Summertime Dreamin'

Here's my latest sketch, I was wishing that summer was already upon us. I've personally been looking for a retro style bikini for the last couple of months and simply can't find one, so I drew a child version of what I wanted for a bikini. If you can't get it, might as well draw it. I also went to Ben and Jerry's free cone day, it helped me ease the pain of not finding the bikini. Its so true about art and life merging, all in one sketch the bikini that I wished I had and the ice cream I actually did get. Haha, well I'll find that suit before summer! Its my goal except for perhaps getting some more artwork done.

Character Study!

So this is another character study of Molly, of In My Mother's Closet.  This one is in gouache, I've never done an image entirely in gouache and I really love the flat quality. It feels very solid. I did another one in watercolor that just didn't feel right and the previous Molly face in just some quick washes which I liked. 

Gouache turns out to be a medium I really like. The problem is if you want flat solid color you have to mix it prior and then fill it in and make sure you don't overlap with another color otherwise it will mix with the other color. Hence there is no painting over gouache, but that is only a small con for me. It is still much easier than watercolor which is very unforgiving.  Anyways, I think I will try doing an entire piece in gouache this time and post later. 

Molly, the mischievous and the fashionable

  So, I was trying to come up with a new character to play around with. It was originally intended as a character for a fashion blog I was working on, but maybe I'll do a book as well. I wanted a character that was sort of like me as a child. I was very mischievous and would love to go through all the closets and drawers in my apartment to find cool things. A majority of the time I found really cool stuff, like old long embroidered hand gloves, neat rhinestone jewelry, and long printed scarves. Occasionally I would find a hidden christmas present my mom was hiding which was always awesome. All of it was vintage and I'd love to play dress up and then my mom would see the mess I had made and would then scold me. Then I'd do it all over again the next day. So Molly had to be very mischievous and of course loves fashion. So here's the first Molly portrait.

And so, the lawyer did his song and dance.

 So, the long train rides continue. And more animal sketches ensue. I have no idea why I named the judge, Hon. Judge Bunnicula, but hey, now maybe he is a vampire too, like in the children's books. Oh but lawyers are more vampire-like than judges. I could have made the lawyer a fox (the sly fox), but I thought a raccoon was more appropriate, they look like bandits and masked creatures.

Bunnies in the Burrow

Lately, I've been trying to draw entirely out of my head. I've also been taking long train rides lately. I also have a tendency to be late for said trains, so this equals lots of sketches. So what is coming out of my head, but animals and bunnies acting like people and having crumpets and tea in their burrows that just happen to look like an english cottage. I was going to put in carrot wallpaper, but the awesome band playing beatles tunes in penn station distracted me and then my train came so that just killed that horse. Oh well, either way I think it looks good.

Getting into Gear

Sketch of the day!
So I'm starting to work on a series of 3-dimensional boxes, and I started this layout design for it and then got a little carried away drawing in the sketchbook. But everything in the main circle is going to be made 3-dimensional with many layers. I haven't decided whether to make it out of paper or just go all out on it yet. Anyways, stay tuned for the final product!

Whimsical Walks on 5th Ave- Part 2

Tiffany Window

So here's part 2, there were just too many good windows to show in one post. Tiffany's windows this year were really cool, and of course animated, but I only have photos. The photo above they actually moved like a real merry-go-round. Their theme was based off the carousel in central park. The little windows were inset in a mirrored display which had over the entire outside a old fashioned carousel facade. Very dramatic. Yet the windows, were as delicate and as beautiful as the jewelry.

Carousel facade on Tiffany's windows

All the animals on the bridge were moving across it. 

Cool angle over the city.

Merry-go-round was animated.

  Meanwhile, across the street Bergdorf Goodman's windows had a slight circus theme in a few of their windows.

Now that is an awesome circus ringleader, I mean come on check out that gorgeous dress, enough of those red jackets.

There was a lot of use of animals, which I loved especially the horses. Below is also animals in tapestry.

This window below was all this copper metal sculpture, however they didn't photograph very well.

  

And of course, the best for last, well I think it personally was my favorite window, or at least the damn cutest one. What was so cool about it were all these animals that were made of chunky knits that look like sweaters or beading that would go on dresses. However, the best part is that it was so whimsical, the polar bear chef, and the wolves having cake and the seal having tea. Ultimate favorite the monkey with the champagne bottle. How can you resist that?

Love that monkey, now didn't I tell you he was the cutest. Oh and the polar bear is made out of fringe, how cool is that? I want to get my glue gun out and start crafting now. Might as well do something from my buckets of random stuff.