Hiatus

Allen kindly checked in on me, so I drew him this griffen. I'm still alive! I've been working like crazy on my current contract, and the deadline is on the very near horizon...so...pretty much all my drawing has been going towards that. When the contract is up, I'll be back to drawing stuff. This guy just popped into my head...he started out as a german shepherd :-) --L

Super-Chic

It's just one of those days where you wanna cut people up with glowing wind-swords and wear an orange and black catsuit...

Halloween Costume Sketch

Ok, so I know this is the third costume sketch I've posted, but oh well...they're quick to do, get all the kinks out when I've been drawing other people's stuff all day, and are on my favorite subject :-).

So this dress is for Halloween, hence the orange and black. I got three striped taffetta curtains that will hopefully be enough to make something 1870-80s-ish. The fabric is such that it's not blatantly HALLOWEEN, so I can wear this concoction to other events and dances. I know people will want me to wear something sexy and risque, like all the other 23 year old girls, but what better time to play dress up (and not feel foolish) than Halloween?

Another Costume Sketch

Here's another costume sketch for my Polish noble dress. I acquired my fabrics, which ended up to be nothing at all like what I thought. Now the dress is a chocolate brown damask jacquard, very thin in weight so it will pass for silk. The accent fabric is a dark turquoise damask jacquard (and three time the price of the 10 yards of the chocolate), and I will use it for the sleeves, slashing, and piping here and there. I usually only get 7 yards of whatever fabric I'm making a dress out of, and often have plenty left over, so with 10 yards, I should be able to easily make two bodices, several pairs of sleeves, and a couple hats (plus the skirt). I have two yards of the turquoise, but at 60 inches wide, I should have plenty to play around with for sleeves, and maybe a corset. So here's a costume sketch that's much closer to what I'll end up making. I need to explore more sleeve options, since there are so many different and cool things one can do :-).