Hello and welcome to my other blog Sketch Show! Here I will be
posting all my catwalk illustrations. If you are familiar with my other
blog Workable Fixative
you will know that is where I post my refined fashion illustrations and
some of the fantastically fun jobs I get. Sketch Show is all about my
obsession with fashion weeks from around the world (especially Paris, I
hang out for Paris!). Each season I chose around fifteen shows by
trawling through Style.com pics, from New
York, London, Milan and Paris fashion weeks and illustrate my two
standout outfits from each show. I started last year (A/W 2011) with the
intention to finish a whole season, but it didn't quite work out that
way! I got to London and then life got in the way.
The
outfits I choose are a mixture and revolve around these things: what I
would die to wear, an outfit that is the absolute show stopper,
something the model suits so well that the whole thing just comes
together perfectly (bravo casting directors on that one!), an outfit
that I think would be a challenge to illustrate or would be just plain
fun to draw because its so kooky, or most importantly a design that is
so true to the designer's aesthetic that it cant be missed. Each
illustration takes around 15 mins to finish and when drawn straight from
the catwalk those take around 30 seconds!
As of next
year I'm setting my sights high and want to be a regular fixture at
Perth, Sydney and Melbourne Fashion Weeks and in September fly to Paris
and sketch at as many shows as possible! Eeek! I have learnt that if you
want something bad enough you can get it:) And the following September
(2013) I will be in Milan and Paris. Cant wait to look back on this post
to see what happens!
I hope you enjoy both my choices and my illustrations, xpip.
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