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.
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!
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 EDITOR ACCORDING TO THE RULES BELOW.
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
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
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
