pink vines

Here's a somewhat recent charcoal life drawing that I pinked up.

outfit

This is a design for an outfit I'm going to make with fabric from existing clothes which I picked out at 69 Vintage Buy the Pound. Now if only I can get Agness Deyn to model it...

etiquette in japan

This is the first bicycle girl I sketched 3 years ago, and she's the last of 3 finished 'bicycle etiquette' illustrations. Next up is India, Australia, perhaps Germany? I suppose America, as a continent, is feeling a bit left out.... but it'll have it's turn too if it's patient!

floral

After MUCH neglect, here is a new post. More to come soon.....

owls

This is a painting created with my friend, Jill, on a big canvas with acrylics. It will be hanging on a wall in her new apartment, brightening up her living room and satisfying her boyfriend's love for all things "owl".

etiquette in france

An addition to the 'bicycle etiquette' theme, concieved and drawn a long time ago. Upon revisiting it recently, it was magically completed before I even knew what happened!

chaplennie

I began this scribble with intensions of drawing some of the androgenous fashions from last season, however, it ended with me dressed in charlie chaplin's clothes AND moustache....?

13

I watched a film called "thirteen" about evil teenage girls. Makeup, smoking, drugs, alcohol, boys, thongs, peircings, stealing, swearing, self mutilation, the film didn't really leave anything out. The main character transformed from a sweet girl who wore cartoon t-shirts and colored socks, into her mother's worst nighmare (pictured above) when she befriends the "cool girl" in school. It's strange to see kids acting like they are adults, smoking and wearing makeup, it's so awkward. I wonder if most people erase their teenage years from their memory after they survive them....

the purples

I definately want to polish this one up and add some background. Perhaps a bumpy cobble stone street and maybe a lampost and some european style shops.

brownie

Some quick wacom sketches.....I should really take these a step further but for now, it is what it is.

new card

I designed a new business card using my italian bicycle girl from the last post. My old business card was of a similar theme although this new one reflects me much better I think. Redesigning a business card is like reinventing your identity! They must have done studies on this, I'm sure.

etiquette in italia

Part of a series of "etiquettes" and an idea for a TV series full of bicycles, culture, and young girls travelling the globe. Somewhat educational and lots of fun! Like a Sesame Street equivalent for older kids. Just now I had a flashback to the old "Chipmunk's Adventure" movie, that was so cool. Does anyone else remember that movie? Anyway, it might be kind of like that. Kinda:)

big coat

Inspired by the big collared coats of the season. I was playing with the saturation of the colors and how they affect each other; specifically how neighboring color influences the pure grey tones.

lime

As lately I've been feeling rather impatient, I cleaned up this drawing with the wacom, and the shifty color method seems to disguise that a bit. Although it happened by chance, I feel that the 1960s and limes fit together nicely, however I have no explaination for that statement:)

legs

Another photoshoped life drawing, very spontaneous colors.

umbrella

I've been throwing some color onto my life drawings in photoshop. It's quick and fun!

ashley

I scanned in a messy sketch and decided to use the pen tool to clean it up. I think I'm finally getting the hang of that thing. The drawing is a caricature of Ashley Olsen.

with line

This is one of the versions with line...

silhouette

I did this a number of months ago, maybe even in the summer. It started as a rough line sketch, but I liked it better with graphic shapes in the end.