Billie Holiday Inspired

So here it is some sketches ispired by Billie Holiday. I read her brief life story and was so inspired by her strugles and determination. Also, this is a part of the Back To Black Collection, so it's still all about tragedy, doomed love story, and dark. I think Im gonna use the song below for the fashion show as well!

Rib Case Suit

Another one from Back To Black Collection. It's a suit, but I wanted to make a tiered satin details. Just like a rib case. Like very gothic-y and yeah. Whatever.

Back To Black Collection

I've been so inspired by Amy Winehouse's Back To Black, in fact I straight away changed my facebook status to " is back to black" the moment I broke up with my ex. I watched the video so many times, listened to the song a million times, and I realised it was trus, when you get out of a serious relationship some part of you died. Like in the video, RIP the heart of Amy Winehouse.

So I was then inspired to make this Back To Black collection, it was all about a funeral, the death of a relationship. I wanted to make it dark, almost like gothic-y but still very chic. Also, I wanted to portray the many phases of what I went through from the break up. I mean like, the bitterness, the denial and pretending to be strong again, and also my drunk phase. These drawings and sketches means a lot to me it's more special than what I have done before.

Ps. The Coloured drawing is supposed to be the same outfit with drawing number 6...

For the coolest Back to Black cover by Rumble Strips click here

You Can't See What I See

Random drawings I made today and the other night. It all started when me and Mary went to Coles for our weekend grocery and I cursed her umbrella again, halfway to Coles it broke, it bent and looked like a flower. Anyway, here they are...

My Perfect Saturday

It's been raining and windy and super cold. I woke up at 11 with a massive hangover from last night. My left bottom part of my chest hurt, I hope it's not emphysima. At first I thought It'd be boring to stay in, but forgot how I missed my room (been sleeping on the couch for a month), so I just stayed in bed, watching dvd. I got hungry, made myself some laksa, ate it, and then went back to my room, under my blanket. Then I made some drawings. I didnt really like them, but I would always remember them as my rainy stormy windy cold perfect saturday drawings :)

I love life, I wanna enjoy things, I wanna have fun. I love me.

Sketches. Materialist Inspired.

15th October 2008

I was walking home, listening to Kanye's Flashing Lights, one of my most favorite songs ever. I love, I fucking love that song, I love the line, "She dont believe in shooting stars, but she believes in shoes and cars..." Damn, I love it, love the beat, love the video, it's very powerful and kinda overwhelming to me. And somehow when I listen to this song, I let myself to admit that I want to be rich, I want to make lots of money one day. I dream about it. In fact I always admire that kind of story about poor people who work really hard and to finally achieve their dream.

I think it's such a powerful story. I was then inspired by this imaginary story in my head. Story of a poor child, raised with the parents' ambition that he/she will make millions. So they get themselves into college, graduated with excellent grades, and landed a multimillion dollar job. Some educate themselves, learn about cultures, become social-climber, sort of like the modern day of Holly Golightly, then marry a millionaire. Some do both. It's a story about dream, ambition, transformation, and power.

I started sketching today, and um I want to portray the ambition, the youthness, transformation, and they're hardwork. Initially I want to make the looks very bold to show the contentment and confidence, but for the second thought, considering the economics condition and people's confidence, I think that these people would have a little bit of insecurities. Such as like, they fear that the money and power that they gained would somehow gone, so there isnt gonna be an end to they're hardwork. I think that Im gonna show this by making some of the piece slightly over the top, like a decoy, to distract people from their actual fear and insecurities. Anyhow, they're only sketches, just some ideas. May be I will show you the whole final drawing when I finish. Only If I feel confident about it. Ok?

Anyway, I thought this song would suits the materialisticness, like the plasctisness, and ambition to become riiiiiiiiich...

Ah anyway the first sketch I was thinking of Holly Gollightly slash Rita G on Kanye's video. Like how cool is thinking that modern day Holly killed Kanye?