PLATINUM ON BLACK

PRESENTING, THE HARDEST LADY IS DC COMICS, PLATINUM!!! I FINALLY MANAGED TO MAKE THE 2nd IN MY FULL COLOR 'WOMEN OF DC COMICS' SERIES. THE 1st, BLACK CANARY, CAN BE FOUND HERE ---> (http://bryanhollingsworth.blogspot.com/2010/04/siren-song.html).

NOW, I'VE NEVER REALLY BEEN A READER OF THE 'METAL MEN' COMIC (OF WHICH PLATINUM IS THE SOLE FEMALE MEMBER) BUT I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THE IDEA AND VISUAL OF A TEAM OF SUPER POWERED ROBOTS, EACH NAMED AFTER AND MADE OUT OF A DIFFERENT METAL ALLOY. PLATINUM IS UPBEAT AND PERKY AND A HOPELESS ROMANTIC. I GUESS IF SHE EVER FINDS A MAN WILLING TO MARRY HER SHE CAN BE HER OWN WEDDING BAND!!!

FIGHT CLUB

I DID THIS PIECE SO LONG AGO AND WAS SHOCKED TO DISCOVER THAT I NEVER POSTED IT ON MY SITE! *!!GASP!!* WELL, WHILE I GET OVER THAT, TAKE A GANDER AT THIS FIERCE LADY. BALENCIAGA'S S/S '08 COLLECTION GETS A GLADIATOR TOUCH FROM YOURS TRULY. I EVEN SCANNED A SWATCH OF THE FLORAL PRINT FABRIC USED FOR THE COLLECTION AND LAYERED IT AS A BACKGROUND FOR THE CLOTHING! HOW'S THAT FOR INGENUITY?

UPWARDLY MOBILE

THIS IMAGE WAS MADE, BASED ON THE WORK OF LEGENDARY PARISIAN FASHION DESIGNER PIERRE CARDIN, FOR THE COVER OF MY NEW LOOK BOOK. I WANTED TO MAKE A PIECE THAT SHOWED THAT MY GOAL WAS TO BLEND ART AND FASHION INTO ONE. CARDIN'S CLOTHING IS SO VISUAL AND SEVERE, EACH PIECE IS A WEARABLE WORK OF ART. THE WEARER BECOMES THE CANVAS FOR WHICHEVER OUTER-SPACE IDEAS CARDIN CAN COME UP WITH.

NOW, THE IDEA OF MOBILE ART WAS INVENTED IN 1931, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE REALLY SEE IT COME INTO ALL IT'S TACKY GLORY IN THE 1960'S WHEN CARDIN WAS ALSO MOST PROLIFIC. REMEMBER THAT SCENE IN 'VALLY OF THE DOLLS' WHERE HELEN LAWSON IS SINGING THAT HORRIBLE 'I'LL PLANT MY OWN TREE' SONG IN FRONT OF A GIANT MOBILE ON BROADWAY? I MEAN, I GUESS IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE EDGY, OR WHATEVER, BUT, UGH!!! ANYWAYS, WHAT WAS MY ORIGINAL POINT? OH YES, MOBILES ARE KIND'A LAME, BUT, VERY 60's MOD, ARTY.

FASHION GOES GONZO!!!

I FOUND THIS COSTUME SKETCH I DID OF A HIGH FASHION GONZO, FROM THE MUPPETS, WHILE GOING THROUGH SOME OLD SKETCHES AND PAINTINGS. I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND'A FUN SO I WANTED TO SHARE IT. NOW, GONZO IS FUN AND ALL BUT NO MUPPET BEATS MISS PIGGY!!! SHE IS THE BEST FELT-LINED-DIVA EVER! I WAS OBSESSED WITH HER AS A KID AND THE ADMIRATION OF HER STYLE AND BAD ATTITUDE CONTINUES TO THIS DAY. NOW IF ONLY SHE COULD GET THAT FROG TO SETTLE DOWN AND MARRY HER . . .

SUITS YOU

I WAS SOOOOOO EXCITED TO FIND THE NEW THIERRY MUGLER BOOK 'THIERRY MUGLER: GALAXY GLAMOUR' AT THE STRAND BOOK STORE HERE IN NYC, THAT I SNATCHED IT RIGHT OF THE SHELF AND RAN HOME TO FLIP THROUGH IT. THE BOOK IS CHOCK FULL OF GREAT IMAGES AND DRAWINGS AND QUOTES FROM GOOD OL''MANFRED' MUGLER. SO HERE I PRESENT THE 1st OF, I'M SURE, MANY MUGLER DRAWINGS LIFTED FROM THE BOOK. AND MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT AMAZON.COM AND ORDER YOUR OWN COPY TODAY ( 'CAUSE YOU BITCHES KNOW I AM NEVER GONNA LEND MINE OUT!!!)

"DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'!!!"

NOTHING SAYS GOOD TV LIKE THE SQUABBLES, LOVE TRIANGLES, POWER PLAYS AND INNER WORKINGS OF A HIGH SCHOOL GLEE CLUB, RIGHT? I COULDN'T AGREE MORE! 'GLEE' HAS QUICKLY BECOME ONE OF MY FAV TV SHOWS, ONE THAT I RE-WATCH AGAIN AND AGAIN AND ALWAYS FIND HUMOROUS AND SMART. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WORK OUT HOW TO DO A MUSICAL TV SHOW FOREVER AND IT'S FINALLY WORKED!
SO I AM CHANNELING MY LOVE FOR 'GLEE' INTO AN ASSIGNMENT FOR MYSELF: TO WORK ON DOING SOME CELEBRITY CARICATURES. SHOWN HERE ARE DIM BULB FINN AND SELF PROCLAIMED STAR OF THE SHOW CHOIR RACHEL, THE TWO TEEN LEADS OF THE SHOW. LET ME KNOW IF YOU THINK THE LIKENESSES WORK!!!

SIREN SONG

I TOOK A SHORT BREAK FROM WORKING ON MY (NEVER-ENDING!) SERIES OF BLACKandWHITE DRAWINGS OF THE AWESOME SUPER-WOMEN FROM MARVEL AND DC COMICS* TO MAKE A LARGER SCALE, COLOR PORTRAIT OF DC COMICS' SULTRY SIREN, BLACK CANARY. THIS PIECE STARTED OUT AS A DOODLE OF A COSTUME RE-DESIGN FOR CANARY, BUT I WOUND UP WANTING TO DO MORE OF A CLASSIC TAKE ON HER. BLACK CANARY'S FISHNETS ARE AN ICONIC PART OF HER COSTUME, THOUGH I NEVER HAVE FIGURED OUT WHY A CRIME FIGHTER WOULD PUT ON FISHNET STOCKINGS BEFORE SHE LEFT THE HOUSE. TO GO UNDERCOVER AS A SLUTTY SHOWGIRL??

IN ANY CASE, I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS AND PLAN ON DOING MORE LARGER COLOR SUPER-LADIES IN THE FUTURE. THE MAGICAL ZATANNA IS PROBABLY UP NEXT!

* IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE MY SUPER-WOMEN COLLECTION, CHECK OUT MY WEB PAGE FULL O' THEM AT http://beeboynyc.deviantart.com