My first ever book publishing project finally came in the mail this week. It is Fashion Illustration School
My contribution is nothing grand or glamourous – I did the examples of technical illustrations and a few examples of step-by-step fabric rendering.
Handbag designer Jessica Jensen commissioned an illustration for her upcoming sample sale poster. Her gorgeous, genuine leather handbags are available at an incredible 75% discount for just two days, July 9 and 10. See the full illustration below, and click for big.
Check out this amazing party for Worn Journal, the Bata Shoe Museum and Fashion Cares. All the info – and a few pictures of terrific shoes customized by amazing artists – is here and you are invited.
They asked me to customize a pair of Keds too. Here they are – top picture courtesy of Worn Journal, the rest are mine and if you click them you can see them even bigger. These Keds will be on the auction block for a great cause at a great party. I hope to reveal how I did them at the party, so if you are curious (or want to make a bid), please come up and say hi on June 6th.
I got the best package from the Dr. today… my very own Dr. Martens boots, the ones I designed, are finally In Real Life. Wearing boots I designed by a company I have been buying boots from for a decade… incredible feeling. I am thrilled.
More good news yet – the Dr. has decided to bring them to Canada – they will be carried at NEON stores in Toronto and Montreal. Of course I will tell you when they get delivered. Do stay tuned…
For today’s edition of The Globe and Mail I was hired to illustrate an article in the special section for Earth Day! The article is about Fashion Takes Action, a membership based social enterprise created to support environmentally conscientious designers. You can read the article online here, though the illustrations are only in the print edition, so I of course I scanned it for internet consumption. I think it looks great. Click the scans for higher resolution.
The illustration is a bit of a riff on the old fash-mag feature “the look for less”. I styled two similar outfits using real items of clothing. I’ll let you guess who the “eco-bad” items are by, but the good items are all available to buy online in Canada. If that’s not enough to get you clicking, almost all of them are on sale.
6. Recycled Material – the Caninja. This is a cozy scarf-hood combination created out of recycled sweaters and lined with fleece made from recycled pop bottles.
7. Hemp – this is a shirt by Eco-Couture, available at Rawganique.
8. Bamboo – this is a bamboo/organic cotton blend extra-long tank by Nixxi.
9. Organic Cotton – the classic skinny jean by Good Society available at Not Just Pretty.
10. Vegan or Eco-Shoes – this sexy pump is by vegan designer Stella McCartney, available at Yoox.
It gives me so much joy to participate in the Buy Design for Windfall fundraiser event this year. I get to work with the lovely ladies at Faulhaber, Creative Committee leader Andrew Sardone and so many talented volunteers. Best of all, I got to create the imagery that will be shown on the poster and the website!
Buybarella is the official muse of Buy Design this year. If you follow her on twitter, you could win a free pair of tickets to Toronto’s most stylish outer space party!
Check out the press release below the fold.
Remember how I submitted two pieces to the OCAD Whodunit? fundraiser? Well, now that it is over, I think I can post them, even though anyone who knows my style would find it pretty obvious Whodunit.
I was really pleased to discover that this one was sold. I am pretty sure this is the first piece of original art I’ve ever sold. I would love to know who bought it – if it is you please let me know!
This one was returned to me, but it is still for sale for $75 CDN (same as the other one). It’s a 7.5″ x 5.5″ original watercolour, if you’re interested please drop me a line.
This is the first book cover I have ever done an illustration for, created in collaboration with the author and publisher of Aleph Bravo Tango. It is a novel about dance and love. I received a copy in the mail last week and it is so cool to see the project realized in a physical book.
Pam Chorley’s Fashion Crimes is having a terrific sale for the next month – and I had the great pleasure of creating an illustration for the poster. Fashion Crimes is the ultimate party dress store and it is packed to the roof with sparkly treasures. Take some girlfriends and have fun dressing up for the season!
photo by Raymund Galsim
I had such an amazing time at Over The Rainbow on Saturday night. So many people came by to visit and chat about Indigo Planet – that is right, it is a planet created out of old jeans – smocked, bleached, sanded and otherwise destroyed to create detail and texture.
I was also sketching with watercolour pencils all night – drawings of shoppers and staff on postcards. Every sketch turned out great – it is such a rush when that happens. Every subject loved their mini portraits.
Friends and family came by too, even readers like Andrea. It was so nice to see everyone. I am so grateful and happy to have had such an unusual, fun job. Thanks again to Joel, Tatiana, and everyone else who helped make this project come together so beautifully!
Photographer Raymund Galsim dropped by and took some great pictures. Here I am with some of the terrific Over The Rainbow team – Veronica, Daniel, (me) and Genia.
photo by Raymund Galsim
It was a bonne nuit!
BONUS: Lots of close-up photos and more at the Over The Rainbow blog.
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