News and updates and whatnot

Well first, I've been working on my portfolio, trying to get more sequential images in there and all. Here's one from a series I've been working on about a girl and her mom.

Lynsey Hirth - click to enlarge

I guess my biggest news, though, is that I recently got engaged and am now planning the wedding, which, knock on wood, has been great so far. I made these save the dates that said,
"Don't be sketchy, save the date!" Yes, there's a bit of an art theme to the wedding...but not overly cheesy...hopefully I can restrain myself. I'll be posting my ideas for the invites soon...I can't decide on what to go with!

Lynsey Hirth

I am also terribly upset over the loss of Alexander McQueen. His work was a huge inspiration to me since design school, and I've seen his garments in person and been blown away by the craftsmanship. These are a few of my favorite fashion illustrations inspired by his designs:

Beautiful jester drawing by Kuanth

Gorgeous twin dresses by Sandra Suy

An ethereal McQueen dream sequence via Danny Roberts of Igor and Andre

and of course, the adorable Fifi Lapin in her British best

My favorite ever look of McQueen's, from Spring 2005, hat by Philip Treacy, that I will try and draw very soon.

Tavi Time!

I am hooked on Style Rookie, the blog of quirky thirteen year old student-by-day, fashion extraordinaire-by-night Tavi Gevinson. She's hilarious, smart, worships the same designer's I do, and obviously has a future as a stylist....editor...designer...really just about anything. Tavi debuted a leopard dress from Rodarte's Target collection and posted another from their Spring 07 RTW line and I had to sketch them!

Rock solid advice

These illustrations by Jessica Gonacha drew me in (ha) but her posts are so inspiring! Check her out over on PecanNoot !

Back in business!

Hi there! I'm back....just busier than ever, which is good of course, but I've been slacking on this front! A few things I've been working on lately. These are all done in Prismacolor markers with ink and some Pentel pen and prisma color pencils.



Sketch night at Society of Illustrators



Dior leopard dress from Fall '09



Based on blogger Jane Aldridge from Sea of Shoes but I've changed it up a little :)

Bye, see you much sooner next time!

A Good Harvest!

This past weekend I was lucky enough to wander on just the right street in Korea town - in the middle of Korean harvest day parade no less!- and stumbled upon the most amazing shop, um, called "The Hello Kitty Shop" BUT WAIT!! This is not a Hello Kitty post - Why I'm obsessed with this store is for the beautifully illustrated Korean stationery lines they carry. I discovered whimsical fairy tale illustrator, Kim Minji, who has series of both Alice in Wonderland and The Little Prince and paints in washy watercolors.

all pictures via Kim Minji

Then!!! All the fashion illustration stationery I could ever dream of! The stickers with young red riding hood-looking girls saying silly phrases (quite reminiscent of Yoshitomo Nara's work) are by a company Pony Brown, and you can see more of their line here at Cotton Candy Island-soooo cute!

These 2 large sheets- titled "m.ray's boyish look style" and "Trend Report from Tanya" say "written and illustrated by okun", but I can't find anything on this illustrator- any suggestions are welcome!

The last find- a set of 2 little notebooks with the cutest outfits front and back! Same story with the illustrator here- in the corner it says "illust by RUA" but no luck in searches.

They also had great tote bags- similar to the Coach ones I blogged about...maybe next time....

Sea Jane take over the fashion world

Recently I started reading a little blog (ha!) called Sea of Shoes and Jane, the 17 year old blogger, is by far the coolest high schooler, um, ever. Suddenly she's everywhere- from Vogue to a collaboration with Urban Outfitters. Why am I obsessed? First she's from Texas :) Second, she loves Tokyo and takes amazing photos so I can drool until I can finally go for myself one day, and thirdly for the absolutely gorgeous clothing pornography that flows from her site daily! Jane has my dream closet and I love how she puts things together. The pics of her walking down a random gravel-ly road in Texas in a black cocoon top and 5" Marni's made me laugh out loud because, really, people must stare at her with gaping mouths, this girl sticks out so much there! Two of my favorite fashion illustrator's have drawn her....maybe I should try next....


Igor + Andre

Paperfashion

Free People Contest

Free People recently had a Fashion Illustration contest that I entered and the results were really awesome. Here's the winning entry and a few other great illustrations-I think almost everyone went with the purple dress- check them all out on Flickr.

Kathryn Rodgers- the winner, check out her blog, Paper Fashion - she's even illustrated Susie Bubble, who I am a HUGE fan of!

Kristine Fernandez

Sonni Aun

Elizabeth Savanella

Lucy Chiu

Kat Catanakis

Miozotis Moloon

Free People Friday!

Happy happy Friday! This weekend I have lots of packing to do, but being the procrastinator that I am I'm pretty sure I'll put it off as long as possible! Anyway, this is a piece I just finished for Free People's Fashion Illustration Contest. If you've never been to their blog I promise you'll get sucked in. It has great art, design, fashion, music videos, a little of everything. I've been meaning to do an illustration based off a sewing pattern because I'm obsessed with vintage ones. Hope you have a wonderful weekend filled with things more fun than moving.....

Luckiest girl alive!

Yesterday I had lunch with my very good friend Jen, who, unfortunately for me, moved far far away, but fortunately for her, got an amazing job that she loves, and affords her money to visit! I can think of no one more deserving than her, yay Jen! We used to work together and she taught me everything I know, and pretty much got me my first "real" job. Due to the move I suggested exchanging addresses to snail mail each other (we used to cut funny clippings and draw pictures and sneak them onto each other's desks which is just not the same via email) and of course I never sent my first letter and the week before she comes i get this:

My very own portrait!!! I'm loving the Madonna/ SJP in Girls Just Want to Have Fun vibe!! how cool is that??? oh, did I mention? I'm kind of crazy about Hello Kitty...thanks Jen!! now get a website so we can all "ooo" and "aaaa" over your work!

Subtle for summer...

...or not!! Little illustrated hipster Miss Marc by Marc Jacobs adorns this swimsuit, cover up , beach tote and flip flops -all on my summer wish list.

Images via NY Mag, Neiman Marcus and Revolve clothing

What I wore Wednesday

1 part Lynn Yaegar...

+ 1 part Linnea in Monet's garden

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what I wore on Wednesday

Friday's Five: Hey, Sailor!

It's fleet week here in NY and Memorial Day weekend! I'm about to go savor some outdoor food and drinks, you can savor these sailor inspired fashions. Have a wonderful holiday weekend!





1. Cute Anchor hat by LIDDesignsBoutique's shop on Etsy
2. Sea blue sailor top by my friend Inessah's eco friendly clothing company Sublet- organic soft cotton keeps you cool in the heat
3. So cute button up sailor pants by Marc Jacobs on Bluefly
4. Every girl needs these Lolita heart shaped sunglasses from Fred Flare for flirty summer fun!
5. Bright orange wedges from Kate Spade on Zappos

Sakura Blossom Kokeshi Cutie!

Hi guys! I hope you're as excited about this long weekend as I am!!! I don't even have any plans, but it's just the possibility of anything-could-happen-ness. and no work! This is a print I made with one of my woodblock print kokeshi girls digitally layered on top of my own sakura blossom flower print. Enjoy!

The softer side of Blair. Waldorf.

The one thing that makes me giddy on a Monday morning is the thought of Monday night ...and a new episode of Gossip Girl. I have seen them filming multiple times in NY (tonight's episode filmed next door to my work!) and still call everyone and squeal and take pictures like a freaking 15 year old!!! I love Leighton Meister's character Blair and her amazing overly preppy ensembles. If you saw the finale tonight- this one's for you! xoxo

Awww, Ella!

At work we had the sweetest temp, Ella, who was extra cool because of her interest in fashion illustration. Sadly, due to the whole economy thing, she was let go, but we gave her a going away party, and I made my own little fashion illustration of her. Thanks Ella!

Friday's Five: Daisy May!

Yay it's May! Things I'm looking forward to: exciting art exhibit and road trip this weekend, apartment hunting, Mets game, and Memorial day weekend!! What are you doing in May?

Sweet daisy picks as modeled by Agnyess Deyn and Daisy Lowe, of course!

"I love when you stare at me I'm dressed so fresh so clean"

hehe ....appropriate lyrics by Outkast.

1. Betsey Johnson Daisy coat and 2. Betsey Johnson tights

3. Etsy seller Shlyskyward's dreamy daisy 50s dress

4. Marc Jacobs utilitarian daisy tote bag on ebay

5. Warhol's Daisy print on All Posters.com

Shoes by D&G and Converse

Windy Wednesday

almost blew away....

Umbrella girls

Remember this post? well, I finished the Japanese woodblock class yesterday. Kind of sad, I liked having that on Saturday mornings, it made me feel like I'd already accomplished a lot by 1:00, and i still have sooo much to learn! We put up the final work to discuss and it turned out really amazing, everyone in the class was so talented, and we all produced such different styles and content. The umbrella girl with blue background was my final woodblock print, the grey is one I'm playing with on photoshop. i still want to carve out some raindrops and puddles in the blue, as shown in the grey one, so it's a work in progress.



5 color, 4 blocks





My panda, 2 girls, and final umbrella girl; other students works.


I love this gorgeous cat print!!


These works were by a student, Greg, who i think took to woodblock printing quicker than anyone. His final print was actually (8!!) carved blocks, the surfer on the left. I love the subtle colors of his fish print, too.


Orange and red mollusks


Candy colored herd of zebras