DEVIL'S IN THA' DETAILS

DOESN'T THIS RED-DEVIL VIXEN CLAD IN A RED LEATHER FETISH THIERRY MUGLER SUIT LOOK LIKE SHE'S UP TO NO GOOD? I'M SURE SHE HAD A HAND IN THE RECENT AND VERY SUDDEN CRASH OF MY ALWAYS DEPENDABLE iMAC. THAT FIEND!!! NOT TO WORRY FOLKS, ALL MY WORK WAS BACKED UP AND MAC SUPPLIED ME WITH A BRAND SPANKIN' NEW HARD DRIVE. I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THE FINE FOLKS AT APPLE PREFORMED AN EXORCISM ON MY COMPUTER! (just go with it, it suits the devil motif, OK!)

UNDER WRAPS

I'VE SAID IT BEFORE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN: I MISS THE DAYS WHEN WOMEN USED TO WEAR HATS!!! USED TO BE THAT A STYLISH WOMEN WOULDN'T BE CAUGHT DEAD OUT IN PUBLIC WITH OUT A STYLISH CHAPEAU (LIKE THE COURREGES CREATION SHOWN HERE). NOW WE'RE LUCKY IF A YOUNG LADY EVEN WASHES HER HAIR ONCE A WEEK! WAIT . . . AM I VENTURING INTO OLD-MAN-RANT TERRITORY? UGH! UM, LET'S JUST LOOK AT THE PRETTY PICTURE AND FORGET I SAID ANYTHING!

BACK TALK

CHICA #3 IN MY SERIES OF DC COMICS GIRLS IN FULL, GLORIOUS COLOR: ZATANNA, MISTRESS OF MAGIC!!! ZATANNA ZATARRA (WHATTA NAME!) HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORITE FEMALE SUPER-HERO SO I HAD TO MAKE SURE SHE GOT INTO MY DC LADIES SERIES ASAP.

ZATANNA IS A FEMALE STAGE MAGICIAN AND FREEDOM FIGHTER WHO WEARS A TOP HAT, FISHNETS, HIGH HEELS AND A TAIL COAT TO FIGHT CRIME. ZEE'S MAGICAL POWERS WORK BY SPEAKING HER SPELLS BACKWARDS. ANYTHING SHE CAN SAY BACKWARDS, SHE CAN MAKE HAPPEN (EXCEPT RAISE THE DEAD, THAT'S A MAGICAL NO NO!). WHO THINKS THIS STUFF UP?

SO, AS ZATANNA WOULD SAY "EPOH UOY EKIL TI!!!"

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 . . .