POWER SUIT POWER STRUGGLE

AH, THE DEBUT OF ANOTHER OF MY OH-SO-WITTY COMIX. THIS ONE TELLS THE 100% TOTALLY TRUE NOT EVEN FABRICATED TALE OF HOW POPULAR FASHIONS TURNED FROM CHIC COUTURE TO GRUNGY BORES. SEE, A GIANT CALENDER ATTACKED METROPOLIS AND THEN MAGICALLY EVERYONE'S CLOTHES GOT REALLY BAD. NO, I SWEAR, I SAW IT ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL!

I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME AND SAY THAT 90'S FASHION ARE REALLY BAD! HOW DARE WE REPLACE GREAT 80'S TACKY COUTURE SHOULDER PAD TRANNY MADNESS WITH, LIKE, TORN JEANS AND A FLANNEL!!! HAVE U SEEN ANY OLD 90210 EPISODES LATELY? I MEAN, DONNA MARTIN'S CLOTHING IS SO BAD IT GOES BEYOND BAD AND BACK TO AMAZING!

ANYWAYS, I WANTED TO MAKE A LIL' FOLLOW UP TO MY PREVIOUS JOAN CRAWFORD vs. UNCLE SCROOGE COMIC, SO I THOUGHT UP THIS PREMISE. I ENJOY QUICK, 1 PAGE READS, NOT MUCH TEXT, VERY GRAPHIC, EASY TO REPRINT IF I WANT TO AND WAAAAAY TOO MANY EXCLAMATION POINTS. AND OF COURSE IT COMBINES MY TWO TRUE LOVES, FASHION AND CARTOONS!

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MEN'S . . . WHERE???

OBVIOUSLY I LIKE DRAWING WOMEN MUCH MORE THEN I LIKE DRAWING MEN. A LOOK BACK AT MY MYRIAD OF POSTS WHERE DRAWINGS OF GIRLS IN CUTE OUTFITS ARE FEATURED MAKES THAT MUCH APPARENT. BUUUUUUT, THAT'S NOT TO SAY I DON'T ENJOY DRAWING MEN TOO! IT'S JUST NOT THE 1st THING I THINK OF TO DRAW. ALSO, MEN'S CLOTHING IS SO MUCH MORE BORING THEN WOMEN'S. YOU CAN JUST BE MORE CREATIVE WITH WOMEN'S CLOTHING, TAKE MORE RISKS. I GUESS I JUST THINK WOMEN ARE MORE COMPLEX THEN MEN, AND THEREFORE MORE FUN TO DRAW.

SO, HERE ARE 2 EXAMPLES OF MY MEN'S WEAR ILLUSTRATION. BOTH OF THESE OUTFITS ARE FROM THE THIERRY MUGLER S/S/ '08 MEN'S WEAR COLLECTION, NATCH. IF I'M GONNA DRAW MEN'S WEAR, IT MAY AS WELL BE MUGLER!

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OUT OF AFRICA

THE TWO OUTFITS DEPICTED IN THIS, UM, DEPICTION ARE FROM ISSEY MIYAKE AND JEAN PAUL GAULTIER. I DREW THEM BOTH SEPARATELY AND PHOTO SHOPPED THEM TOGETHER WITH A SIMPLE ORANGE BACKGROUND. BOTH PRINTED BODY SUITS FELT VERY TRIBAL TO ME SO I DREW THEM IN A QUASI CAVE PAINTING WAY. I GAVE THEY MODELS HUGE FRO'S CAUSE I LOVE A KOOL CHICK WITH A HUGE AFRO! I GUESS I'M STIL PINING AWAY FOR SCARY SPICE. hehe

THIS IS ONE OF THE IMAGES I ALWAYS GO BACK TO AS AN EXAMPLE TO MYSELF OF THE TYPE OF WORK I'D LIKE TO DO MORE OF.

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" I OWN EVVVVREYTHING!!!"

WELL, YOU GOTTA LOVE A GOOD OL' FASHION COMIC BOOK BATTLE ROYAL, RIGHT? TWO SUPER-POWERED BRUTES MAKING MINCE MEAT OUTTA EACH OTHER! OF COURSE, IN THIS CASE, THE TWO 'BRUTES' ARE A OLD SCOTTISH DUCK AND A CLASS-A BITCH W/ SOLDER PADS. THAT'S RIGHT KIDS, WE'RE TALKIN' SCROOGE McDUCK AND MOMMY DEAREST HERSELF, Miss JOAN CRAWFORD! WHEN I THOUGHT OF THE TOPIC OF GREED, THESE TWO WEIRDOS WERE THE 1st TO POP INTO MY HEAD.

DON'T YOU LOVE HOW IN ALL OF JOAN'S FILMS SHE STARTS OUT AS A LOWLY SHOP GIRL AND ENDS UP A MARRIED MILLIONAIRESS? CAUSE, YOU KNOW, RICH GUYS MARRY SHOP GIRLS EVERYDAY. IT ALSO MUST BE SAID THAT I AM STILL A BIG 'DUCKTALES' FAN! HOW COME REAL MILLIONAIRES DON'T TRAVEL THE WORLD LOOKING FOR LOST PIRATE TREASURE AND STUFF LIKE UNCLE SCROOGE DOES? SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA TO ME!

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PUTTING SPANDEX TO THE TEST

OFFICIALLY ADDED TO MY COLLECTION OF SUPER SIRENS (from L to R): MERA, WIFE OF AQUAMAN AND QUEEN OF THE 7 SEAS, HEPZIBAH, 1/2 HUMAN 1/2 SKUNK, ALL ALIEN HOTTIE WHO CAN CONTROL AND CONFUSE WITH HER PHEROMONES, WONDERGIRL, (A.K.A. DONNA TROY) SUPER-POWERED LIL' SIS OF WONDER WOMAN, AND LASTLY, ALANNA STRANGE, WIFE OF SPACE ADVENTURER ADAM STRANGE.

GRAPHIC NATURE

I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO POST A COLLECTION OF STEPHEN SPROUSE PICTURES I DID FOR A WHILE NOW, BUT NEVER GOT AROUND TO FINISHING THEM. NOW THAT I HAVE THIS 1st ONE COMPLETE (WITH OTHERS ON THE WAY) AND WHAT WITH SPROUSE MANIA CURRENTLY GRIPPING THE FASHION WORLD, WHAT BETTER TIME TO DUST THEM OFF AND THROW THEM OUT ON THE OL' WEBSITE?

I HAD BEEN A FAN OF SPROUSE'S WORK, BUT NOT UNTIL I HAD THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON ROGER AND MAURICIO PADILHA'S 'THE STEPHEN SPROUSE BOOK' DID I REALLY GET TO SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE OF HIS GENIUS. I REALLY RESPECT HOW DEDICATED HE WAS TO HIS SINGULAR FASHION VISION. HE INTRODUCED SO MANY GREAT IDEAS AND CONCEPTS INTO FASHION AND POP CULTURE, AND I FEEL THAT ONLY NOW ARE WE STARTING TO REALLY APPRECIATE HIS LEGACY.

FOR MORE INFO ABOUT THE LIFE AND WORK OF Mr. SPROUSE, GO OUT AND GET 'THE STEPHEN SPROUSE BOOK' FROM YOUR LOCAL BOOK SHOPPE OR ORDER IT FROM AMAZON!!! IT'S A GREAT BOOK AND WELL WORTH EVERY PENNY YOU SPEND ON IT! (PLUS MY NAME IS IN THE BACK! YAY ME!!)

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COLOR ME BITCHY

WHEN I WAS BUT A WEE LAD I USED TO LOOOOVE TO BUY COLORING BOOKS. MOST KIDS COLOR IN THEIR COLORING BOOKS, BUT NOT ME (i was weird). I USED MINE AS REFERENCE MATERIAL. YES, EVEN AT A YOUNG AGE I WAS ALWAYS COLLECTING REFERENCE FOR THINGS I WAS INTERESTED IN DRAWING. OBSESSIVE MUCH?

I WOULD SCOUT COLORING BOOKS FOR ALL THE CARTOONS I LIKED AND USE THEM TO LEARN TO DRAW THE CHARACTERS. I WOULD SOMETIMES TRACE OVER THE LINES WITH TRACING PAPER AND A PENCIL SO MANY TIMES I WOULD WEAR A HOLE THROUGH THE PAGE! WHENEVER A NEW DISNEY FILM CAME OUT I WOULD GO RIGHT OUT AND SPEND ALL MY MONEY ON COLORING BOOKS SO I COULD SEE A CLEAR LINE DRAWING OF WHAT ALL THE CHARACTERS LOOKED LIKE.

I'VE NOTICED THAT KIDS NOW-A-DAYS DON'T REALLY HAVE COLORING BOOKS LIKE MY GENERATION DID. I NEVER SEE THEM ON SALE AT THE SUPERMARKET OR THE TOY STORE AS THEY WERE IN MY DAY (i make it sound like i'm 100!). THIS GAVE ME THE IDEA TO START MY NEW COLLECTION OF PRINT OUT COLORING PAGES FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES! MY COLORING PAGES ARE, OF COURSE, BASED AROUND MY LOVE/HATE OF ALL THINGS FASHION. AAAAND, I EVEN GIVE SOME HELPFUL HINTS TO ALL THE CREATIVE THINKERS OUT THERE RIGHT ON THE PAGE. HOW CONVENIENT!

JUST PRINT IT OUT AND GO KRAZY KIDDIES!

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