Hey, it’s halloween. Have always looked a bit deranged without my glasses. Couldn’t get the f*#$#$%^ eyes right! Way too big. Mind you, did this in the time it took to heat an apple pie, so I’m pleased with the results from that perspective…
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So apparently the Japanese have invented some kind of singing synthesizer. You have to program it, but then most digital music-makers have precisely that kind of patience, as evidenced here:
(I’m) Lovin’ You Madly by kotaro
Pretty good, no? The synthesizer is called ‘Vocaloid‘. I guess it’s great for when you can’t afford to hire a singer, or… you know, if you fall out with the one you’ve already got. Or something…
And so ends my first post on audio-related, soundcloudy finds. Hope to post more.
Was at work one day and had James Brown and the JBs on the brain. So I took out me ole’ notebook. It’s not good at all, typographically speaking. But, kinda fun.
The 2011 special edition of American Artist had a pretty neat drawing at the bottom of pg 33 – a drawing by one Romolo Costa, whom I admit to not knowing a thing about. Here’s my simulacrum – and no, I’ve personally never seen anyone who looks like this, methinks Romolo was exaggerating, and I’ve followed suit… cos what do I know?
This issue is pretty packed with various tips but if you don’t want to pay for it, you can get the content for free at this link: http://scribd.com/doc/54062925/Freemium-DrawBasics – I only hope the magazine knows their content has been thrown up there. Hmm…
OK, so this is a horrible straying from the boundaries of fashion design/illustration: I admit to wanting to do a bit of character design.
So meet Sara “Njuba” Liu, a peacekeeper from the Sudanchina – DRC conflict. She posed for this photo a year after her tour of duty (2031 – 2040) upon her arrival at the Ambassador’s Charity Ball. The by-now infamous Neobantu Spear XC1C at her side was actually auctioned at the ball, raising 175,000 VDinars for SELFAID. She now lives in Ghana with a pet boa and, of all things, a cheshire cat. Amazingly, the cat lives…
…none of which made it onto the artboard I handed in (phew. sometimes y’oughta keep silly thoughts to yerself). Have fun deconstructing the afro-asiatics. More pics after the jump… Continue reading
…I’m hoping you can’t make this shit up, as the saying goes.
The part where I finally broke down and cried with laughter was the bit about the rat. omg… stitches!
A mashup of a strugglesome final-project-in-the-works for fashion illustration class and an old short story I found lying around on my hard disk. Uhm… enjoy?
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My next class project / artboard. I was thinking of roses…
It’s not quite finished yet. We had to do the technical drawings too to go with it (basic version) and the 3/4 length coat was, as you might suspect, a bitch! But I found a kludgey way to make it constructable-wearable :-)
And no, I can’t fix those legs. I’ve tried. God have I ever tried…
I got given it! How awesome is that? There are advantages to running a drum/percussion group after all, heh heh…
It’s old and a wee bit out of tune but I love it to bits and it sounds all cool xylophonic… and it’s great in that it’s not so loud you can’t use it in an apartment.
This turned out OK but the teacher took all our pics that day, and I didn’t have my regular camera so this is a slightly crappy ipod photo, colored slightly blue and highlighted in photoshop. If/when I get the original back and take a better pic I’ll post that.
