Rumi & BryanBoy At Chris Benz

Morning!
I'm just getting rolling on the work for the day, but i thought i would throw a quick post up for you all. I was meaning to post this picture of my friends Rumi Neely of Fashiontoast & Bryanboy of Bryanboy.com, but i keep forgetting, so finally here it is. I really like how it turned out. The mood, their expressions and the colors of the picture all work together quiet well, i think. What do you think? Hope you like it. :)

For High Res Version of this picture go to my Image Diary. ;)

Chris Benz Fall 2011 - Part 1

Hi, friends! Sorry we haven't posted anything in a while!
Still recovering from NY. Really tired and kind of sick.
Haha. Oh well.
So here are some of the photos we took at Chris Benz!
The collection was really fun. Some great hats, and really
awesome floral print shoes as well. It was really fun to
get to shoot some backstage and talk with Chris before
the show started! Also really fun getting to see Kerry from Lancôme,
Michelle Phan, Rebecca (The Clothes Horse), Jane Kelter, Julia Frakes, John Jannuzzi, BryanBoy and Carolina Engman at the show.
I have a lot more pictures to post, but i really like the vibe of the Images.
They Sort of have a Alfred Hitchcock vibe to them don't you think?
I really hope you like the photos!

If you want to see high res version of these pictures go to my Image Diary.

The Incredible Shoes of Chris Benz

Morning!
Well, it is T-minus 5 days till David and I leave for New York for Fashion Week,
and we still have a lot to do before then.
Oh well, i guess that is the way it always is.
It really doesn't even start to sink in that we are leaving till the last few days at home.
I have to say, I'm starting to get quite excited for the trip.
Just thinking about the prospects of seeing my New York friends, and also my friends from all the world in snow city scape brings a smile to my face.

The Pictures today are from the all amazing Chris Benz Spring 2011 Collection.
He always out does himself, and this season was no exception.
I think the biggest surprise for me was the incredible shoes he designed.
They complemented the garments perfectly and some of the shoes even matched the garments. (See blue shoes above)
I thought it only right if the shoes got a post all unto themselves.
I hope you like the pictures.
If you want to see High Res detailed pictures of the shoes, go to my Image Diary. ;)

Clean Lines and Interesting Fabrics

I thought i would throw another photo from Chris Benz collection in there today.
This one is one of my favorite pictures from the presentation.
I love the contrast between the soft look of the model and gain and grit of the photo.
Also i love the details of this garment, the fabric and cut is beautiful.
Does anyone know the name of this model?

New York - New York

Fashion Week? Already?
I seriously can't believe Fashion Week is right around the corner...
My brother and i just came to grips with that fact last night.
So i guess it's time to start planning huh? haha
New York is seriously such a fun and exciting place, its almost Too fun and Too exciting!
haha It takes us like two months to recover from that week,
Not sure how Bryanboy does it?
He is incredible, he goes non-stop, it's truly amazing~
The Photos today are from last Fashion Week,
from Chris Benz's amazing show. There where such incredible patterns & colors at the show.
I'm real excited to see this year's collection.
He is always one of the highlights of the trip :)
Hope you're doing great!


For High res go to my image diary ;)

Ataui Deng @cmbenz Fall 2010

Morning!
So after 3 days of cleaning and building shelves and sorting and organizing,
i'm happy to say i'm just about finished and i'm dying to start making things again.
I just had to get organized, it was driving me crazy.
There is something so refreshing about having a clean organized room...
even though it only last a day or so haha.
This picture is one i took of the lovely Ataui Deng backstage at Chris Benz Fall 2010 presentation.
She is so strikingly beautiful, she caught my eye right away.
I really love how the picture turned out, there is a sense of movement, but her eyes steady the image.
I have to say this was one of my favorites a few seasons ago.
I think i have a few more of her that really turned out amazing.
I'll have to post soon :)

Happy 2011! ;)

Happy New Year!
How's 2011 going for you all?
My brother and i had a good, but exhausting one!
We drove for 10 hours to Northern California on New Years Eve,
and then left to drive back home at noon the next day!
But it was more than worth it, because we got to see our best friend Mr. Benje Williams.
Benje has been one of my best friends since 3rd grade and has been living in Africa for the last couple of years,
and now he is working in Pakistan, so it is rare for us to get to see him in person, so we will basically drive anywhere to see him. hahahaa How about you? What did you do for New Years?
Well the Photo today is one i took at Chris Benz Spring 2011 Presentation.
This was one of my favorite shows i went to....
But then again, Chris' shows are always my favorites.
He has such a great and fun design style,
and between him and Kerry from Lancome, it is one of the most relaxed enjoyable shows ;)
I love how the light fell on this picture and how the blues pop.
I really like the vibe of the girl's pose too.
I hope you like it :)

For high res Click Here

Chris Benz Spring 2011 Collection

Hey there my friends!
How was your Halloween?
Did Yawl see Carolina?!
She was Margot Tenenbaum for Halloween, and it was mind blowing amazing!
You can see pictures here.
The painting today is one i did for Sundance Channel's Full Frontal Fashion of Chris Benz Collection.
It was one of my Favorite shows i went to this season.
Chris Benz is really a nice person and his collections are always so much fun.
This season, the shoes were amazing too!
I still need to post all the pictures i took at it.
Well, this is just one of hopefully many paintings from this collection!
Thanks Chris & Kerry for a wonderful time! :)

The Memory Of Last Season....

Hey hey hey My Friends!
Well How was your weekend?
Mine was Really really long.... (not in a good way... ha)
For some reason this video took me way way way too long to edit.
but at last it's finally done!
I know it's a little late considering it's from Fall 2010 Fashion Week, and a new season is about to begin.
But anyways i really hope you like it.
My goal was to make it feel like memories of the trip,
and i have to say it does to me.
This was a pretty accurate view of my trip.
aw it was so much fun!


p.s. As requested, the song is Bewildered in the City by Kashmir ; )

Chris Benz Models & Candy Colors

Well my friends!
How are you doing this week?
Well this weekend, i bought a bunch of new art supplies i've never tried before,
so this was my first little experiment with them.
I have hundreds of pictures that i took at the Chris Benz Collection last Fashion Week.
So i thought, why not paint another one of those pictures :)
The Profile is of the Elite's lovely Masha Kirsanova,
but I'm not sure who the girl in the black hood is.
I really like how the it turned out :)
How are you doing?
Are yawl excited about your school finishing up?

Masha Kirsanova at Chris Benz

Well my friends,
how did your day go for you?
I had a good day.
Spent the morning writing music,
and then i worked on researching, printing, gluing, and making a new inspiration book/ idea book.
It's going really well! Finished about thirty pages in the book.
The Painting today is of a wonderful model named Masha Kirsanova.
She has a wonderful look.
I had the honor of getting to go backstage at Chris Benz's show,
Which allowed me to take tons of pictures, which i've posted a few ;)
But the reason it was so great to go backstage,
is i finally got to make my own drawing references! Woot woot!!! Finally huh?!
So this is my second painting of my pictures!
The first one was the previous post
I really hope you like it! :)

Chris Benz Fall 2010 for Full Frontal Fashion

Why, hello, friends!
How was your weekend?
My weekend was wonderful!
Went to the beach a few times,
Which was amazing! It's been way too long since i've been at the beach.
And spent the better part of today writing music with my friend Sean Cimino.
Can't wait for you to hear the song! :)

Well, the painting today is the last picture i did for Sundance Channel's Full Frontal Fashion.
The clothes are from the Chris Benz Fall 2010 collection.
As i have already talked at length of how much i loved Chris Benz's Collection,
this is the first of many paintings to come from the collection,
I really hope you like it :)

New York Fashion Week Fall 2010 - Part 1

Hey Friends,
How was your weekend?
Mine was great! I went out of town to watch kids I used to coach compete in the state championships!
It was so good seeing them do so well. :)
Well, I got home yesterday and my best friend since i was in 4th grade
sent me this Ben Harper song called "Power of the Gospel".
This song was one of our favorite songs ever since we heard it on an old skate video.
But this time around listening to it, all of a sudden something clicked,
and i just thought "WoW! This song would be perfect for some of my NY Fashion Week footage."
So I popped this Video out last night... Late last night.... haha
There is something about this video that just feels like a perfect representation of our trip.
I know it's super short, just a minute video,
but I'm sure there are more videos coming as soon as i have time...
that's why I put "Part 1" on there ;)
I really hope you like it, and hope you're having a wonderful day.

P.s. The Fashion Show clips were ones I shot at Chris Benz & Tony Cohen Shows. :)

Lancome - Chris & Tell by Chris Benz

Hey Friends!
How are you doing?
Wow, this week has been insane!
I've been multi-tasking like crazy!
I've also been Figure Drawing for client work,
which kinda stinks cause i don't post those kind of images on here.
You know, keeping it G Rated! haaha ;)
But i'm also doing Fashion Week work for Sundance Channel,
so be expecting some Paintings of collections coming out next week :)

Well, after I posted the Chris Benz's images, i realized that i had never posted
this painting i had done for Lancome, for the Collaboration they did with Chris Benz last season.
The two of them teamed up and created a lipstick color called "Chris & Tell by Chris Benz".
How Genius is that Name? haha
Such a clever play on words.
But i'm sorry to say to you ladies out there,
that the lipstick is sold out! Sorry about that.
It is a really cool/interesting color.
The Collection was really fun to paint.
What i'm really excited about is painting this season's!
But i think you already know that if you read the post below! haha ;)
I hope you like the picture!

OOOOOh last nugget of news...
I'm seeing one of my all time favorite bands today!
The Band is called Midlake!
They are from Texas,
and words can't describe how good they are.
If you haven't heard their music check them out!
Well, hope you all are having a wonderful day.

Chris Benz Fall 2010 Was Amazing!

Well my Friends,
Sorry for the post delay.
It's been crazy! Been trying to finish up deadlines, and been sorting through images, video, etc.
and been feeling a little run down, and kind of sick today...
On top of that, I shot camera raw for the first time ever for my trip,
and there has been a weird computer compatibility!
But i finally got finished sorting through the hundreds and hundreds of images from the Chris Benz Show!

Ok, so first off, the Chris Benz Show was the first real show that i've got to go backstage!
I have to say, I hope next season I get to do that alot more,
cause I got so many great images back there that I'm just dying to Paint Now!
I think it would have been pretty funny if you could have seen my face back there!
I think i had a ear to ear grin. I was like a kid in a candy shop! haha
It was magical to see everything getting setup, the models getting prepared, the makeup artist hard at work.
Oh! Which speaking of makeup artists, i got to meet the great YouTube makeup artist Michelle Phan!
It's awesome that Lancome just signed her as a makeup artist for them.
It was great talking with her, and it was really interesting to hear her studies and background in school was in Fine Art. :)

Well, i think you can probably tell just by the pictures above how fun Chris Benz collection was.
I think it was maybe the brightest, fun collection of New York Fashion Week,
and definitely a top 5 Favorite of the Week, (which i will be outlining my top 5 collections of NYFW really soon!)
There was something about it that reminded me of Dr. Seuss's "Whoville"!

Maybe it was the Bright Who Colors
Or the beautiful girls who stood out among the others,
I'm really not sure why it happened to be,
That the Girls of Whoville were staring back at me!

Hahaha Sorry for my pathetic Dr. Seuss rhyme!
But I seriously loved every element of the collection,
The Fur hats and the Long Dr. Seuss Fur Gloves.
The Beautiful Sequins & the Bright Candy Colors.
It was such a warm and playful collection.
I'm always a fan of Big Bright Fall Collections.
The winter is so dark and semi-monotone,
so i love how bright garments look with the grey sky as the backdrop.

Since i took more pictures than i could probably put on line,
I ended up splitting the post into two posts on my Image Diary.
Click Here if you want to see it! :)
And i hope you are having an incredible day!

Oh! Thank you Kerry, Lancome, & Chris Benz! I had the best time at the Presentation! :)