Saturday, December 18, 2010

VayCay

(Motor Boat Club, Lagos 2007)

One more Week!

7 more days

Till my sweetest escape
Escape from the NY cold
Escape from the NY crowd
...

I need these 7 days to go by faster than fast

and then
...

I want to freeze each moment
To stretch each day past its 24 hours
48 maybe?
Or even 72 If I could?


And then
Bottle up every blissful second of it all
...


Thursday, December 16, 2010

Teenage Dream pt 2

And
I
am
(officially)
done
with
fashion 
school


aaaaarrrrrrggggggg!!!!!


My teenage inspired collection for my Drawing II final
Easy pieces. Denim, oversize t-shirt dresses and button ups

Closeups



wasnt so successful with the hair on these
still working on making them more 3D 
but
...
 I kinda love my girls!


So glad i took that class...
Helped me get over my drawing anxiety.
I mean, drawing has been a major weakness. 
But thanks to may amazing teacher, I improved so much!
and its only gonna get better
Yay!!!

Teenage Dream

A little secret

A few summers ago I sat on the metro in DC and watched as a group of teenagers walked in.

loud, eating on the metro (which isnt allowed in DC...), cracking jokes, dancing around
basically drawing as much attention as they possibly could
and feeling cooler than cool doing it

I was completely amused

their demeanor
their i'm-too-cool-dont-mess-with-me-i-aint-scared-of-nothin' attitude

Such a precious stage when you're young and discovering yourself, others and life.

I thought of designing a collection inspired by them

and then... years later, I was finally given the opportunity...

kind of...

well, my drawing 2 final was to design a collection for a teenage customer

yay!!! i was kinda excited

and... as much anxiety as i get from drawing (drawing is my weakness... i'm not the best but getting there....) I had tons of fun on this collection




Simple
Jersey, denim and cotton
I like it...

we'll see how I feel after color is added....

and
...
this will officially be my last fashion school project
...
don't really know how i feel about that

where did the time go???!!!???

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Say Yes to Print


That time of the semester again...
One week to go and I'm getting a total of zero hours of sleep till then

sigh....

why does it always happen this way?
Designing never ends. 
You spend hours and hours designing 
then more hour upon hours making changes... 
and 
after a whole semester of change after change
I'm finally letting go and letting it be.

Its a process but calming in a way.

A little bit of my print filled collection:





And me today! 
Slowly transforming into a zombie as the sleepless nights continue


** currently listening to Fight Club as I draw
...
One of the most brilliant movies ever made
Seen it about 20 times and still can't get enough!***

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Joy Is...



"Joy is something you decide for yourself"
- FA