AN ILLUSTRATOR DRAWING CONCLUSIONS SHANNONSTOKESDESIGN@GMAIL.COMTumblr (3.0; @sssketch)http://sssketch.com/<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1i8d9hqlD1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p>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.</p> <p>SO HERES MY MUCH DELAYED POST FOR THIS BLOG AND ALL NEW POSTS WILL BE COMING AFTER THE REDESIGN.</p> <p>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 SEARCH I NOTICED THAT THERE ARE A TON OF BRIDES OF FRANKENSTEIN BUT NEVER A FEMALE FRANKENSTEIN. SO THEREFORE I AM PRESENTING TO YOU HIS SISTER ALEXANDRA M. FRANKENSTEIN.</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1i8pxOnpl1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p>http://sssketch.com/post/19961486222http://sssketch.com/post/19961486222Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:30:00 -0400<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwbfirIvBJ1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p>I WAS ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE TO A SHOOT FOR LOVECAT MAGAZINE&#8217;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.</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwbg0eLQTK1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwbg0yz6MY1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p>http://sssketch.com/post/14322538775http://sssketch.com/post/14322538775Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:36:00 -0500<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljuxr8Aj0N1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p>IN CASE SOME STILL HAD DOUBTS ABOUT THE FOOTAGE IN MY PREVIOUS POST I PAUSED THE ACTION TO LET YOU GET A CLOSER LOOK</p>http://sssketch.com/post/4721377462http://sssketch.com/post/4721377462Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:58:00 -0400PROENZASCHOULERFASHIONILLUSTRATION<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljuxepTRVz1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p>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.</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljuxmbAgIO1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p>http://sssketch.com/post/4721308446http://sssketch.com/post/4721308446Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:55:00 -0400PROENZA SCHOULERFASHION ILLUSTRATIONS.S. SKETCH<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj8wznEqq11qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p>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.</p> <p>LET ME KNOW WHICH ONE YOU WOULD PICK!</p>http://sssketch.com/post/4395611104http://sssketch.com/post/4395611104Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:36:00 -0400LADYGAGADRAWN THIS WAYVMAGAZINEFASHION ILLUSTRATION<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj8w84hFpb1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p>I DECIDED TO ENTER TWO ILLUSTRATIONS TO V MAGAZINES &#8220;DRAWN THIS WAY&#8221; IN CELEBRATION OF LADY GAGA&#8217;S NEW JOB AS A FASHION EDITOR EACH MONTH.</p> <p>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 EDITOR ACCORDING TO THE RULES BELOW.</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj8wj1uAJA1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p><a title="DRAWN THIS WAY FINALISTS" href="http://www.vmagazine.com/2011/04/drawn-this-way-the-finalists/">DRAWN THIS WAY FINALISTS</a></p>http://sssketch.com/post/4395537521http://sssketch.com/post/4395537521Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:32:00 -0400LADYGAGAVMAGAZINEFASHION ILLUSTRATIONDRAWN THIS WAY<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf4opwlpN91qe0z7s.png"/></p> <p><a href="http://www.hm.com/us/fashion/hmfashionvideo__fashionvideo.nhtml">TAKE A LOOK!</a></p>http://sssketch.com/post/2734219208http://sssketch.com/post/2734219208Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:22:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wE1bq-CIcak?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>MY H&M VIDEO WAS RELEASED! TAKE A LOOK AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!</p>http://sssketch.com/post/2734208640http://sssketch.com/post/2734208640Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:21:00 -0500HMFASHIONVIDEO<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_leoi245vwQ1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p>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!</p> <p>S.S. SKETCH</p>http://sssketch.com/post/2643743958http://sssketch.com/post/2643743958Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:46:22 -0500<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_le9bjq69QC1qe0z7s.png"/></p> <p>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.</p> <p>THE FIRST WAS SINGAPORE FASHION BLOGGER ALVIN A.K.A BAGAHOLICBOY. ITS THE ONLY BLOG IN SINGAPORE DEDICATED TO HANDBAGS. HE CONTACTED WITH ME INTERESTED IN USING PRADA BANANAS TO BEGIN A POST HE WAS DOING ON THE NEW PRADA ACCESSORIES.</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_le9e19hKAd1qe0z7s.png"/></p> <p>IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT HIS BLOG HERES THE LINK TO HIS POST</p> <p><a href="http://bagaholicboy.com/2010/12/spring-summer-2011-womens-prada/">BAGAHOLICBOY</a></p> <p>THEN I WAS FOUND AN ARTICLE ON ME BY A WRITER IN BRAZIL FOR THE SITE RADAR55.COM THE SCREENCAP I INCLUDED IS FOR THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE ARTICLE. NOTICE THEY MENTIONED THAT I AM A SHE INSTEAD OF A HE!! LOLOL</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_le9eeui7SF1qe0z7s.png"/></p> <p>FINALLY I WAS CONTACTED BY A FASHION WRITER IN CHILE FOR THE SITE VISTE LE CALLE. ITS A GREAT BLOG TO SEE A LOT OF THE NEW TRENDS IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD THEY WROTE A PRETTY IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW. THE WHOLE SITE IS IN SPANISH BUT I HAVE INCLUDED THE LINK FOR THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE ARTICLE BELOW DUE TO THE MAGIC OF GOOGLE TRANSLATE</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_le9eyy03vW1qe0z7s.png"/></p> <p><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&amp;sl=es&amp;u=http://www.vistelacalle.com/34738/ilustraciones-por-shannon-stokes/&amp;ei=HvUcTc_kO4SKlwfOr5SFDA&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=translate&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=1&amp;ved=0CBsQ7gEwAA&amp;prev=/search%3Fq%3DVISTE%2BLE%2BCALLE%2BSHANNON%2BSTOKES%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26prmd%3Divnso">VISTELECALLE</a></p> <p>AS FAR THE US THOSE ARTICLES WILL BE COMING OUT IN THE COMING WEEKS!..STAY TUNED!</p>http://sssketch.com/post/2531738070http://sssketch.com/post/2531738070Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:16:00 -0500<p>thanks so much..i love hearing from you all</p>http://sssketch.com/post/2503544246http://sssketch.com/post/2503544246Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:15:31 -0500<p>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</p>http://sssketch.com/post/2494357051http://sssketch.com/post/2494357051Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:53:56 -0500<p>thanks so much i really appreciate the compliment…stay tuned for more!</p>http://sssketch.com/post/2456164444http://sssketch.com/post/2456164444Sat, 25 Dec 2010 03:59:14 -0500<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldu9ewpb5y1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p>THIS PIECE PRADA BANANAS WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR AN ART CONTEST ON <a target="_blank" href="http://WWW.SEAOFSHOES.COM">SEAOFSHOES.COM</a>. 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&#8217;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</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldu9vprEUI1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldu9w3TJ1q1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p>http://sssketch.com/post/2417408136http://sssketch.com/post/2417408136Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:00:00 -0500PRADAS.S. SKETCHFASHIONILLUSTRATION<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcs9btIqPs1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p>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&#8230;&#8230;..</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcvme1Muo81qe0z7s.jpg"/></p>http://sssketch.com/post/2067530567http://sssketch.com/post/2067530567Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:21:00 -0500BALMAINFASHION ILLUSTRATIONS.S. SKETCH<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcmv8cjEsw1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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&#8217;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</p>http://sssketch.com/post/1724821571http://sssketch.com/post/1724821571Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:09:00 -0500FASHION ILLUSTRATIONMANNEQUIN<p>FOLLOWING MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE H&amp;M YOUR ART HERE CONTEST I WAS ONE OF THREE ARTISTS FROM OVER 800 ENTRIES ASKED BY H&amp;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.</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc27tyM4tK1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc27uslQje1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p>http://sssketch.com/post/1605819389http://sssketch.com/post/1605819389Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:50:13 -0500<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc26v4pP9S1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p>IN 2008&#160;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&#8217;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.</p> <p>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.  </p> <p>I KNOW WEIRD..BUT IN FASHION OFTEN THE CHICEST THINGS DONT MAKE SENSE!</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc27ctzTnm1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc27d8wE5v1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc27f6jFXn1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc27dtr0mx1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc27fqxeVy1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc27g2J4O21qe0z7s.jpg"/></p>http://sssketch.com/post/1605742894http://sssketch.com/post/1605742894Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:42:00 -0500FASHION ILLUSTRATIONMARC JACOBSDOLCE AND GABANNABALENCIAGADRIES VAN NOTENH AND MMANGO<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc26b0c0Sl1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p> <p>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.</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc28h1JS8z1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p>http://sssketch.com/post/1605575826http://sssketch.com/post/1605575826Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:26:00 -0500FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS.S. SKETCHVERSACE<p>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<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc222hBCgx1qe0z7s.jpg"/></p>http://sssketch.com/post/1604595615http://sssketch.com/post/1604595615Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:45:00 -0500FASHION ILLUSTRATIONPERRIER