NYC Sep 13, 2009

Hello, Hello, Hello, My Friends,
Happy Wednesday!~
We did it! We made it half way through the week!
So how's it going?
So far the week of relaxing has been so so nice and very much needed :)
Well, today is my first drawing post.
I did the drawing last week, and since my brother, Dave,
shared the NYC adventure, i asked him if he would guess write for our first show.
So, it's my pleasure to introduce you to my brother's writing! :)

"Gerlan Jeans - Waiting outside the the Audi Forum, my brother and I had a pleasant surprise. A flash of red hair caught my eye,
and I quickly realized that it was Julia Frakes of Bunny Bisou! There, chatting with her,
was none other than Suzie Bubble of Style Bubble! Danny approached them cautiously,
as he had done portraits of both of them, conversed with them online,
but had never met either of them in person. After conveying his identity to them, hugs were exchanged.
Once through the doors, we checked in and tracked down our seats.

The collection delivered an urban overtone utilizing grey and white prints of broken brick walls,
pink and white prints of clenched fists, and pot leaves. These made their way on to various garments
ranging from overalls, to swimwear, to hoodies, and even underwear.
All in all, it was a fun event and we were so glad to have met Suzi and Julia!"

P.S. Our family cat Milo has a hurt foot, and there is a little girl who lives
in the house next to us who is in love with Milo. So, today she came over and gave Milo a "Get Well" Card she made him.
It is pretty much the most amazing thing ever! So i posted it on my image diary click here to see it :)

The Carousel

Happy Monday, my friends.
How was your weekend?
Well, yesterday my brother and I went down to the Spectrum.
We met up with a group of our friends
and my brother, my friend Alice, and I ended up riding a Carousel!!!
It was so fun. We ended up filming alot when we were on the Carousel :)
I hope you like this minute little short film i made today from the ride.
I think I'm going to take a little drawing break,
cause i've been working nonstop,
so i thought i would try some different kind of blogging this week.
aka this video :)
So how are you doing?
What's your favorite Collection/Fashion Show this season?

P.S. If you have a pretty fast connection, watch the HD version... there's a big difference! ha

If you want to see more of the Videos Click Here

Layered Painting Unveiled

Hello my friends!
How have you been?
Well, i've been working all weekend.
Been painting up a storm for some up and coming things...
I wish i could show it... don't worry, all in due time. :)
Well, i thought i would post this video of me making my giant Layered Illustration,
cause i'm going to finally be showing it publicly for the first time this Friday at the Royal-T in Culver City. It starts at 7 p.m.
Oh, and yes, i actually just got the huge thing framed!! haha
Don't asked me how...
like i said, my framer is amazing!
Well, hope you like the video.
If you're in Southern California Friday, stop by!
i'm flying to NY the next morning, but the art will be up all week :)

Fashion Week Build Up

Well, my friends...
The race is on... The countdown has began and the mid-night candles are a burning!
haah Well, 11 days left till i fly out to New York.
I am currently staring at my multiple page "to-do before I leave list",
and trying to figure out how it's physically possible to finish everything in time.
Yesterday, i dropped off with my framer, all of my art that is going to be at my September 11 art show.
He is amazing! I'm really getting excited for the show now.
I dropped off my 5ft X 4.5ft X 1ft layered painting at the framers, too.
It's the first time i will be showing this piece, i'm so excited about it.
If you don't know which painting i'm talking about Click Here to see it.
The Video up on that post shows the process of me making the piece. :)

The picture today is from Volume 2 out of my Character Sketchbook.
Since i drew it last year in Bryant Park at NYFW, i thought it would be a good little sike up.
I still don't have my official schedule settled yet, been getting invites over the last few days,
but once i have everything finalized, i will post the schedule! :)
Well, hope you all are doing great!

Edit: The amazing site Modelina has featured my work on there site in an incredible slide show click here to check it out!

My Collaboration With W Hotels for Fashion's Night Out

Hey Friends!
So I'm excited to announce my Collaboration with the W Hotels for Fashion's Night Out!
A little bit ago, I was asked to design Limited Edition totes for the W Hotels.
Since it's Spring Fashion Week, I wanted the art to feel like spring.
So my theme was "It's Spring~Love is in the Air"
Then I had a concept of "Couple Bags".
Basically, I designed the guy's bag in the vain of the girl's bag,
so the bags would look like a matching set,
if that makes sense?

Also, the W is going to have a Fashion Night Out event that i'm a part of!
It's on Sept. 10 at the W in Times Square from 5 to 8pm.
If you want more info there is info up Here.
Well my friends, i hope you like it! :)

Heutchy Shoe Collaboration

Hi Friends! How are you doing?
Sorry for the few days delay on my posting...
It's been a crazy week, i've been working a lot,
and some exciting things are in the works ;)
Yesterday, I was featured In the incredible Women's Wear Daily!
It was an extreme honor and the lovely Miss Patty Huntington wrote an amazing article.
If you haven't read it & want to, Click Here to check it out. :)

Also, yesterday in the mail, my Heutchy Collaboration shoes arrived!!!
Heutchy is an amazing men's shoe line.
A few months back, Heutchy asked me to collaborate on a fabric.
After throwing around a few ideas,
we decided that it could be interesting to make a fabric print out of a building top texture.
so i ended up painting the the image above.
Then is was digitally printed on leather.
I really like how the fabric and the shoes turned out. :)
Thank you, Lowe! The shoes are amazing!
Whatcha think?
I hope you like them! :)

-Go Back Main Post

The Infinity Dress

Good Afternoon, my friends! How is your day going?
Ok. So, last night, my brother and i went to a Private Showing of Donna Karan's collection at Nordstroms
with Fashiontoast.com's very own, Rumi, and her boyfriend Colin.
The night was so much fun.
It was great to finally meet Rumi & Colin; they are amazing, so nice. ;)
Well, the night started out watching Donna Karan's "System of Dressing" Video,
which was really fascinating. Going into the night, i wasn't super familiar with Donna Karan collections,
and i have to say, i was blown away! So impressed.
Her design philosophy is pretty much exactly the same as mine.
The collection's drape was pretty much flawless.
haha! Can you tell how excited i am? haha
Well, the best piece of the night, i think hands down, was her "Infinity Dress".
Basically, the dress has an endless number of looks. Seriously!
After the presentation, i was able to take pictures of the model wearing the dress,
and we played around with a handful of different looks of the Infinity Dress.
In a matter of 5 minutes, the DK team whipped out 4 different looks.
It was amazing, so i decided to draw the looks from last night.
Keep in mind, this is all the same dress.
i hope you like these sketches ;)

Happy Romeo + Juliet Friday

Well, my friends,
Happy Romeo + Juliet Friday!
ok! So yesterday Naomi Nevitt tweeted that she was listing to the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack,
which took me way back.
How classic is that soundtrack?!
Well, all day i have had that movie stuck in my head,
so i thought i would draw a scene from it! :)
What do you think?
i hope you like it and Happy Romeo + Juliet Friday!


Edit: Because so many of you requested a print of this, i added a 8X11 Print of it to my store.
Let me know if you want a bigger size. :)
Click here to see the print

The Profile of Miss Johannesson

Hello, Hello, my friends!
How are you?
Well, today has been a long, but good day;
been drawing and painting all day.
Did this painting of one of my favorite models Mona Johannesson.
I've been eyeing this picture of her for a while now.
I love this photo shoot, it's wonderful,
so i ended up painting it today.
Kinda reminds me of Audrey Hepburn a little.
Well, i hope you like it! :)

Edit: Also if you look to the Left on the side bar i added "Sign up for Email Alerts" so that i can let you know right way about any new releases. Also, I think I'm going to do a monthly newsletter to keep you all up on everything. so just fill the form out if you want to receive them. :)

Oh, also, thank you so much to Katrina-Kasey Wheeler and the Examiner.com for the article and interview! if you want to read it click here

Lily & the Plant

Hello my friends! Wow, i am so tired!
Today was a long day.
i'm excited to get back, wake up, and begin drawing again tomorrow!
This drawing above i drew while on a plane flying back from New York fashion week a few years ago..
It's weird to think it was that long ago... mmm..
i have a sweet tooth tonight, so i think my brother and i are about to leave for some ice cream.
Guess i better get ready, but i hope you like the drawing and hope you all are having a great day!

p.s. We have been updating the Dream Walking Society a bunch lately,
almost got it to 24 hour posts going on! haha
i hope you having been enjoying it!

The Birthday Short

Hello Friends!
How are you?
How was your weekend?
Thank you all for all your birthday wishes Saturday!
It was a wonderful 24th birthday!
My family gave me the surprise gifts of gifts...
It's an Old Russian 16mm Film Camera called a Krasnogorsk K-3.
It's the camera my favorite director started out using.
i never thought i would get one, and really didn't even know they knew how much i wanted it!.
Thanks my family! Love you! ;)
It was especially amazing cause i've been wanting to get a little more into directing films...
so now i have to, huh? i've got a concept already for my first short film..
I'll let you know more about it when i'm ready cause i will probably need some help! hah ;)

Ok, so as a thank you to all of you for supporting me,
i thought on my birthday, it's better to give than receive...
So i made you all this video...
This was my first time experimenting with my own version of Walt Disney's Mulitplane Camera.
I felt like a Mad Scientist making this...
My Studio is thrashed and it's so tough working on glass and using dimension...
well, I hope you like it. :)
Oh, the picture i drew was off of my sketch for the Series on Love.

Click Here to see more videos


P.S. Can you all Help me pass the video on to people, lets see how many people we can get watch it! ;)

The Girl In the Darkness

Good day!
How are you doing?
Today has been wonderfully relaxing.
I sat and painted all day.
It been a cold coffee day for the last two days (which is my favorite kind!)
Which on a side note, this has been one crazy summer!
I can't remember a summer being this cold.
I love it! I know it sounds weird, but i love cool weather. :)

The Painting today is kinda different, huh?
It's a little bit on the darker/creepy-ish or maybe not creepy but Mysterious side.
But i really like how it turned out.
It's a crazy mixture of Pen, Color Pencil, Water Color, Ink, CRAYONS!!!
hahaha I love Crayons and i haven't colored with them in so long!
Well, i hope you like it :)

Bjork

Good morning, good morning.
Well i hope you all are having a wonderful week.
for me this week has been a tornado.
Blowing me up and down and side to side.
i'm been chipping away on a editorial that i think should turn out super interesting.
i'm really experimenting on the layering process.
i think it will turn out looking pretty unique.
Did this drawing of Bjork last night before i went to bed.
i couldn't help but draw her after seeing that Concert Movie the other night.
i hope you like it ;)

A Live Sketch of My Brother

Well, my friends,
the post today is something a little different...
I wanted to get better at live sketching,
so I decided to start practicing it on the weekends,
so my brother was nice enough to sit still for this sketch/painting i did of him.
I like how it turned out.
it's kinda crazy, what do you think?
:) I hope you like it,
and hope you are having an amazing day!

In My Dreams

Hello friends!
Well, i drew you all this picture tonight!
i hope you like it.
The clothes are a little something i designed.
i'm hoping to make a few one-off collection with my friend Alice.
The girl in the picture doesn't have a name,
she just shows up in my dreams every few years, just for a few dreams, and disappears.
I really like how the drawing turned out...
I'm hoping she surfaces in tonight's dream.
i will let you know if it happens!
:)

My Girl

Hey friends!
i'm about to go to bed
cause i got to get up super early tomorrow.
but i wanted to post a quick drawing i did today.
I hope you like it.
will write more about it, when i'm a little more awake...
hah well i hope you all are doing wonderful!
d

Garance Doré

Happy Tuesday!
Wow, today was fun!
i went down to Laguna Beach to the galleries with my mom and had some sushi,
and then definitely got to see Dr. Seuss stuff in one of the galleries!
It was so stinking incredible!

Well, the blogger portrait today is of one of my all time favorite street style blogs.
Her photography and illustration is lovely;
it's such a timeless site.
I'm sure you all know who she is...
Her name is Garance Doré.
Please check her site out; you won't be disappointed!
How are you all doing?
Hope you like the drawing!
d

Click Here too See the Full Blogger Portrait Series

Allie & the Big Striped Hat

Hi Friends.
Well, today was a good day.
Finished up a few projects,
let my mind unwind, and scribbled up this drawling for you all tonight.
Wow, it just hit me how tired i am right now.
How are you doing?
i tried to make you an animation today, but my brain had too many big and elaborate ideas to pull off in one day, so i decided to do this drawing. Hope you all are doing great!
Thanks for reading.
You’re really the best :)

Animation Test Movie

Dior Test Animation

Good morning! Good morning!
It's all nice and cold right now, and i'm sipping on coffee!
Woot woo! Feels pretty good. ;)
Ok,so i reanimated this scene from my test animation.
Here it is! Sorry there isn't more; i haven't had any time,
but my goal is to finish it this summer.
The music is something i wrote a little while back for this story.
i hope it works out for the full animation, but not sure...
Hope you're all doing great!

P.S. Thanks for sending me the pictures of you all wearing the shirts. It's been so fun seeing you all wearing the shirts from all over.
Keep them coming! :)

Singing in the Rain

Why Happy Sunday early morning friends!
Just got back from hanging with my friends, the Baxleys,
and i saw "Singing in the Rain" for the first time,
which was awesome!
Now i have a huge crush on Debbie Reynolds (the leading lady in the movie).
Oh and i started sketching up some clothes designs
cause i think my friend Alice and I are going to make a small handmade Collection sometime in the future...
and there are a few outfits i think that are going to be pretty fun.
Well, the drawing above i did a few years back, i drew it in the car while on a road trip.
i hope you like it! :)