March 2012
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WINTER 2011: ALEXANDRA M. FRANKENSTEIN
INGOLSTADT, GERMANY SORRY FOR THE DELAY READERS BUILDING A MONSTER TAKES SOME TIME. I HAVE BEEN TIED UP WITH PROJECTS AND PREPARING THE NEW S.S. SKETCH SITE.
SO HERES MY MUCH DELAYED POST FOR THIS BLOG AND ALL NEW POSTS WILL BE COMING AFTER THE REDESIGN.
WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS DRESS IN THE ALEXANDER MCQUEEN FALL SHOW LAST YEAR I KNEW IT WAS PERFECT FOR FRANKENSTEIN. AFTER DOING AN IMAGE...
December 2011
1 post
KENDALL JENNER: LOVECAT MAGAZINE
I WAS ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE TO A SHOOT FOR LOVECAT MAGAZINE’S ART ISSUE. LOVECAT MAGAZINE IS A MODEL FANZINE DEDICATED TO THE GIRLS WE IDOLIZE AND NEW ONES ON THE RISE. THE KENDAL JENNER STORY HAD ALREADY BEEN SHOT AND THE MAGAZINES FOUNDERS ASKED ME TO ADD SOME EMBELLISHMENTS KEEPING A LISA FRANK/MY LITTLE PONY DIRECTION IN MIND. HERE ARE THE RESULTS.
April 2011
4 posts
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SPRING 2011: THE PROENZA SCHOULER INCIDENT:STILL...
IN CASE SOME STILL HAD DOUBTS ABOUT THE FOOTAGE IN MY PREVIOUS POST I PAUSED THE ACTION TO LET YOU GET A CLOSER LOOK
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SPRING 2011: THE PROENZA SCHOULER INCIDENT
PALM SPRINGS, CA.. JUST THE OTHER DAY..I WITNESSED THIS FIRSTHAND BUT ITS STILL A MYSTERY TO ME. WAS IT THE LOOSE WIRES THAT DAY THAT CAUSED HER TO GROW? OR WAS IT THE MAGIC OF HER PROENZA SCHOULER SPRING 2011 LOOK THAT DREW ALL OF THE ELECTRICITY? I INCLUDED THE RUNWAY SNAPSHOT OF WHAT SHE WAS WEARING AT THE TIME IN CASE YOU DIDNT BELIEVE ME.
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LADY GAGA X VMAGAZINE VERSION 2
THE SECOND AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE OF MY TWO ENTRIES FOR THE LADY GAGA X VMAGAZINE DRAWN THIS WAY IS THIS DARKER VISION OF GAGA IN A LEATHER SUIT.
LET ME KNOW WHICH ONE YOU WOULD PICK!
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LADY GAGA X VMAGAZINE
I DECIDED TO ENTER TWO ILLUSTRATIONS TO V MAGAZINES “DRAWN THIS WAY” IN CELEBRATION OF LADY GAGA’S NEW JOB AS A FASHION EDITOR EACH MONTH.
MY FIRST VISION IS ABOVE. I FIRST DECIDED TO DRAW GAGA AS A POWERFUL EDITOR WITH THE CLASSIC RED GREASE PENCIL WEARING THIS AND NEXT SEASONS BIGGEST TREND PYTHON. EVERYONE WAS ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE A ILLUSTRATION OF GAGA STYLED AS A FASHION...
January 2011
3 posts
H&M FASHION VIDEO!!!!
TAKE A LOOK!
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COMING SOON!
SOME OF THE NEW ILLUSTRATIONS ARE QUITE COMPLEX BUT THEY ARE ON THE WAY IN THE NEXT WEEK AND THE WEEKS FOLLOWING. I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE NEW FOLLOWERS AND CANT WAIT TO SHOW YOU ALL WHAT COMES OUT OF THE KITCHEN NEXT!
S.S. SKETCH
December 2010
6 posts
PRADA BANANAS/SEA OF SHOES:GLOBAL LOVE
FOLLOWING THE ORIGINAL POSTING OF MY PRADA BANANAS PIECE ON THE SEA OF SHOES BLOG THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN GREAT. I HAVE HEARD SO MANY ENCOURAGING COMMENTS FROM SO MANY OF YOU. ADDITIONALLY THE PIECE HAS TRAVELLED TO MANY UNEXPECTED CORNERS OF THE GLOBE.
THE FIRST WAS SINGAPORE FASHION BLOGGER ALVIN A.K.A BAGAHOLICBOY. ITS THE ONLY BLOG IN SINGAPORE DEDICATED TO HANDBAGS. HE CONTACTED WITH ME...
letthemeatkake-deactivated20110 asked: I saw your artwork on Sea of Shoes today! It's wonderful! It definitely stood out to me in front of the other winners - it's just so original!
You are truly talented.
(And when I saw you had a tumblr, I HAD to tell you.)
You are truly talented.
(And when I saw you had a tumblr, I HAD to tell you.)
duskrising asked: I love your Illustrations, how do you find the inspiration for each piece?
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abigoy asked: can i just say how much i love your work? i have no question.
i saw your work on sea of shoes :) made christmas a little merrier.
i saw your work on sea of shoes :) made christmas a little merrier.
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SPRING 2011: PRADA BANANAS/SEA OF SHOES
THIS PIECE PRADA BANANAS WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR AN ART CONTEST ON SEAOFSHOES.COM. I WAS SO INSPIRED BY THE SPRING 2011 PRADA COLLECTION ESPECIALLY THE SKETCHED NATURE OF THE PRINTS. SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY TO DRAW A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS. A WOMAN WHO LOVED HER PRADA SO MUCH SHE WOULD RISK WEARING A BANANA PRINT IN THE JUNGLE. I STARTED OUT WITH SOME VINTAGE 40’S COMICS AND PUT THE...
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SPRING 2011: BALMAIN
THIS POST IS THE FIRST OF A SERIES ON THE SPRING 2011 COLLECTIONS. MANY OF MY UPCOMING ILLUSTRATIONS ARE VERY HIGH CONCEPT BUT FOR THIS ONE I WANTED IN YOUR FACE FASHION. I INCLUDED THE SOURCE PHOTO BELOW. STAYED TUNED FOR MORE……..
November 2010
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FLASHBACK:90'S MANNEQUIN
BEFORE I BEGIN TO POST MY NEW SET OF SPRING 2011 ILLUSTRATIONS I WANTED TO FIRST POST ONE LAST FLASHBACK TO THE VERY BEGINNING. BACK WHEN I STARTED MY ILLUSTRATION CAREER I WAS WORKING WITH A MUCH LONGER FIGURE AND DOING MORE ERTE-INFLUENCED ILLUSTRATION.
THIS PIECE WAS A SORT OF TRANSITION IN THAT I FOUND THAT WHEN THE GIRLS WERE SUPER TALL THEY LOOK GLAMOUROUS BUT WERE LIMITING. WITH THOSE...
H&M FASHION VIDEO!!!! COMING SOON
FOLLOWING MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE H&M YOUR ART HERE CONTEST I WAS ONE OF THREE ARTISTS FROM OVER 800 ENTRIES ASKED BY H&M TO BE FEATURED IN ONE THEIR FASHION VIDEOS ON NYC ARTISTS. WE JUST SHOT IT THIS WEEK AND YOU WILL SEE THE RESULTS EARLY NEXT YEAR. IM LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING IT WITH YOU ALL. HERE ARE A COUPLE OF BEHIND THE SCENES PICS.
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FLASHBACK SPRING 2008 FLORALS
IN 2008 A FRIEND ASKED ME TO CREATE A EDITORIAL FOR HIS MAGAZINE. HE SENT SOME PICS OF LOOKS HE WANTED TO HAVE ILLUSTRATED FROM SOME FAST FASHION RETAILERS AND I ADDED SOME DESIGNER LOOKS TO ROUND OUT THE STORY. AT THE TIME I WAS SO TIED UP WITH MY CUSTOM DRESS CLIENTS I HAD TO ABANDON THIS PROJECT SO IT COULDN’T BE PUBLISHED. I LOVED THE STORY SO A YEAR LATER I PULLED OUT ALL OF THE...
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FLASHBACK:SPRING 2002 VERSACE VIXEN
ANOTHER THROWBACK FROM THE SPRING 2002 SEASON. I WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE DONATELLAS REALLY STRONG COLLECTION THAT SEASON. I CANT SEEM TO RECALL WHY I CHOSE THIS PARTICULAR SETTING BUT I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT WANTING TO PLACE A SPRING LOOK IN A FALL SETTING AND THEN FOR THE COLOR CHOICES I THOUGHT MAKING IT TECHNICOLOR WOULD MAKE IT MORE VERSACE.
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FLASHBACK:2003 PERRIER
IN 2003 I ENTERED A CONTEST SPONSORED BY PERRIER AND METROCHANNEL NETWORK AT THE TIME FOR UNDISCOVERED FASHION DESIGNERS. I WOUND UP WINNING THE CONTEST ALONG WITH $10,000. THEY WENT ON TO SPONSOR MY FASHION SHOW THE FIRST SEASON. IT WAS AT THIS TIME I CREATED THIS ILLUSTRATION
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FLASHBACK:SPRING 2002 YSL MEERKATS
USUALLY WITH MY ILLUSTRATIONS I FOCUS ON DRAWING BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN FASHION. BUT FOR THIS PIECE I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO DRESS MEERKATS WHO STAND THIS WAY IN THE WILD IN THIS AMAZING TOM FORD YSL COLLECTION…BELOW I INCLUDED MY SOURCE PHOTOS
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BIG APPLE EDGE FOR H&M
H&M’S YOUR ART HERE CONTEST had a NYC theme. So for my entry I wanted to re-conceptualize the “Big Apple”. In my mind NYC is a glamourous, tough resilient city able to handle whatever may come. That thought led me to create this apple protected by a hard chic armor. I wanted to also incorporate a few symbolic elements: the texture of the streets, a leaf for...
