STARS IN THEIR EYES

IT'S ABOUT TIME I DID ANOTHER VIKTOR&ROLF DRAWING! I THOUGHT THEIR S/S '10 COLLECTION WAS SO AMAZING! YOU CAN BE SURE THAT I'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET ONE OF THOSE GIANT FROCK ON THIS BLOG TOO. UM, DOES ANYONE ELSE THINK IT'S CREEPY THAT VIKTOR AND ROLF ARE BOYFRIENDS BUT LOOK LIKE TWINS??? THAT'S SOME EGO-MANIA AT WORK THERE I THINK.

THIS PIECE WAS DRAWN YEARS AGO, WHEN THIS STAR-SPANGLED CAT SUIT WAS 1st SHOW AT PARIS FASHION WEEK, F/W '07. I PUT IT ON THE BACK BURNER, WAITING TO BE COLORED, AND THERE IT STAYED UNTIL THIS VERY DAY, WHEN I FINALLY FINISHED IT!

NOW IF ONLY I COULD FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE IS VIKTOR AND WHICH ONE IS ROLF . . .

MOTHER OF THE YEAR

SEEMS LIKE ALL THE CELEBS ARE HAVING A BABY (OR BABIES) TO BOOST THEIR SAGGING CAREERS LATELY. WHEN YOUR CAREER'S IN DOUBT, ADD A BABY TO THE MIX AND U GET INSTANT PHOTO OPS AND TABLOID ATTENTION! JOAN CRAWFORD WAS, OF COURSE, THE INVENTOR OF THIS SCHEME. SHE ADOPTED 4 CHILDREN WHO ALL FAMOUSLY TURNED ON HER. SHE EVEN ADOPTED TWIN GIRLS, SO SHE WAS WAY AHEAD OF THE GAME ON THE CELEBS HAVING TWINS AND ADOPTING KIDDIES, BOTH OF WHICH EVERYONE IS DOING NOW. OH JOAN, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU HAVEN'T TAUGHT US?

I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO DRAW THIS COAT FOR A WHILE. IT IS VIKTOR & ROLF FROM F/W 'O7, I THINK. I ALSO WANTED TO DO A PIC OF A FABULOUSLY DRESSED LADY WITH TOO MANY KIDS ON HER HANDS. SO I JUST MIXED THE TWO IDEAS TOGETHER. I USED WATER COLOR ON VELUM TO ADD DEPTH TO THE FLAT PHOTOSHOP COLORING. THEN I SCANNED A COURREGES FUR COAT FROM THE 60'S AND COLLAGED THAT INTO THE MIX AS WELL.

NO WIRE HANGERS WERE USED IN THE MAKING OF THIS PICTURE.

PEN AND INK OF BRISTOL BOARD, WATERCOLOR ON VELUM AND PHOTO COLLAGE + PHOTOSHOP.