Kaja Sokola - Character Sketch Book 212

Hi Friends!
Well the week is almost to a close! (finally)
I'm so exhausted, been a few late ones over the last few weeks.
I've been editing a video, thought i would have it ready for you today,
but it looks like it's going to be up on Sunday!
I hope you like it. :)
The Mixed media painting today is from my Character Sketch Book.
It's of a Polish model who i really think has an interesting look...
her name is Kaja Sokola.
I drew Kaja awhile back, it was just a Scribble Sketch.
So i wanted to do a more polished picture this time around.
It was hard to find many images of her, but i really liked this one.
I'm looking forward to seeing more shoots with her.
I hope you like the painting :)
and hope you're having a great day!

I'm Featured on Italian Vogue!

Morning Everyone!
Happy Valentines Day!
First off... this isn't my Valentine's Day post as i'm sure you have already guessed,
but i will be posting it up here shortly i promise ;)
So I woke this morning to amazing news that i was featured on Vogue.it !
Italian Vogue is one of my all time favorite publications.
I've been reading Italian Vogue since i was in high school.
I even made those fake covers way back in the day, you remember this post?
So needless to say, it is really a huge honor for them to say all those nice words about my art.
Please check out the article if you want to, it's right here.
Hope you're having a great day. :)

My Elle Fanning Painting

Alright my friends,
here is the final finsihed painting of Elle Fanning :)
I found out yesterday that the amazing editorial i painted this video from was from Interview Magazine!
I've been blown away from your kind words about the video.
So happy your like it. I'm hoping to make more for you soon.
I really like how the painting turned out.
She was really fun to paint.
i think there will be more where that came from ;)
I hope you like it!
Let me know what you think :)

I'm In Teen Vogue Pt. 2 :)

Hey morning friends!
So i'm trying to start this new year off right which means i've been cleaning & getting organized like there is no tomorrow!
As i was cleaning, i stumbled on my issue of TeenVogue, and realized i never Posted it!
What is wrong with me! hahaa
Seriously been so disorganized lately!
Sorry for that.
But here it is! i had the honor of contributing some prints for TeenVogue's Room Make Over.
I Love TeenVogue! Seriously everyone over there is the nicest people i have ever met.
And i love the concept of room make overs.
I'm so happy Paola Henriquez, one of the winners, got my prints. They fit perfectly in her room.
I really hope you like them, Paola :)
and thank you Jane for having me be part of this project :)

The Dress that Came Alive

So i finally made a video for the Collaboration i did with Caravan this last Fashion Week.
I've been wanting to make this video for months now...
The concept was to show the process form concept to being made.
The Song is by a musician i just heard for the first time two weeks ago named Peter Broderick.
His music is pretty amazing, and was a prefect fit for the vibe I wanted for the video.
The Girls in the video are the lovely Kylie Bisutti & Chiara.
I had a lot of fun designing the dresses and really like how they turned out.
Thank you Claudine for letting me be involved :)
I hope you all like it and hope you have a wonderful new years eve! ;)

Gesture Study of the Day

Good morning!
So i definitely messed up big time last night and set my alarm to 1:30 a.m. on accident...
which is bad, i know, but what was worst, an hour later after i went back to bed, I woke up wide awake!
haha yikes~ seriously, so bad, so i just got up and started working...
Somehow i have a feeling i'm going to pass out midday today! haha
But anyway, had an great weekend, my sister & my brother-in-law had a Christmas party on Saturday.
It was awesome seeing them.
Also yesterday, saw Tron with my family!
Movie was great, and Daft Punk & the Art Direction was perfect!

So i've been trying to get better at drawing and painting different gestures and expressions.
The Sketch today was a little study sketch i did this last week.
I really like how it turned out.
It's definitely a rougher sketch but i really like how expressive she is.
I hope you like it too :)
Any of you traveling anywhere for Christmas?

P.S. Just to update you on the print orders. First off, thank you all so much for your support, it's been amazing. My mom has been helping process all the orders and get everything shipped, and so far we have been able to get your prints out the day you ordered them. So, if you're still thinking of getting Christmas prints, the sooner the better. They are all up at http://www.etsy.com/shop/DannyRoberts.


P.S.S. I'm thinking of getting rid of Disqus Comment system and go back to bloggers comment system... Cause people have been having problems with Disqus loading or not showing up.... is it working for you?

The Song Improv Experiment

Well Good Morning!
How are you doing today?
Thank you so much for your kind words on the Video!
There will hopefully be more where that came from ;)
I thought i would post a song i wrote the other day for you all.
I tried a fun little experiment on this one...
What i did was sit at a piano and hit record and i started just playing whatever came in my head (which i posted on my tumblr last week)
and since the song was all improv, the timing was really bad and stuff like that.
So i went back through and fixed the timing and then kept those same notes.
Then played around with using different instruments to playing different parts of the song...
and pretty much this song was born! haha
Sorry if the mix on it isn't the best,
Mixing is an art in itself, and i am terrible at that art! ha
Well i hope you like it,
and also if you want it, you can Just Right Click Here: Download Song

Christmas Prints

Print Sizes: 8X11 & 13X19



Print Sizes: 8X11 & 13X19



Print Sizes: 8X11 & 13X19


Print Sizes: 8X11 & 13X19


Print Sizes: 8X11 & 13X19

Good morning! How are you all doing?!
I had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Spent it with my family, close friends, and the "Axis of Awesome".
haha It was really fun!
Also got a new watercolor set so i have been playing around with that over the last couple days!

Last year, alot of you bought prints as Christmas presents,
so with Christmas around the bend, I just wanted to warn you that shipping is a nightmare during this time.
If you are planning on ordering anything, i would do it now so you can get it in time.
If you want to see any other prints you can go to www.etsy.com/shop/DannyRoberts
Also, if you are looking to order any special edition or limited edition prints, email : Info@igorandandre.com
and i can get you the info you're looking for on that. :)
I hope you're having an wonderful day!

Tribute to Dobby the House Elf

Hello!
How was your weekend?
Mine was so so so much fun!
Spent the weekend hanging out with my brother & the DuPree family.
And I to got see Eisley + Christie Dupree perform a couple times.
They sounded amazing!

It actually was my first time seeing Christie perform live.
Which is kinda crazy cause she sings on a few songs I've written.
But anyways, she was incredible!

Also as I'm sure you can guess, I saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!
Oh my goodness gracious great balls of fire! It was amazing!
By far the best movie HP so far.
They really stepped it up on this one.
No joke, I was so inspired after seeing it that I didn't fall asleep till 3 or 4 in the morning.... haha
As we were walking out of the theater, my first words to my brother were "I'm going to paint a tribute to Dobby the House Elf"
which for you non-HP people, Dobby is a character in the stories.
Thus this picture... haa
Thought he would be a perfect addition to my "Pop Culture Series". :)
It's Ink, Water color, and Colored Pencil layered on ridiculously thick watercolor paper.
I hope you like it!

P.S. Oh I also did an interview with AnOther Magazine. If you want to read it Click Here

Arizona Muse - Top Newcomers Spring 2011

Well hello, my friends!
How was your weekend? Mine was amazing.
It was like the first weekend where I wasn't working through it in like 12 weeks!
yep yep... so the Top Model Newcomer of the day is Arizona Muse!
She was really fun to paint.
She has a real wholesome familiar look to her. She actually reminds me a lot of a childhood friend of mine,
which I think made it easy to paint her.

So when i was tasked with painting each of the Top Newcomers of Spring 2011 for models.com,
I went on a searching spree for references of Arizona.
For some reason, this one runway photo of her really stood out to me.
I think my favorite thing about this picture of her
is the confidence/determined expression on her face.
I used a mixture of pen, pencil, ink, & acrylic on this one. and pretty much the entire series.
What do you think of how it turned out?
I really hope you like it :)

Marc Jacobs Spring 2011 Collection

Hey Hey Hey!
How was your day?
Today's Full Frontal Fashion Painting is of Marc Jacobs Spring 2011 Collection.
I have to say, the hats from this collection were really fun to paint.
I really like how this painting turned out cause it feels very Spring to me.
:)

Oh also i've been working at night writing my first storybook & my first music album....
I can't wait for yawl to read and hear it! :)

The Dress I designed for NYFW!

Hey hey hey!
Oh, ok so completely forgot to tell you all!
I designed a dress for Caravan and it made it's debut in Elle Style 360 Fashion Show for Bobi, Caravan girl, and Boy Meets Girl.
I will post picture of the dresses (two versions of it) really soon.
But first i thought i would post my design sketches i did for the dress.
I really hope you like it!
Hope you are having a great night :)

Rachel Antonoff Spring 2011 - Part 1

Yes! Friends!
Finally Have a Quick Post for you!
Sorry there hasn't been a post for a few days,
things have been crazy but extremely fun.
Since I'm only half way through this NYFW Journey,
I have to make this kinda quick cause we are off to couple shows this afternoon.
But don't worry I will give you a detailed account of everything when i things slow down a little.
I thought i would post a few pictures I took from Rachel Antonoff's Incredible Spring 2011 Presentation.
I Seriously can't wait to Post all the picture i took at it and I can't wait to do some paintings from it!
I really Hope you like!
and i can't wait to tell you everything :)

Please Stop by the W Hotel Tomorrow! :)

Well My Friends, my brother and i fly out tonight for NYC.
Got tons of packing and planning today but it's all Good! I'm pretty Excited. :)
Well I'm not sure how many of you all are going to be in NYC Tomorrow Night,
But if you are, please stop by the W Hotel store in Times Square.
I would love to Meet you!
It should be a Blast :)

Also I did another Collaboration that will be making its debut this week.
I can't wait to show you it~!
But more on that later!
I need to get packing... haha
Hope you all are having a great day.

The Runaway Forest Concept Sketch

Well Good morning!
How's the day treating you?
Well T Minus 8 days till my brother and i leave for NYC.
There is still so So much to do... C'est la Vie ;)
So my best friend since like i was in 3rd grade, Benje, arrived here last night.
He has been living in Kenya for the last year or so.
It's been amazing catching up with him.

So growing up, my brother David, Benje, my friend Sean, Ryan, and i have been best friends.
And since we all have moved to different places and we are all doing different things now,
we started a yearly tradition of doing a week (or weekend) vacation to catch up and relax.
So tomorrow i will be leaving for that. Should be so much fun!
I should have tons of pictures from the trip for yea ;)

Ok Now for this sketch...
You know how i've been saying i write music & write stories?
Well i've finally officially started writing my first story book!
My brother and i had a road trip this last weekend and we got rolling on the first book in the series.
The sketch above is one of the first study/concept sketches i've done for the story.
I really hope you like it!

P.S. I'm thinking of posting some excerpts of the story as it is written...
Is that something you would be interested in?

EDIT: Just Realized i left out the newest member to the friends get away, Alice! This is the first trip since Ryan and Alice have been married! woot woot!

New Prints Up!

See more on the 8X11 or 13 X19


See more on the 8X11 or 13 X19


See more on the 8X11 or 13 X19


See more on the 8X11 or 13 X19


See more on the 8X11 or 13 X19


See more on the 8X11 or 13 X19


See more on the 8X11 or 13 X19


See more on the 8X11 or 13 X19


See more on the 8X11 or 13 X19

Hey Friends!
wow so....
I know i've been slacking big time on updating my Etsy Store,
and yawl have been requesting for me to put prints up...
Well i finally got 80 new prints up thanks to the help of my lovely Mother!
Thanks, Mom! ;)
There are tons more up that i didn't post here,
but they are already up on etsy!
I hope you likes! :)

A Thief in the Night

Hey, hey, hey, My friends!
How's your weekend?
I'm really Excited to show you this painting I did this weekend.
It's inspired by the Junko Shimada Collection from Paris Fashion Week Fall 2009.
I really like how it turned out.
I don't have a name for this girl character,
but she is a story waiting to happen don't you think? ;)
Well, I really hope you like it! :)