Self-portraits in Motion. Micron, Pitt, and Tombow pens. September 2011.
![Green Coat with Brass Buttons.
Over the weekend, I was invited to spend a casual afternoon sketching with a few artists (you know, real artists, as in people who make a living doing this art thing). Of course, I was a ball of nerves and totally choked. I just couldn’t shake my general unease. Still, I learned a lot from the experience, like not worrying about what other people might think (because no one cares) and just doing your own thing. Baby steps, I guess.
Anyway, I spent this evening mired in self-redemption, drawing what I feel most comfortable drawing, and that’s girls wearing pretty things. I prefer autumnal fashion (who doesn’t) as it allows for textural and color contrast without the general bulk of winter-wear. People tend to look like wooly burritos in winter in most places that aren’t L.A. or Hawaii or the desert. You know, for a girl who prefers tomboy fashion and gait (yeah, really), I sure am obsessed with drawing girls wearing pretty things. Grass is greener and all that, perhaps.
[Edit: I just noticed that, if you look at the lapels of her coat just so, it looks like the Wu-Tang insignia, ha.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luc87t7A6f1qdfubfo1_500.jpg)
Green Coat with Brass Buttons.
Over the weekend, I was invited to spend a casual afternoon sketching with a few artists (you know, real artists, as in people who make a living doing this art thing). Of course, I was a ball of nerves and totally choked. I just couldn’t shake my general unease. Still, I learned a lot from the experience, like not worrying about what other people might think (because no one cares) and just doing your own thing. Baby steps, I guess.
Anyway, I spent this evening mired in self-redemption, drawing what I feel most comfortable drawing, and that’s girls wearing pretty things. I prefer autumnal fashion (who doesn’t) as it allows for textural and color contrast without the general bulk of winter-wear. People tend to look like wooly burritos in winter in most places that aren’t L.A. or Hawaii or the desert.
You know, for a girl who prefers tomboy fashion and gait (yeah, really), I sure am obsessed with drawing girls wearing pretty things. Grass is greener and all that, perhaps.
[Edit: I just noticed that, if you look at the lapels of her coat just so, it looks like the Wu-Tang insignia, ha.]
Korean Girl in Autumn.
I don’t watch a lot of Korean dramas, but, when I do, I’m always in awe of how the women and girls dress, the message it sends, and so on. In general, Korean drama characters seem to choose classic pieces with clean lines that exude just the right amount of “prep.”
Peter Pan collars are all the rage at the moment, but count on me to overdo it and give a blouse scalloped cuffs too. Then again, that’s probably what an actual Asian designer would do, too.
I do love autumn for all the possibilities it provides in terms of apparel. Thankfully, I live in a part of town that is nearly perpetually autumn.
“Coutourniquet.” Pitt pen and colored pencil.
Inspired by Broadist, my good friend’s body-positivity blog.
