CFDA : final lineup

And the illustration is DONE!!!!

hello again!

SO SO SORRY about the lack of posting - I haven't utterly forgotten about the blog, I've just been so busy back at school trying to prepare my portfolio for upcoming interviews.  One of the things I am working on is a project for Abercrombie, and it is taking up a lot of my time.  My interview with them is Monday, so free time should happen a little more once that is over!  I just feel guilty playing around online until then - cause it reminds me of the time I could be using to do something more productive.

But so I don't pull a "post without pictures", here are some very quick shots of what I am working on, just until more begins happening:

 

Left, new swimwear illustration.  Right, Abercrombie look #1.

Newly developed croquis

 

better watercolor photos

These paintings were shown before, but now I have better full-shot images in better quality.  Just thought I'd share!

Today I tag-teamed with Sam to put together Molly's wedding gown (the champagne / pinkish colored one, for the plus-sized bride).  We got a lot done!  I will take some pictures tomorrow, and will also be coming home with some beautiful, finely knit gray jersey fabric!

In the coming weeks, some fun projects are coming up - working with Ann Taylor LOFT for their new campaign photo shoot, and Swarovski.  I am so excited!

weekend updates

Hello everyone!  I hope you are having a nice weekend.  Sam is in LA for the weekend (to finish up fittings with Elle McPherson for a new reality fashion show) so I've had some time to work on my own little projects.

 I did some painting!  Those are sheer sleeves, of course.

I have also had time to finally tackle my knitting - decreasing in a lace pattern is difficult because every row will begin at a new point in the lace chart (this will make the most sense to any readers that knit).  So quite literally I will have to write out every row from here on out, and now that I've attempted a few rows and gotten them right I will be on my way knitting again!

 Sneak peaks mostly - you can see the hand-written rows (such a pain but fun, like a puzzle) and the elasticized ribbon I bought for it. 

 

And last weekend I made it up to Mood Fabrics to get some swatch ideas for my tailoring design of the moment (no buying fabric yet, since my ideas go bipolar sometimes).  I'm still playing with the brain scan idea, so the exterior of the coat will be in a blue-gray wool (like a steely slate color) with a vibrant orange-red lining.  I have always loved silk faille for its texture, so I want to use that as the lining fabric.  However, finding this in vibrant colors is proving difficult - I may need to dye it myself (which I would be more than happy to do!)

 Quick sketch I made for reference.  The top swatch is a camel hair wool, $30,00 a yard; the darker swatch is a wool cashmere blend that is $25,00 a yard.  In a perfect world, I do not want a textured wool - something more felted and flat, and brushed.  These are more color references.  I expect there to be more options as fall approaches.

Now for more knitting!  Have a good lazy Sunday everyone.

urban farmer collection

 We had to pick a shoe to draw and use as inspiration for several looks in the collection.

The full line-up of looks, 27 in total.  I greatly enjoyed the whole process we went through in class to finish these!

urban farmer updates

 

Just need to do a few more then I'll do a post with them in a line-up, in the correct order for the collection.

new watercolor style

The other day I decided on a whim I wanted to redo my watercolor illustration style.  The reason for this was because my design aesthetic is creeping ever more near minimalism, and I thought my croquis should reflect that.