BLACK AND WHITE AND STRIPED ALL OVER

THIS DRAWING I DID OF A BODY-MAP DRESS FROM THEIR FAMOUS "CAT IN THE HAT" COLLECTION IS A PERSONAL FAV OF MINE. I HAD ORIGINALLY DRAWN IT WITH A STRIPED BACKGROUND TO MATCH THE STRIPED DRESS SHE'S WEARING, BUT HATED THE WAY IT TURNED OUT SO IT'S BEEN SITTING AT THE BOTTOM OF A PILE OF OLD PAINTINGS FOR YEARS. I PULLED IT OUT RECENTLY, CUT OUT THE FIGURE, SCANNED HER AND CLEANED IT UP, AND THEN JUST ADDED A SIMPLE LETRATONE DOT PATTERN. I THINK IT LOOKS A LOT BETTER THIS WAY. IT ALSO GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT IF YOU KEEP AT IT YOU CAN SOLVE ANY DESIGN PROBLEM YOU MAY COME UP AGAINST, NO MATTER HOW MANY YEARS IT TAKES!

PEN AND INK WITH LETRA TONE SHEET ON BRISTAL BOARD

MERRY X-MAS!!!

JUST WANTED TO SHOW EVERYONE THE DESIGN I DID FOR MY X-MAS CARD THIS YEAR. I THINK IT TURNED OUT PRETTY WELL. GOT LOTS O' COMPLIMENTS ON IT!

HAVE A GOOD HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!

DIOR T.V.

I WAS READING A BOOK ABOUT BRITISH DESIGN IN THE 40'S, 50'S AND 60'S AND RAN ACROSS A PHOTO OF A POSH WOMAN CARRYING A PORTABLE T.V. DOWN THE ROAD. IT WAS VERY INSPIRING TO ME, AS I ALWAYS LOVE THE MIX OF OLD AND NEW. THE JUXTAPOSING OF SOMETHING CONSIDERED MODERN ( THE PORTABLE T.V.) WITH SOMETHING CLASSIC (THE WOMAN'S 50'S STYLE SHIRT DRESS).

WHENEVER I DRAW A CLASSIC DIOR LOOK I ALWAYS WIND UP PUTTING WITH SOME PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY, A TV, A SPACE SHIP, AN ELECTRIC GUITAR. I LIKE THE INTERPLAY OF IDEAS, THAT THIS WOMAN WHO WOULD DRESS SO REFINED IS REALLY INTO ADVENTURE AND PUNK MUSIC OR SPACE TRAVEL OR WHATEVER.

AT THE LAST MINUTE I GAVE HER A LITTLE DOGGY FRIEND TOO. THERE IS A DOG JUST LIKE THAT THAT I ALWAYS SEE WANDERING MY NEIGHBORHOOD. HE'S LIKE THE BLOCK MAYOR, ALWAYS CHECKING OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON HIS STREET.

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD W/ PHOTOSHOP

PINEAPPLE CROTCH!

I ALWAYS HEAR PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY HATE THE PINEAPPLE PRINT SWIMSUIT STELLA McCARTNEY DID FOR CHLOE BUT I LOVE IT. IT'S SO GRAPHIC. IT REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING CARMEN MIRANDA MIGHT WEAR TODAY. WHEN I DREW THIS PICTURE I WAS GOING FOR A KIND OF BRAZIL-JUNGLE-TOPICS VIBE. I LOVE TROPICAL BIRDS SO I ADDED A FEW OF THOSE TO FURTHER SUGGEST THAT IPANEMA FLAVA'. I TRIED TO MAKE THE WORD BUBBLE A TAD EGG SHAPED AS WELL SO IT WOULD RELATE BACK TO THE BIRD THEME. AND THE GIRL IS ORANGE, OF COURSE, BECAUSE SHE GOT HER SPRAY TAN ON BEFORE SHE HIT THE BEACH. GOTTA LOVE A LADY WITH A FAKE ORANGE TAN. X-TINA, ARE YOU LISTENING . . .

PEN AND INK ON BRISTAL BOARD WITH PHOTOSHOP

MISS MINNIE

I DREW THIS ONE RIGHT QUICK AS MY LITTLE ODE TO MINNIE MOUSE. I LOVE THE USE OF THE MICKY EARS AS A REFERENCE TO AN ICON EVERYONE CAN RELATE TO. HACK FASHION STYLISTS HAVE BEEN COPYING THIS IDEA FROM MR. DISNEY FOR YEARS!

I ALSO HAVEN'T USED ANY LETRATONE IN A LONG TIME AND THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD ONE TO USE IT ON, SEEING AS HOW MINNIE AND MICKY ARE ULTIATE POP ART SUBJECTS. THAT STUFF IS $$EXPENSIVE$$ THOUGH, SO I JUST BOUGHT A SHEET ( FOR $15!!!! WHAT?) AND SCANNED IT AND LAYERD IT IN PHOTOSHOP. THAT'S CALLED ECONOMIZING PEOPLE!

PEN AND INK WITH LETRATONE SPOT SHEET

REBEL YELL!!!

GRACE JONES IN AN ALAIA CREATION IS POSSIBLY THE BEST THING ABOUT FASHION! I MEAN, SHE'S NUTZ AND THE DRESS IS AMAZING SO THAT'S A WINNING COMBO IN MY BOOK.
SHE WORE A DRESS SIMILAR TO THE ONE I DREW HERE IN AN ALAIA FASHION SHOW, BUT IT WAS FLOOR LENGH. I REALLY WANTED HER TO BE IN A VERY AGGRESSIVE POSE WITH A GRAPHIC, ALMOST TRIBAL, FEEL TO THE WHOLE THING. THAT IS WHAT GRACE JONES EPITOMIZES IN FASHION ANYWAY, THE HIGH GLOSS OF PARIS COUTURE WITH THE AGGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE DARK CONTINENT.
PLUS I THINK SHE DATED SLY STALLONE IN THE 80'S AND THAT'S REALLY COOL!

U.C.B + DVD + ME = FREE T(shirt)!!!

I AM VERY INTO DOING T-SHIRT GRAPHICS, AND BABYS . . ON DRUGS, UM, SOOOOO, WHEN I GOT THIS GIG DRAWING A GRAPHIC OF A BABY ON DRUGS FOR A T-SHIRT, WELL, NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS JAZZED! IN MY DEFENSE HE'S ON MORE OF A SUGER HIGH THEN A DRUG HIGH, I THINK.

MY DRAWING WAS CHOSEN OUT OF MANY COMMISSIONED SKETCHES TO BE USED ON THE UPRIGHT CITIZEN'S BRIGADE (OR U.C.B.) PROMO T FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW 2nd SEASON DVD. MY BRO MIKE DID THE TEXT AND ADDED THAT WEIRD LITTLE STICKER THINGIE ON THE HELMUT. HE'S HELPFUL LIKE THAT.

TO ORDER THE DVD AND GET THE T-SHIRT FREE JUST GOT TO THE UCB STORE AND CLICK AWAY!
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