LADY SIF: MARVELOUS MAIDEN OF MIGHT!!!

ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS I LOOOOOVE COMIC BOOKS, AND OF COURSE THE FEMALE SUPER-HEROS ARE MY FAVORITE. MARVEL COMICS HAS REALLY BEEN KNOCKING IT OUTTA THE PARK LATELY WITH ALL OF THEIR FEATURE FILMS. 'IRON MAN', 'CAPTAIN AMERICA', 'THE AVENGERS' AND, OF COURSE, THE MIGHTY 'THOR'!

THOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORITE OF MARVEL'S "BIG THREE" HEROES (Iron Man is my least fav). I ESPECIALLY LIKE THOR'S TWO FEMALE FOILS; THE ALLURINGLY EVIL ENCHANTRESS AND THE STOIC SHIELD MAIDEN LADY SIF. I THOUGHT ACTRESS JAIMIE ALEXANDER DID A GREAT JOB PLAYING SIF IN THE 'THOR' FILM. IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY HARD FOR ME TO FIND ANY CLEAR IMAGES OF HER FULL COSTUME. SO I SENT OUT TO HOBBLE TOGETHER AN IMAGE OF HER LOOK. MUCH OF MY COSTUME RESEARCH CAME VIA PICTURES OF HER MOVIE ACTION FIGURE. I ALSO GOT SOME NICE SHOTS OF HER FROM A 7-ELEVEN CUP BARING HER IMAGE.

 I DID A SKETCH OF HER (shown below) A WEEK OR SO AFTER I SAW THE FILM, BUT IT'S TAKEN UNTIL NOW TO FIND TIME TO FINISH IT. I USED SEVERAL TEXTURED OVERLAYS IN PHOTOSHOP TO GET THE FEELING OF CHAIN-MAIL ON HER COSTUME. I THEN USED A SCAN OF ASGARD FROM "THE MAKING OF THOR" BOOK FOR THE IMAGE IN THE BACK GROUND. I'M NOT SO GREAT AT DRAWING WEAPONS LIKE SWORDS AND SHIELDS, ETC., SO I USED THE WEAPON SIF'S ACTION FIGURE CAME WITH AS A MODEL FOR MY FINAL PIECE.

I'D REALLY LIKE TO FIND TIME TO DO MORE OF THE MARVEL MOVIE LADIES, LIKE PEGGY CARTER FROM "CAPTAIN AMERICA" OR SCARLET JOHANSSON'S BLACK WIDOW. WITH MY SCHEDULE, CHECK BACK IN A YEAR AND MAYBE I'LL HAVE THEM FINISHED.

 *p.s. movie makers: ENCHANTRESS HAD BETTER BE THE VILLAIN IN THOR 2!!!! 

COLORS OF THE WIND

I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHERE I GOT THE INSPIRATION FOR THIS ONE. I DREW IT YEARS AND YEARS AGO, AND FINALLY FINISHED IT TODAY! I TRIED TO DO A SEMI LIKENESS TO MY FAV SUPER MODEL LINDA EVANGELISTA. I THINK IT SORTA LOOKS LIKE HER, AND THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.

FOR ONCE, THE OUTFIT I DREW IS NOT FROM DESIGNER IN PARTICULAR. IT'S JUST A FUN QUICK DOODLE I DID OF SOMETHING CHIC I'D WANT TO SEE MIZ LINDA IN. THIS WAS A GREAT EXERCISE FOR ME IN ADDING COLOR BLOCKING TO EMPTY SPACE.

IT CAME FROM BEYOUND THE STARS!!!

NO ONE WORKS ROBO-CHIC LIKE Mr. THIERRY MUGLER. GIVE THIS 80's & 90's DESIGN ICON SOME OLD TIN, A YARD OF SILVER LAME' FABRIC AND A COPY OF THE MOVIE 'METROPOLIS' AND YOU HAVE YOURSELF ONE HELL OF A FUTURISTIC FASHION SHOW!

WHEN I SAW THE SILVER LAME' GOWN FROM MUGLER'S SPRING 1987 COLLECTION, I JUST KNEW I HAD TO PAIR THIS LOVELY LADY WITH THE CAMP ROBOT ICON OF THE 1960'S: ROBBY THE ROBOT FROM THE FILM 'FORBIDDEN PLANET'. ROBBY IS A GIANT MENACING ROBOT WHO WAS BUILT TO . . . COOK AND CLEAN FOR A MAD SCIENTIST??? A GROSS MISUSE OF POWER. WHEN HE FINALLY REBELS AGAINST HIS DOMESTIC DICTATOR, I SEE IT AS A LEAP FORWARD FOR REPRESSED DOMESTIC GODDESSES EVERYWHERE. I WONDER IF THE JETSON'S ROBOT MAID WILL BE THE NEXT TO RISE UP?

SOMETHING'S FISHY . . .

I'M NOT ALWAYS A FAN OF THE COLLECTIONS THAT DONATELLA VERSACE HAS PUT ON THE CATWALK AFTER THE DEATH OF HER BROTHER, VERSACE FOUNDER AND STYLE ICON GIANNI VERSACE, BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT HER S/S 2012 PRESENTATION WAS FLAWLESS, FUN, AND . . .FISHY. NOW, YA'LL NOW I LOVES ME SOME TRANNY REALNESS, SO A OUT-RIGHT MERMAID INSPIRED THEME FOR THE SHOW WAS A WHALE OF A GOOD TIME FOR ME! THE STYLING WAS CLASSIC VERSACE, THE GOWNS WERE ALL STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND THE MOOD WAS BRIGHT AND LIGHT. A MUCH NEEDED RETURN TO SOME WHIMSICAL FUN IN FASHION!
LET'S JUST HOPE THAT THE LADY WHO BUYS THIS GOWN GETS HOOKED BY THE (fisher)MAN OF HER DREAMS! (ok, that's my last fish reference, i swear!)

PAWS AND CLAWS

HOW MUCH ARE WE LOVING THESE CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN PAW HEELS!?! FUR, FEATHERS, CRYSTALS, WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE? I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DRAW THEM FOR A WHILE AND FINALLY FOUND A SECOND TO PUT PEN TO PAPER. NOW, DO YOU THINK THEY MAKE THEM IN MEN'S SIZE 9 1/2???

THE BAD SEED(s)

EVER SINCE I WAS TURNED ON TO THE VERTIGO COMICS SERIES 'FABLES', I COULDN'T GET ENOUGH! I'VE READ EVERY ISSUE AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT STRANGE TURN THE STORY TAKES NEXT. THE SERIES DETAILS THE LIVES OF A COMMUNITY OF CHARACTERS FROM THROUGHOUT FAMOUS LITERATURE AS THEY LIVE AND LOVE IN MODERN DAY NYC.

ONE OF THE MORE MYSTERIOUS CHARACTERS IS THE AGELESS CHILD SORCERESS OZMA, WHO HAILS FROM THE LAND OF OZ. SHE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE SCHEMING AND PLOTTING WITH HER MAGICAL CAT FRIEND MADDY TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE FABLES COMMUNITY. I'M A HUGE FAN OF THE OZ BOOK SERIES EVER SINCE I WAS A KID, SO IT'S FUN FOR ME TO SEE A FRESH, DIFFERENT TAKE ON A CHARACTER I GREW UP WITH.

COLOR BLOCKING

IT'S BEEN FOREEEEEEEVER SINCE I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO FLICK THROUGH SOME FASHION MAGS AND DRAW THE PIECES I LOVE. WHEN I FINALLY GOT A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH MY NEW COPY OF THE VOGUE PARIS COLLECTIONS MAGAZINE (i get the new one each season!) THESE COLOR BLOCKED MARC by MARC JACOBS WEDGES JUMPED OUT AT ME. HOPEFULLY I'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO DRAW SOME MORE OF MY HIGH HEEL DREAM SHOES SOON.