WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM!!!

WE'VE ALL HAD A MOMENT LIKE THIS. I KNOW MY CLUMSY ASS HAS. I'M ALL DRESSED UP TO THE 9's FOR A NITE ON THE TOWN OR SHOPPING OR WHATEV'S AND THEN YOU GO AND SPILL A LARGE DRINK ON YOURSELF OR STEP INTO A GIANT NYC MUDD PUDDLE AND HAVE A WET FOOT ALL NITE. OR MAYBE A WAYWARD PARTY-GOER THROWS UP ON YOU (ALL OF THESE HAVE HAPPENED TO ME B.T.W.) IT'S WHAT I CALL MY 'I LOVE LUCY MOMENTS'. LIKE, THAT WOULD ONLY HAPPEN TO LUCY OR ME. I'M SURE THIS IS WHY I ALWAYS WANT TO DRAW THESE UPSCALE FASHIONABLE WOMEN GETTING BEAT UP AND FALLING OVER AND GETTING STUCK IN ODD SITUATIONS. THEY ARE SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL.

THE LADY PICTURED HERE IS WEARING A GREAT VINTAGE YSL DRESS I FOUND AND SOME VINTAGE WESTWOOD SHOES. THE ICE-CREAM, HOWEVER, IS NOT VINTAGE. I THINK SHE LOOKS A BIT LIKE AGYNESS DEYN, NO? I DIDN'T PLAN IT THAT WAY.

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COMPUTOR LOVE

THIS DRAWING WAS MEANT TO BE A PLAY ON OLD AND NEW. SHE IS A CAVE WOMAN CHISELING AWAY AT A FASHION CAVE DRAWING (MAYBE SHE'S A STONE AGE VOGUE EDITOR?). BUT SHE HAS A COMPUTER HEAD AND BLUE SKIN SO SHE'S THE FUTURE AS WELL AS THE PAST. SEE? AHHHHHH CLEVER!

AFTER I SCANNED IT IN I THOUGHT, 'OH, SHE SHOULD HAVE A RAGGED WILMA FLINTSTONE HEMLINE SO WE KNOW SHE'S A CAVE LADY', BUT OH WELL, IT'S DONE NOW. I MOSTLY LIKIE THE COLORS IN IT. I AM GETTNG INTO COLLAGING IMAGES WITH PHOTOSHOP, SO I SCANNED IN SOME LEOPARD PRINT FABRIC FROM A DIOR SCARF AND USED THAT AS THE BACKGROUND, AS LEOPARD PRINT IS ALSO VERY D&G, DAH-LING.

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DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

I AM TOTALLY AGAINST THE IDEA OF PLAYBOY 'NOW' BECAUSE IT'S ALL DUMB, SLUTTY HO-BAGS. BUT I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE OLD SKOOL PLAYBOY BUNNIES BECAUSE THEY HAD TO BE SMART AND COLLEGE EDUCATED AND ALL THAT AND BEST OF ALL, THEY WORE THOSE GREAT BUNNY SWIMSUIT OUTFITS! SO KITSH AND FUN. IT WAS SEXY AND OVER-THE-TOP, BUT WITH A BIT OF A WINK, YOU KNOW?

I SAW A PIC OF SOME HO WEARING THIS DOMINATRIX OUTFIT IN A BOOK AND I JUST STUCK BUNNY EARS ON HER AND NOW SHE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH PLAYBOY. PLAYBOY BUNNY EARS ARE LIKE MINNIE MOUSE EARS, NO MATTER WHAT U ARE WEARING, IF U PUT ON MOUSE EARS, IT'S A QUICK REFERENCE TO MICKY AND MINNIE. ICONIC. UNIVERSAL. I LIKE THAT.

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SPICE UP YOUR LIFE!!!

LET ME START THIS POST OFF BY SAYING I AM A HUGE FAN OF THE SPICE GIRLS. ANY ONE WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS THIS. I HAD NEVER BEEN A FAN OF ANYONE BEFORE I TOOK NOTICE OF THEM IN THE 'WANNABE' VIDEO AND SOMETHING IN MY HEAD JUST CLICKED AND I WAS OBSESSED. THE CLOTHES, THE VIBE, THE HAIR-DOS, THE CRAZY ANTICS. THEY WERE BASICALLY EVERYTHING I WANTED TO BE INSIDE AND BECAUSE I FINALLY REALIZED THIS I DID KIND OF COME OUT OF MSYELF. THAT IS SO DAMN CHEESY I KNOW, BUT I GREW UP IN THE SUBURBS, SO WE AREN'T GONNA GET MUCH DEEPER THEN THIS!

I USED TO DRAW THEM LIKE MAD AND DESIGN OUTFITS FOR THEM. THIS IS WHEN I STARTED TO REALLY GET INTO FASHION DESIGN AND I THEN MOVED TO LONDON TO GO TO FASHION SCHOOL. SO THOSE GIRLS KIND'A CHANGED THE COURSE OF MY LIFE IN A WAY.

I WENT TO THE 'RETURN OF THE SPICE GIRLS' CONCERT LAST NITE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. IT WAS SOOOOOO GOOD! THEY STILL GOT IT! THEY SHOULD JUST STAY TOGETHER AND A 5 PIECE BAND FOREVER! GOD KNOWS THEY ARE ALL MORE INTERESTING TOGETHER THEN SEPARATELY. I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE GERI BACK WITH THE BAND!

SO, I PRESENT HERE A LIL' FUN PIECE OF ART THAT I DID OF THE FAB 5! I HAVE BEEN INSPIRED LATELY TO DO A PAPER DOLL SET OF ALL 5 SPICE GIRLS IN ALL THEIR FAMOUS OUTFITS FROM OVER THE YEARS. THAT IS GOING TO BE MY NEXT MAJOR UNDERTAKING. WHEN/IF I EVER FINISH, I WILL POST IT UP HERE FOR ALL OF YOU TO SEE.

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BUTTON, BUTTON, WHO'S GOT THE BUTTON?

I WAS HIRED TO DO SOME ILLUSTRATIONS FOR TAMPAX IN EUROPE, OF ALL PEOPLE, AND DID A SERIES OF ABOUT SIX DRAWINGS FOR THEM WHILE MY FRIEND WROTE THE AD COPY. THE ARTWORK WAS OF DIFFERENT WAYS A GIRL COULD CUSTOMIZE HER SKIRT (PRESUMABLY TO HIDE A BLOOD STAIN? EWWWWWWW, I KNOW, I'M DISGUSTING! HUH?).

THIS DRAWING IS THE ONLY ONE I REALLY LIKED. IT FELT THE MOST LIKE ME. I SECRETLY PUT THE GIRL IN A MARNI DRESS SO SHE'D FIT IN AMONGST MY OTHER FASHION VICTIMS. I LOVE MARNI BECAUSE THEY WILL PUT A GIANT BUTTON ON ANYTHING! THEY DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS, THEY WANT 17 GIANT BUTTONS ON IT!

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IT'S RAINING CHLOE!!!

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET A DRAWING OF THIS KARL LAGERFELD DESIGNED CHLOE DRESS DOWN ON PAPER FOR LITERALLY YEARS. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT TOOK ME SO LONG. I KEPT TRYING TO THINK OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO ADD MY OWN FLAVOR TO THE THING, AND I'D DRAW SOME IDEAS, AND NOT LIKE THEM, AND PUT IT AWAY FOR LATER. I DID ABOUT 5 DIFFERENT "FINAL" PIECES OF THIS DRESS (ALWAYS WITH THE GIRL AS A PLUMBER, IT SEEMED THE BEST ROUTE) BEFORE I DID THIS ONE AND FINALLY LIKED IT ENOUGH TO TOTALLY COMPLETE IT.

I ALSO KEPT TRYING TO THINK OF WAYS TO SHOW THE BEADED WATER-DROPS LIKE THEY APPEARED ON THE ACTUAL DRESS. IN THE END I WENT BACK TO MY GOOD OL' LETRA-TONE DOTS! GOD BLESS MR. LETRA-TONE FOR INVENTING PRINTED DOTS ON TAPE! WHAT WOULD I DO WITH OUT THEM!!? (*sigh*)

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HEAD-SHOT-SHOCK!!!

I HAD BEEN DOODLING THIS IMAGE FOR AWHILE BEFORE I ACTUALLY SAT DOWN TO DRAW A PROPER FINISHED VERSION OF IT. I THINK I WAS INSPIRED BY ELAINE ON 'SEINFEILD' DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR WITH HER LIPSTICK WHEN JERRY CAUGHT HER OFF GAURD. I JUST WANTED IT TO LOOK KIND'A LIKE MY GIRL WAS A MODEL SURPRISED BY THE PAPS IN SOME NIGHTCLUB BATHROOM STALL OR SOMETHING.
ORIGINALLY SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE A ULTRA ORANGE TAN (YOU KNOW I LOVE TO COLOR PEOPLE ORANGE, COMES FROM MY LOVE OF MUPPETS, I THINK) WITH AUBERN HAIR AND A RED BACKGROUND, BUT I THOUGHT OF MY DRAG FRIEND PHILLIEPE BLONDE AND DECIDED TO BASE THE COLORING ON HIM. HE LOOKS KIND'A LIKE A TRANNY BARBIE, ONLY BETTER.

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