Monday, July 21, 2008

"I don't know about you, Miss Kitty, but I feel so much yummier"



I FOUND A PICTURE FROM AN OLD 80'S MUGLER CATWALK SHOW WHERE THE MODELS WERE ALL DRESSED UP IN KITTY THEMED SNOW SUITS. I FLIPPED OUT!!! STUFF LIKE THAT IS WHY MUGLER WILL ALWAYS AND FOREVER BE MY FAVORITE DESIGNER. HE'S JUST SO RANDOM AND KITCH AND RIGHT UP MY ALLY. I ALWAYS FIND THAT ANYTHING WEIRD I THINK TO DESIGN MYSELF, MUGLER HAD PROBABLY ALREADY DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR, IF NOT THE SAME THING.
STOP BEING WEIRD ALREADY THIERRY AND GET BACK TO WORK!!!

I TRIED MANY MANT MANY DIFFERENT POSES FOR THIS CAT-GIRL BEFORE I SETTLED ON THIS ONE. I KEPT TRYING TO DRAW A POSE WHERE SHE'D BE LICKING HER LEG LIKE A CAT DOES, BUT IT KEPT TURNING OUT SO AWKWARD. I'M GLAD I WENT WITH THIS POSE THOUGH AS IT MAKES THE SCENE KIND'A MORE CUTE AND LESS OVERTLY PERVERTED.

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD W/ PHOTOSHOP.

Monday, July 14, 2008

GRID GIRLS






I DUSTED THESE LITTLE LADIES OFF FROM A LONG FORGOTTEN FOLDER OF DRAWINGS I DID IN COLLEGE. THESE ARE CLOTHING DESIGNS BY MY GOOD FRIEND MICHAEL YAGOOBI FOR HIS 1st COLLECTION AT COLLEGE AT SAINT MARTINS IN LONDON. I DID A SERIES OF 7 OR 8 DRAWINGS OF THE OUTFITS FOR HIM. I MOVED AWAY FROM LONDON BEFORE I HAD A CHANCE TO GIVE THEM TO HIM. I DID HOWEVER USE THE PIECES FOR THE DESIGN OF MY 1st WEBSITE IN 2005. THE BLACK SQUARE BEHIND THE GIRLS WERE CLICK-ABLE AND WOULD TAKE YOU TO DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE SITE.

IF I FIND THE OTHER THREE IMAGES FROM THIS COLLECTION I WILL POST 'UM UP!

SHARPIE PEN ON POSTER BOARD

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

LITTLE MAN SYNDROME



love LOVE L-O-V-E- THE OLD DISNEY FILMS! 'CINDERELLA' AND 'PETER PAN' AND 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' AND 'SLEEPING BEAUTY'! ALL GREAT! THE ANIMATION IS SO EFFORTLESS. THE NEWER FILMS CAN BE GOOD TOO, BUT REALLY DON'T HAVE THE SAME FEEL OF WIMSEY AND CHARM AS THE OLDER MOVIES DO. AS I KID A WAS 100% OBSESSED WITH THE DISNEY FILMS. I WOULD DRAW THE PRINCESSES ENDLESSLY AND ESPECIALLY LOVED TINKERBELL AND ALL THE 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' CHARACTERS.

I DREW UP THIS 'SNOW WHITE' THEMED PIECE IN NO TIME FLAT. I HAD THE IDEA FOR IT ON THE SUBWAY AND THEM SKETCHED IT RIGHT ONTO THE BRISTOL BOARD, WHICH I NEVER DO. THE GNOMES SHE IS SURROUNDED WITH ARE BASED ON A REAL SHINY SILVER GNOME PIGGY-BANK I HAVE IN MY BEDROOM. THE SWIMSUIT IS BY MY PERENNIAL FAV DESIGNER, THE (crazy) MY. THIERRY MUGLER!

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD W/ PHOTOSHOP

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

SISSOR SISTERS



WHY DO LITTLE GIRLS ALWAYS WANT TO CUT OFF BARBIE'S HAIR? IT'S LIKE SOME SORT OF IRRATIONAL IMPULSE; THEY MUST MAKE BARBIE BALD AND LESS ATTRACTIVE AT ANY COST! THEY GIVE HER A HORRID HAIR-CUT, DRAW ON HER, LOOSE ALL HER FAB DESIGNER OUTFITS. AT THE END OF ALL HER TORMENT SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S BEEN IN A CHOLA GIRL-GANG JUMP-IN INITIATION!

THAT THOUGHT MIXED WITH THE IDEA OF A CHIC YVES SAINT LAURENT LADY GAVE BIRTH TO THIS PIECE. SHE WEARS AN OUTFIT INSPIRED BY A RECENT STEFANO PILATI YSL COLLECTION AND BEARS MORE THEN A PASSING RESEMBLANCE TO MODEL AGYNESS DEYN (MANY OF MY GIRLS SEEM TO NOW-A-DAYS. LET'S JUST HOPE SHE'S KINDER TO HER OWN HAIR THEN SHE IS TO BARBIE'S!

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD W/ PHOTOSHOP

Sunday, June 29, 2008

BABY AND THE BEAST




I OBVIOUSLY HAVE A THING FOR MOTHERS WHO MISTREAT THEIR BABIES. I'VE DRAWN SCENARIOS LIKE THIS YSL INFLUENCED ONE SEVERAL TIMES NOW. I JUST SEE SO MANY WOMEN WHO LET THEIR KIDS RUN RAMPANT OR WHO USE THEIR BABY AS A PROP OR AN ACCESSORY, SO I'M JUST TAKING THAT TO THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP AND HAVING MY GIRLS CARRY A PURSE IN ONE HAND AND A NEW-BORN IN ANOTHER. IF YOU COULD GET A VUITTON PRINT ON A BABY I'M SURE MORE PEOPLE WOULD TAKE BETTER CARE OF THEIR KIDS.

I DREW THIS AFTER YVES SAINT LAURENT DIED LAST MONTH. WHEN I LOOKED THOUGH ALL OF MY YSL BOOKS AND TOOK INTO ACCOUNT HOW MUCH HE HAS GIVEN TO WOMEN AND THE WORLD OF FASHION I FELT VERY INSPIRED TO CREATE SOMETHING. THE WOMAN WEARING THE MODERN (sic 80's) YSL SUIT CASTS A SHADOW OF HIS MONDRIAN COLLECTION FROM THE 60'S. WE CAN NEVER MOVE FORWARD IN FASHION WITHOUT PAYING HOMAGE TO WHAT CAME BEFORE.

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD W/ PHOTOSHOP

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

THE DEVIL WEARS SPANDEX!!!




HERE WE HAVE YET ANOTHER OF MY SUPER-HERO RE-DESIGNS: SATANA!!! SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF SATAN AND A MORTAL WOMAN. SHE MUST FEED OFF THE LIFE FORCE OF OTHERS TO SURVIVE. I'VE KNOW A FEW GIRLS THAT THAT MYSELF.

I'VE INCLUDED AN PICTURE OF SATANA'S ORIGINAL DESIGN SO THE VIEWER CAN COMPARE AND CONTRAST THEM. I ADDED HORNS TO HER FOREHEAD TO GIVE HER A MORE OCCULT FEEL. HER CLOTHING I'VE KEPT IN THE SUPER-HERO-EXCERIZE-SPANDEX GENRE BUT TRIED TO MAKE IT A BIT MORE SEXY AND BONDAGE LIKE. I DESIGNED SOME KICK ASS GOAT'S HOOF LOOKING PLATFORM HEELS FOR HER TOO! THEY'RE MY FAV PART OF THE DESIGN!

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD WITH PHOTOSHOP

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

HERE KITTY KITTY KITTY . . .



THIS IS MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT DOING A LINE OF 12 FASHION RELATED IMAGES FOR A ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS SERIES. THIS ONE IS LEO, OBVIOUSLY. I DON'T KNOW WHY I STARTED WITH LEO, BECAUSE I AM A GEMINI, AND YOU'D THINK I'D START THERE. I SEEM TO HAVE MANY SERIES OF DRAWINGS UP IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW. HRM . . .

I'D HAD THE IDEA FOR THIS ONE A WHILE AGO. IT'S MY NOD TO THOSE GREAT VERUSCHKA BIG-OL'-HAIRPEICE PHOTOS VOGUE ALWAYS HAD IN THE 60'S. THEN I SAW THIS AWESOME BYRON LARS LEATHER JACKET AND KNEW IT WOULD FIT IN PERFECTLY WITH MY LION LADY. THE REAL JACKET HAS ALL OF THESE GOLD STUDS ON THE COLAR BUT I LEFT THEM OUT SO AS NOT TO CLUTTER THE DESIGN. I SCANNED THE ACTUAL JACKET AND ADDED IT IN AS THE TEXTRE ON THE DRAWN JACKET. I THINK IT TURNED OUT QUITE CUTE. I'LL BET YM MAGAZINE WOULD EVEN PUT IT ON THEIR HOROSCOPE PAGES NEXT TO THEIR 'EMBARRASSING STORIES' COLOM. I LOVE THOSE!

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD W/ PHOTOSHOP