Cat lady strikes again

My sister who works with a cat rescue in Taiwan made these coasters out of some illustrations I did for her.  She's selling it at an event tomorrow to raise funds for her charity.  Can you tell we love cats...

It's Raining Cats

Fashion cat has a fashion family.  My sister who fundraises for a cat rescue in Taiwan asked me to do a family of cats that will go on shirts and eco-bags.

Commenced finally...

These are going to be the death of me...

Manly men

More mens illustrations work in progress.

Guy Illustration

Working on some mens illustrations.  Somehow they always look like anime.

Backstage

I'm digging these back view girls, for an illustration commission.  It's like being backstage at a fashion show.

Mattel

I did a project for Mattel a few weeks ago for their super cute fashion doll line Monster High.  It would have been a great job, had they picked me.  When I turned this in, I thought, "Crap, I forgot all the toy accessories!"  **Sigh**  I designed so many outfits and still couldn't pick one that really captures her.  Guess I should stick to designing for people.  Oh well, it was fun illustrating her anyway.  This is Draculaura, Dracula's 1600 year old daughter.

New project

When one looks for full-time employment in fashion, often times one has to do a project for prospective employer.  Here's a sneak peak at the project I'm working on now.  I'll post the finished product once I've turned it in, which is supposed to be Monday, today.  Also, here's the mood board I created for this mini-collection.

Hollister Girls

This was a project I did for Hollister not long after they just started the brand (around '04).  As you know, Hollister is owned by Abercrombie and Fitch, and is the west coast, younger version of the label.  These illustrations were done in adobe illustrator.  The inspiration is "American Scrapbook, greetings from Venice, CA".  I took inspiration from Venice in the early 80s mixed with pretty vintage florals, sunwashed denim, and retro photographs like a scrapbook made in the past.

Me

Character design I did for my portfolio website.  I had fringe bangs back then and if I had a store, that's what it would look like.  A framed image of Lucy Ricardo is on the wall.

Pitch! Press Character design

Here's another character design I did years ago for a marketing company called Pitch! Press.  The co-owners were these lovely fashionable ladies each with their own style, and hired me to create this illustration of them.  I have a pretty good knack for capturing a person's "look".  I met with them once and they told me in detail their individual styles, down to their preference in nail color.  So I took what they said and created this illustration for their website and other promo material.  They were thrilled with the character designs.

 

I Love Lucy

And who doesn't?  The outrageous redhead who was the first major female comedienne of her time was so inspiring to me, I had to do a project based on her character.  These fashion illustrations were so much fun to create, not to mention the allover Lucy prints that she's wearing.  Click on the image to view in large detail.  Notice the allover striped Lucy lining (middle sketch), the Lucy-head and text crop pant (4th sketch), and the coversational Lucy mixed printed skirt (last sketch).

I LOVE Lucy.

Queenie

Character design is an extension of my fashion illustrations.  I really enjoy coming up with these and stylizing the characters.  This was a series of character designs I did for a client.  Her idea was to illustrate a girl named Queenie, who is the modern 50's-esque Audrey Hepburn.  She has a toy poodle and loves everything girly.  My client was very specific about the details: her tiara, her ruffled pouf dress, her rose bracelet, the bows on the poodle's ears, and their matching chokers.

Fashion Illustration

Here's some (really old) sketches I did mostly while in school.  I just totally dated myself.  Let me just go in the corner and watch reruns of She-ra now.

Boys

Some illustrations for mens designs for Golden Tailor.  Everything was made in their vertical factory, so I had a great time working with screenprinting to get the right results.  We did a lot of custom allover textile prints, hand-stitching, and hand-crafted artwork.

Girls

These girls were some sketches I did for a small clothing company "Callixta".  The owner's idea was to create a cut&sew knits and full-fashioned sweaters line that exemplifies the spirit of a wandering nomad, collecting inspiration from multiple cultures and time periods, much like an archeologist uncovers the earth.  The line was called "Arkeology".  Here are the sketches:

Drifter, Industries

Here are some illustrations for Drifter's wovens and outwear category.  I did some really cool gray denims with a graffiti-style graphic over the leg and 2 tone leather jackets.