Costume Stuff

I put up a "costume" gallery on my webpage officiale for the purpose of showing off what things I have actually made, and the drawings I did for them. It's also got pages of just costume sketches on it, since those, it seems to me, are way more impressive than the actual garments, ahaha. I'm hoping to get into a costume shop somewhere, maybe Berkeley. I expect I'll have to work my way up, just like you would anywhere...it's just that right now my resume reflects only my animation/illustration experience, and absolutely nothing related to costuming. Hopefully I can get some potential employers to make their judgements based on my work. I feel kindof like a hack, or a fake, or something, but maybe all entry level folks feel that way at first. Somebody somewhere is going to give us poor college grads a chance to learn the trade. These are two little color sketches I did for a page of Elizabethan concepts. The brown dress is my own gown, and the red and blue are what I'd rather be wearing, hahaha. --Lauren

Slacker...

Okay, so I haven't been doing so great on the "one finished drawing per day" thing. Some days you just can't draw anything! I've only missed one day, though, and I don't feel so bad for it when before that I was doing 2 finishes a day...so there. Here's the piece for today...there's something wrong with it, but I can't tell what. It seems to be missing something...any suggestions? Oh well, they can't all be winners! --Lauren

New Brush Fun...

Hey All. I went to the zoo yesterday with Erin, and drew elephanti. I tried to take the great advice of Dave Colman, and try to find the character in the animal, but I really just needed to draw a decent elephant first, before trying to cartoon it. So I did some not-half-bad sketches, and this morning tried out some new brush sets in The 'Shop, which resulted in a pretty painterly look that I like mucho. Thus, for today's "daily," have some elephants! --Lauren

Today's Goodies

One day, two "finished" drawings. The samurai could be better, I know, but I was experimenting and like the results of the paint (it's the pose that's not great)...plus I REALLY needed some color stuff for the new section of my website, "Game Art", which I put up for potential employers from places like Cryptic Studios, to which I applied online today.

I did another fashion illustration, too, though this one is less "fashionable," and more just my kind of thing to draw. I got some old Sears catalog plates of sewing machines, tubas, tables, corset advertisements, etc., and think they'll be great to incorporate in. I tried out a flat pattern technique on the kimono...that's actually part of the beautiful pattern on my own kimono.

I'm glad people are diggin' these lil' fashion plates...I hope the magazines dig them too, and commission me :-). Two more and I'm about ready to have my cards printed...thou shalt be updated as it all progresses. --Lauren