CANDY COATED

IMAGINE WAKING UP TO THIS!!! Mr. JEREMY SCOTT LOVED MY DRAWINGS OF HIS COSTUMES FOR RIHANNA'S TOUR SO MUCH HE ASKED ME TO WORK MY MAGIC ON POP DIVA DuJOUR
KATY PERRY!

I DID THE TWO PIECES SHOWN HERE (BOTH BASED ON CANDY LAND THEMES) AND SENT THEM OFF TO THE LOVELY Mr. SCOTT. WELL LOOK WHAT I GO OUTTA IT! I'M FEATURED IN InSTYLE MAGAZINE YA'LL!!! I HAVE BEEN AN InSTYLE READER SINCE I WAS A YOUNGIN', SO I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE ONE OF THE FEW FASHION ARTISTS TO BE FEATURED ON IT'S PAGES. WITH FASHION ILLUSTRATION BEING A DYING ART FORM, I FIND MYSELF GETTING MORE AND MORE WORK OPPORTUNITIES LATELY TO DO WHAT I LOVE. LET'S ALL CROSS OUR FINGERS AND HOPE IT KEEPS UP!!!

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE InSTYLE ARTICLE --> InSTYLE: CALIFORNIA DREAMS TOUR COSTUMES
AND SEE SOME OF THE PRESS CLIPPINGS BELOW . . .

RiHANNA-ANNA-ANNA-EH-EH-EH!!!

WHEN MY BUDDY DESIGNER JEREMY SCOTT ASKED ME TO DO A FEW QUICKIE SKETCHES OF HIS DESIGNS FOR POP GODDESS RIHANNA TO BE USED IN A NEW YORK MAGAZINE ONLINE SPREAD, HOW COULD I SAY NO? AFTER ALL, RIHANNA, JEREMY'S CREATIVE DESIGNS AND THE ART OF FASHION ILLUSTRATION ARE ALL THINGS I LOVE!!! I JUMPED AT THE CHANCE AND WHIPPED THESE TWO PIECES UP IN 5 HOURS FLAT TO MEET THE DEADLINE! *whew* QUITE A TIME CRUNCH, BUT IT WAS WORTH IT. THEY TURNED OUT GREAT AND I AM BEYOND EXCITED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT.

IT WAS REQUESTED THAT THE ILLUSTRATIONS MADE FOR THE WEBSITE HAVE A PLAIN WHITE BACKGROUND. THE VERSIONS I AM USING FOR MYSELF HAVE A POP ART INSPIRED MOTIF THAT I FOUND ON THE STREETS OF NYC AND SNAPPED A PIC OF. I THINK THE SPONTANEOUS USE OF COLOR AND SHAPES IN THE SWATCH REALLY BRING OUT THE FESTIVE MOOD OF RIHANNA'S CONCERT TOUR.

I AM REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK I DID AND MEGA-GRATEFUL THAT Mr. SCOTT ASKED ME TO PARTICIPATE.
TO SEE THE ONLINE GALLERY OF RIHANNA'S COSTUMES FOR HER 'LOUD' TOUR CLICK ---> HERE!!!

SHE'S A GOLDEN GIRL, SHE'S AN APHRODITE

I AM FINALLY SETTLED INTO A NEW APARTMENT, GOT MY INTERNET UP AND RUNNING, NOW LET'S TALK KYLIE MINOGUE'S APHRODITE TOUR! I SAW THE SHOW ON MAY 3rd AT THE HAMMERSMITH BALLROOM HERE IN NYC, AND LET ME TELL YOU, THIS SHOW WAS PHENOMENAL!!! HER VOICE, THE COSTUMES, THE DANCERS, EVERYTHING WAS TOP NOTCH! NO ONE CAN DO A SHOW LIKE KYLIE.

MY FAV LOOK FROM THE TOUR WAS HER OPENING 'APHRODITE' COSTUME, WHICH I HAVE ILLUSTRATED HERE. MIZ MINOGUE APPEARS ON STAGE ATOP A GIANT GOLD CLAM SHELL ALA' THE VENUS De MILO. THE COSTUMES BY DOLCE&GABBANA WERE FLAWLESS (though i'm not a fan of the act 7 'Brazil Funk' look, it didn't really march the other, more ethereal looks). THERE WERE A FEW OTHER GODDESS WORTHY GOWNS IN THE SHOW THAT I WILL TRY TO MAKE TIME TO DRAW AND POST HERE SOON.

CHECKERED PAST

ONCE A YEAR I DRAG OUT MY HUGE COLLECTION (A.K.A. PILE!) OF FASHION MAGS AND LOOK THROUGH THEM TO SEE WHICH ISSUES I SHOULD KEEP AND WHICH WILL WIND UP IN THE RECYCLING BIN. AS I'M DOING THIS I AM USUALLY REMINDED THAT MOST MAGAZINES HAVE JUST CRAP AND BAD ADS AND LAME PHOTO SHOOTS IN THEM. I CHUCKED OUT 14 MAGAZINES YESTERDAY AND OUT OF THOSE I TORE OUT 6 PAGES. HONEY, THAT IS NOT A GOOD RATIO!!! NO WONDER PRINT MEDIA IS DYING.

THIS ILLUSTRATION IS BASED ON ONE OF THE IMAGES I TORE OUT. I JUST DID A QUICK SKETCH OF A GIRL FROM AN AD, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER NOW WHAT LINE IT WAS FOR, AND CHANGED HER COLORING TO BE KIND'A COLD AND WINTERY.

I GUESS ONE MAN'S TRASH IS THE SAME MAN'S TREASURE? DEEEEEEP!

LiL' RED IN DAH HOOD

I DREW THIS IMAGE OF A COURREGES KNIT SHORTS AND CAPE ENSEMBLE ALMOST A YEAR AGO, IN BLACK AND WHITE, TO BE INCLUDED IN A FASHION COLORING BOOK I WAS/AM WORKING ON. IT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF MY FAVORITE IMAGES FROM THE COLORING-COLLECTION, SO I DECIDED TO COLOR IT IN MYSELF!

I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH THE WAY IT TURNED OUT. I FEEL THE CROSS HATCHING OVER THE TREES GIVES IT THAT OLD WORLD FAIRY TALE FEEL, WHERE AS THE MOD-FUTURISTIC COURREGES CLOTHING (TAKEN FROM A 'EBONY' MAGAZINE SPREAD FROM THE LATE 60'S. HELLO!) REALLY PUT OUR LiL' RED RIDING HOOD INTO A WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE.

IT'S JUST A SHAME THAT BIG BAD WOLF IS GONNA WIND UP EATING ALL THAT FRENCH COUTURE! TSK TSK.

THE ART OF A CASANOVA

I RECENTLY HAD THE OPPERTUNITY TO DO A FUN MINI FASHION ILLUSTRATION LAYOUT FOR DESIGNER CARLOS CASANOVA.

Mr. CASANOVA WAS ONE OF THE STARS OF PROJECT RUNWAY SEASON 8 AND HAS NOW MADE THE LEAP TO FULL FLEDGED FASHION DESIGNER, WITH 2 COLLECTIONS UNDER HIS BELT AND HOSTING DUTIES FOR FASHION SEGMENTS ON MIAMI MORNING TV.

THE ARTWORK SHOWN HERE REPRESENTS HIS MOST CURRENT COLLECTION UNDER THE LABEL CasanovaNYC. YOU CAN CHECK OUT HIS LINE AND MORE INFO ABOUT HIM (AS WELL AS SEE MY ARTWORK) BY CLICKING RIGHT HERE!!! ---> http://site.casanovanyc.com/en/

PARIS JE T'AIME!!!

AND SO WE FINALLY COME TO THE END OF MY FASHION WEEK COVERAGE. DID U EVER THINK I'D FINISH? 'CAUSE I SURE AS HELL DIDN'T! WHO HAS TIME TO LOOK AT ALLLLL THOSE SHOWS??? (besides every fashion editor, blogger, fashionista, teen queen, unemployed people, well, u get the drift)

OVERALL I'D SAY THE PARIS SHOWS WERE PRETTY GOOD THIS YEAR. I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DRAW LOOKS FROM EVERY SHOW I LOVED, BUT THOSE WILL PROBABLY TURN UP ON THIS BLOG IN THEIR OWN ART PIECES AT SOME POINT ANYWAY. PERFECT EXAMPLE: I LOVED THE JC de CASTELBAJAC SHOW, WITH THOSE WEIRD/AWESOME FELTED WOOL SKULL SHAPED COWBOY HATS! AVANT-REALNESS!

I WAS ALSO PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WITH THE GUY LAROCHE SHOW. YET ANOTHER BRAND I HAVEN'T TAKEN NOTICE OF IN YEARS, AND THEY TURNED OUT ONE OF MY FAV PARIS SHOWS! RICK OWENS' MOD SHAPES WERE FAB AND THE WESTWOOD GLAM ZOMBIES REALLY WORKED FOR ME. I'M NOT ALWAYS A FAN OF MODERN WESTWOOD COLLECTIONS BUT I APPLAUD THIS YEAR'S SHOW.

IN CLOSING, I'M SO GLAD I TOOK TIME TO LOOK AT, REVIEW AND ILLUSTRATE FASHION WEEK THIS YEAR. IT'S SOMETHING I'LL MOST LIKELY DO AGAIN NEXT FASHION WEEK!!! ALWAYS NICE TO REACH A GOAL YOU SET FOR YOURSELF.

P.S. - THE STELLA McCARTNEY SHOW WAS SOOOOO BLAH! I MEAN, IT LOOKED LIKE A BAD 80'S JAPANESE FASHION SHOW. GO BACK TO DESIGNING SWIM SUITS W/ PINEAPPLE'S ON THE COOTCH STELLA DARLING! M'KAY!!!