Red Lips + Valentino Dress

Well, my friends, I'm so so glad you like my new girl!!
Really means alot! ;)
How was your day today?
So, kinda funny story today...
I got the random idea of auditioning for the 4th Twilight movie,
cause i heard they were going on, and i thought it would be a fun experience.
Plus, i've been kicking around the idea of doing a little acting...
Anyways, i found the site to sign up for the audition, filled out all the info, even uploaded a "headshot" (which was hilarious! haha)
and when i finished, it said that auditions ended about 2 weeks ago!! haha
i was like, what! come on! haha! oh well...

So, I picked the painting today in honor of that story,
cause when i was researching the audition, i stumbled on to the "New Moon" Premiere...
and was pleasantly surprised that Dakota Fanning was wearing the incredible black lace Valentino Dress
that i had painted for Sundance Chanel's "Full Frontal Fashion" as part of the Paris Fashion week coverage.
The dress was by far my pick for favorite/Best Dress of this season.
It's just beautiful and eloquent!
I really liked how the painting turned out :)
The render of the dress at that angle was actually pretty hard for me to draw!
It took way longer than i planned.
i hope you like it.

P.S. I posted pictures of my sister's display at the "L.A. CanStruction" in my image Diary. My sister's is the first picture up there. The L.A. CanStruction is a design/build competition of teams of architects, competing to design and build giant structures made entirely from full cans of food, and then all the cans are donated to the local food banks.

Hello Marc Jacobs Monday

Ok, so this weekend went by so fast.
Ah well, hello Monday...
haha How are you all doing?
Well, I finished up 3 paintings today for Sundance today.
I'm really excited about how they turned out.
Well, this painting is the last painting i did from NY Fashion week for Full Fontal Fashion.
It's of the incredible white dress from Marc Jacobs collection.
The dress was amazing, so simple but incredible.
I hope you like it :)

Hip hip Hooray for Lacoste!

AW! Happy Sunday.
Sunday's are the best, so relaxing and peaceful.
I start getting fired up for the week's projects on this day every week.
How's your Sunday going for you?
Excited for Halloween?
What are you going to be?
I think i finally figured out who i am going to be :)

The painting today is of the Lacoste Collection for Sundance Chanel Full Fontal Fashion.
I love Lacoste. I think if i could be sponsored by any company, it would probably be them!
So playful and fun. I hope you like it!

Also, thank you so much for all your kind words on the Vogue Features.
I'm going to try to respond to all of you in a little bit! :)

The Day of Donna Karan

Well, hello friends.
How's your day going?
The weather out here in California is incredible today!
I'm loving it.
Spent the whole morning drawing,
and about to start up a new painting in a sec...
but i remembered i had never posted about The Donna Karan Show at NY Fashion Week.
I went with my brother and the beautiful and amazing Miss Gala Gonzalez.
Oh, and the drawing above is one of the drawings i did for
Sundance Chanel's Full Fontal Fashion of Donna Karan's Collection.
I hope you like it!

The Day of Donna Karan
Sept 14, 2009

It was probably the three weeks of working night and day without a day off, or maybe it was the the time change, or it was both,
but either way, exhaustion had finally crept up on me. The day began as one of the most hectic days yet. My brother and I got up a little late,
to a text message from Rumi (Fashiontoast). She said that she just found out that her flight went out earlier than she thought,
and that she and Colin wouldn't be able to make it to the Donna Karan show,
which was a bummer because Rumi and Colin are incredibly fun to hang out with.

All week, I was trying to coordinate schedules with the lovely Miss Gala Gonzalez (am-lul.blogspot.com), and then it hit me. I thought,
"What if Gala went to Donna Karan with us?!"
So after a few calls and texts, Gala was in. Dave and I hopped into a cab and headed down to Greenwich Village.
We arrived minutes before the time we were suppose to be there. After a little time had gone by, I got a text from Gala saying she had arrived.
Dave and I made our way through the craziness, and we finally meet Gala in person. I have to say, meeting Gala was a trip highlight, for sure.
She is amazing, and her accent is awesome, one of the most unique accents I've heard.

After greeting each other, we ascended up to the showroom and were ushered into our seats, where seconds later, to our amazement,
Milla Jovovich was seated directly in front of us. Donna Karan's Trademark "zen" vibe filled the place. The whole room hushed as the music began.

As the first model stepped into sight, I was again reminded why Donna Karan is a Fashion Icon.
The Collection had a soft and beautiful color pallet, full of gray, creme, and white with a striking red that made the collection pop.
Whether you are looking for long, amazing, flowing gowns or incredible pencil skirts, this line has it all,
with silhouettes that celebrate the female form and drape that flows like running water.
Basically, I was honored to attend such a wonderful show, and the clothes were breathtaking! :)

After leaving the show and saying goodbye to Gala and her amazing friends,
my brother and I headed off to the Conde Nast building to meet up with the wonderful Naomi Nevitt of Teen Vogue.
She was kind enough to give us a tour of Teen Vogue, which was incredible,
and we ended up sitting and talking with her for quite awhile. It was amazing getting to know her as she is a wonderful and incredibly kind.
Upon arriving back at our hotel, exhaustion fully took over.
I lay down to rest for a moment, and the next thing I knew, it was 15 hours later! hah

Click Here to see Fashion Week Video with has some of the Donna Karan Show

Sundance Channel + Rodarte = :)

Wow, you all never cease to amazing me!
Thank you so, so much for all your tweets to Alexa Chung!
It really means alot! Still have not heard from her yet, but we will see!
i'll let you know if i do. :)

Well, ok, so a few months back, I got asked to contribute time to Sundance Chanel's "Full Frontal Fashion".
Full Frontal Fashion is an amazing place.
It's full of wonderful contributers from all kinds of disciplines,
from documentaries to photos or just fashion articles. It's wonderful.
So, needless to say, i was honored to collaborate and contribute to FFF.
The painting above is the first out of 5 paintings covering New York Fashion Week Collections.
It was fun covering the week in painted & drawn form!
Especially after making the Fashion Week video, i was Itching to draw it.
This drawing is from the Rodarte Collection.
This collection was incredible;
i'm still so bummed i missed this show!
Maybe next year....

Well, there is also the interview that Full Frontal Fashion did with me.
Click Here if you want to read it.
... Shoot, i can't wait for you to see my next set of paintings for Sundance....
all i will say is, one of the paintings is my new favorite... ;)
i hope you're having an amazing day!

The People Paper

Wow! Today went by way, way, way too fast.
I'm so dead tired!
Oh, ok. So, it's been way too long since I made a computer Wallpaper for you all.
So, i did this painting for you.
Click Here to get the High Res Version.
How did your day go?

Oh, yea!~ I did some paintings for Sundance Channel's "Full Frontal Fashion" for New York Fashion Week.
I really like how the paintings turned out. For some reason, i feel like they are very different feeling.
If you want to see the paintings, the Web gallery is here and you can read the article here :)

Lastly, I just wanted to say thank you to Fashionista.com and Refinary29 for posting my Irving Penn Tribute. Your sites are two of my all time favorites! So thanks again. :)