Creepy Chic

Done for A Fashionable Challenge.....the prompt was creepy chic and since I'm busy reading the Sookie Stackhouse novels a vampire was the obvious choice!

Austere vs Party Girl

Two polar opposites.....both done for A Fashionable Challenge

Austere by

I went for a bit of revolutionary chic with the Austere prompt....he he he

nothing bad by danettemaree featuring

and a bit of frothy pink fun for the Party Girl prompt.

Goddess

A modern Persephone striding from the underworld in skin tight pants and killer heels;) Done a few weeks back for the Goddess prompt on A fashionable Challenge.

The Little Black Dress

Done for A Fashionable Challenge. I think the little black dress is such an enduring favorite because of it's amazing versatility. You can dress it up diffrently each time you wear it.

Work in Progress

I'm trying my best to catch up on the challenges over at A fashionable Challenge. The last month have been sooo hectic but it's a bit better now and I'm trying to squeeze some drawing time in. So here is what I'm busy with at the moment......I've scanned the drawings in their rough state, before I start to neaten it up to colour. I love to have a copy of the drawings before I start erasing all the rough lines and guides that I use when plotting the figure....I think there is often something very dynamic about them cause they're done so quickly.

I also found a few rough sketches I scanned a while ago. These where for previous drawing challenges and mostly done on pieces of scrap paper. I always tend to loose these little sketches so I thought I'd save them before they made their bid for freedom. It's fun to look at them and then see the final product........ these where for the Tote Bag challenge on Everyday Matters.

This was for the Love prompt on A fashionable Challenge

This was for the Artist also on A Fashionable Challenge

The Dancer

Done for A Fashionable Challenge..... it's inspired by the female characters from the ballet Swan Lake, the white swan Odette and the magicians daughter Odile.

While looking for inspiration for this prompt I checked out Polyvore on recommendation of a fellow blogger.......and fell hook line and sinker, oh I spent hours over there putting together sets. It a great place to get some inspiration for the fashion illustration challenges that I take part in. If you are in any way into fashion.....go and check it out. I promise you'll waste a few hours playing around there!!

Here is the set that I created as inspiration for the illo.............

Red, White and Blue

The theme for the week over at A fashionable Challenge is Red, White and Blue. Possibly one of my favorite colour combo's......EVER. Can't really say why I'm so in love with it, but my inspiration scrap book is full of red, white and blue pages...


......and this is just the highlights package, there actually more, a lot more;)

and this is how the drawing was born.......first a doodle on a piece of office scrap paper....then a pencil sketch......and finally the finished product, coloured in Photoshop.

I made the old pages in Photoshop using this awesome tutorial from PSHero.

The Artist

An illustration done for A Fashionable Challenge. The prompt went something like this; 'This week we're looking at creative types, creative dress sense - eccentric, colourful, crazy or strong statements!'
I found inspiration from one of my favourite artists, Frida Kahlo. I recently bought a book about Frida's clothes called Self Portrait in a Velvet Dress. It is a gorgeous book specifically about her clothes......lots of beautiful full colour photos, showing the amazing colours and detail like weaving, lace and embroidery.

Flash back to the 80's

Another prompt from A fashionable Challenge, this one was a lot of fun to draw. Fashion in the 80's was so over the top and out there, you can really go crazy when illustrating it. This look was inspired by Madonna's look in Desperately Seeking Susan. I know the clothing in that movie is more black, but for some reason I struggle when colouring some thing black..... it's either to light and ends up looking grey or this to dark and it just looks flat. I also drew a little ra-ra skirt instead of those horrible men's style 80's pants........and I did some white lace tights for fun, although you can't really see the lace pattern on the computer screen. I remember my Barbie doll had a pair of pink lace tights that I loved!!

College Girl

Done for A fashionable Challenge. My college girl is an art student, if that explains the slightly
eccentric get up. I was lucky enough to go to an art collage after high school and the dress code was very much "everything goes". Some days it felt like you've stumbled into a fancy dress party or a mass escape from the set of Hair...........I LOVED it!!