thanks so much..i love hearing from you all
basically i work backwards..when i see the collection I get an initial idea..but often i then do a sort of a concept-association exercise to get to the least expected concept that reflects the collection perfectly
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 WHOLE CONCEPT TOGETHER. THE FINAL WINK I ADDED WAS TAKING ONE THE AMAZING COLOR-BLOCKED FOX STOLES AND USING THAT AS THE COLOR STORY FOR MY GORILLA. ENJOY! BELOW I INCLUDED TO RUNWAY SOURCE PHOTOS
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……..
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 PROPORTIONS THEY COULDN’T DO ANYTHING! ANY OTHER POSE WAS SO AWKWARD SO THIS PICTURE WAS AN EXPERIMENT WITH NEW BODY TYPES. ITS AN ILLUSTRATION OF STORE EMPLOYEES WORKING ON DRESSING A MANNEQUIN IN A WINDOW. ENJOY
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.
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 HALF COLORED SKETCHES AND DECIDED TO COMPLETE IT.
FOR SPRING 2008 FLORALS WERE AT THE TOP OF EVERY TREND BOARD. BUT I WANTED TO ADD SOME EDGE SO FROM THERE CAME THE IDEA OF CUTTING THE FLOWERS WITH VARIOUS SHARP INSTRUMENTS. THE STORY HAS A LOOSE NARRATIVE BUT BASICALLY IT IS IN THE FIRST STAGE THE FLOWERS/DRESSES ARE BEING PLUCKED FROM THE FIELD AND BY THE END THE WOMAN HAS EVOLVED INTO THE FLOWER CUTTING HERSELF.
I KNOW WEIRD..BUT IN FASHION OFTEN THE CHICEST THINGS DONT MAKE SENSE!
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.
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
