORDS AND SHIELDS, ETC., SO I USED THE WEAPON SIF'S ACTION FIGURE CAME WITH AS A MODEL FOR MY FINAL PIECE.

I'D REALLY LIKE TO FIND TIME TO DO MORE OF THE MARVEL MOVIE LADIES, LIKE PEGGY CARTER FROM "CAPTAIN AMERICA" OR SCARLET JOHANSSON'S BLACK WIDOW. WITH MY SCHEDULE, CHECK BACK IN A YEAR AND MAYBE I'LL HAVE THEM FINISHED.

 *p.s. movie makers: ENCHANTRESS HAD BETTER BE THE VILLAIN IN THOR 2!!!! 

SHE'S A GOLDEN GIRL, SHE'S AN APHRODITE

I AM FINALLY SETTLED INTO A NEW APARTMENT, GOT MY INTERNET UP AND RUNNING, NOW LET'S TALK KYLIE MINOGUE'S APHRODITE TOUR! I SAW THE SHOW ON MAY 3rd AT THE HAMMERSMITH BALLROOM HERE IN NYC, AND LET ME TELL YOU, THIS SHOW WAS PHENOMENAL!!! HER VOICE, THE COSTUMES, THE DANCERS, EVERYTHING WAS TOP NOTCH! NO ONE CAN DO A SHOW LIKE KYLIE.

MY FAV LOOK FROM THE TOUR WAS HER OPENING 'APHRODITE' COSTUME, WHICH I HAVE ILLUSTRATED HERE. MIZ MINOGUE APPEARS ON STAGE ATOP A GIANT GOLD CLAM SHELL ALA' THE VENUS De MILO. THE COSTUMES BY DOLCE&GABBANA WERE FLAWLESS (though i'm not a fan of the act 7 'Brazil Funk' look, it didn't really march the other, more ethereal looks). THERE WERE A FEW OTHER GODDESS WORTHY GOWNS IN THE SHOW THAT I WILL TRY TO MAKE TIME TO DRAW AND POST HERE SOON.

HORSE FACE

HERE, AT LAST, IS THE LONG AWAITED CENTAR GIRL I POSTED ABOUT AWHILE BACK! I DID THIS PAINTING YEARS AGO AND FOUND IT RECENTLY AMONGST A PILE OF OLD ARTWORK. IT WAS A PART OF A WHOLE SERIES I WAS PLANNING ON DOING ABOUT MYTHOLOGY CREATURES, BUT THIS ONE AND MY 'MERMAID GIRL' ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT EVER MADE IT TO PAPER. I WILL COMPLETE MY MEDUSA PAINTING ONE OF THESE DAYS AND POST IT HERE FOR YOU KIDS.

I LOVE ALL THAT 'CLASH OF THE TITANS', 'JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS' TYPE STUFF. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AN INFLUENCE IN MY WORK. I LOVE TO GO SEE GREEK STATUES AND PAINTINGS AT THE MUSEUM. THE WING OF GREEK ARTWORK AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM ( YOU KNOW THE ONE, WHERE THEY STOLE ALL THE ART FROM GREECE AND PUT IT IN THEIR POMPAS MUSEUM) IS MY FAV PLACE TO WALK AROUND ON A LAZY DAY. WHO DOSEN'T LOVE A NAKED ARES STATUE?

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD W/ WATERCOLORS AND PHOTOSHOP

SOMETHING'S FISHY . . .

I AM A HUGE FAN OF THIS DRAWING OF MINE, IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF. THE STYLE DOESN'T REALLY MATCH MY OTHER WORKS, BUT I THINK IT IS IN-KEEPING WITH MY SLIGHTLY TWISTED-SURREAL TYPE FEELING. I MADE IT IN A TIME WHEN I WOULD ONLY USE WATERCOLOR TO COLOR ALL MY WORKS.
I THINK I WAS VERY INSPIRED BY A PIERRE ET GILLES PHOTO BOOK I WAS READING AT THE TIME IN THE COMPOSITION OF IT. I JUST WANTED TO DO A MERMAID THAT WAS NOT YOUR TYPICAL DISNEY MERMAID. SHE IS MORE OF A HIGH FASHION TIM BURTON MERMAID, CREEPY BUT STYLISH. I DID A FEW MORE IN THIS SERIES BUT THIS FIRST ONE WAS THE BEST I THINK.

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD, WATER COLORS, COLOR PENICL AND PHOTOSHOP