Joyeuses Fêtes From Lancôme + Me

Well, my friends, Merry Christmas!
I've got some good news for you...
First, crazy enough, today was my 400th Post!
haha That is so crazy...
Doesn't seem like i've posted that many times, but I have. :)

Well, so over the last few months, i have had the honor of Collaborating with the lovely people at Lancôme!
I was asked to make their Holiday cards.
So, i thought i would post the Holiday cards today!
There is more to come! Lancôme is a great company, and it was great working with them :)

Alrighty, the last bit of news is...
I will be taking a Two Week Break from Blogging.
Like i said, i've been pretty run down, sick, and worn out.
So, i decided to take two weeks off from everything,
and just rest up for the New Year.
So don't worry, I will be back posting on

January 6, 2010

Love you all and Merry Christmas!
P.S. Thank you so much Fashionista. You're seriously too nice.
i was really touched by your kind words!

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! :)

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Hello 2010!

YAY! Hello Friends!
I'm missed you all so much!
It seriously was really tough not blogging for the last few weeks.
Thank you all for being so understanding about the break.
So... I have so much to tell you! ah!
I might need to video blog to fully fill you in ;)

But anyways! i'm back and ready to rock!
I've been writing music over the last few days. So relaxing!
I think i might post tomorrow, a song I just wrote yesterday...

The post today was one of my first concept paintings i did for Lancome.
It was a fun little concept to paint.
I liked how the snow globe turned out.

Oh, also, i had an idea to start a web channel named "Igor+André Channel"
So, i'm not sure how it's going to come together, and not sure who would be involved with it,
but hopefully, the idea comes together.
Oh me, oh my, i have so much to say, most i can't talk about yet!
Very exciting times! Happy 2010 :)