Motherhouse

Hanabira Collection

Japanese: http://www.mother-house.jp/

English: http://www.mother-house.jp/en/

R.I.P. Alexander MacQueen

I miss him so much... My prayer will be with his family and friends...Thank you so much for the wonderful inspiring work and great influence on everyone all over the world... Mr. MacQueen, you are surely missed by many... I love you.

MARNI Resort 2010

www.marni.com

Experimental Candy Blood

looked better in my head...

having good friends and extremely supportive husband are one of many ways to deal with the fear. today, one of my friends gave me an excellent advice for the importance of practice on drawings or any kind of creative works. "creativity just doesn't come from out of nowhere. you just have to keep up with your hard work until you truly become a creative person.", she said. those words sank in my heart and fueled my passion. before the fire put out, i urgently started to search for the inspiration for today's sketch. there it was, the video about a clown hit by an icecream truck, and disgustingly ripped his stomach apart with his blood flowing out on the ground. well, yeah, it does seem pretty nauseating at this point, but the only thing is that the blood from his stomach was a cascade of many different candies. it was so disturbing, but cute at the same time. how can i pass that up? the sketch is my version of the clown composed of sweet blood. how did you like my experiment?

FEAR

the level of my self-esteem toward my dream...

mind trip from hintmag

http://www.hintmag.com/shoots/multi/mindtrip/mindtrip.html

fear is the biggest enemy for everyone. it is my turn to learn how to defeat that fear in me for the first time in my life. i tell you, first time for everything... what is this? why do i feel like i cannot even move one foot forward than the other? not even one step?? it feels as if my feet were laid completely flat on the ground with 1,000 tons of leaden chain wrapped around my ankles... it's just not movable! that one step seems the hugest stride that i could ever imagine possible. because of this pathetic reason, i stayed away from sketching, sewing, posting new blogs, and to make matters worse, away from clothes... i completely blocked out everything. i really started to wonder if i have what it takes to become what i want to be... i am truly experiencing that fear is not from above. i really need HIS help to defeat this mess. i wanted to be bluntly honest in the blog at least... i thought that this confession could bring something good in me... courage and confidence, perhaps?

A little warm up

it's been a long time since the last time i updated my blog... i just can't believe how fast the time goes by. Thanksgiving is around the corner. thanks to God, the reason why i was busy was to have a chance to help my friends and family. i just love when they feel loved by what i can offer. when they feel loved, i feel more loved! don't you agree that's the spirit of volunteering? "love" only cares for joyful giving!

going back to fashion, i felt rusty, but drew the girl with a 90's inspired jacket, of course with shoulder pads! the jacket actually exists in my closet. (it's all about oversized 90's jacket these days.) one of my friends bought it for me from a thrift store. ♥ i let the girl wear it this time. i gotta buckle down to update my blog about more sketches, sewing projects and volunteer experience.

milk-tea-shirt

this girl was high maintenance.

my friend and i were hanging out, and out of nowhere, looking for each other's high schools online. then, we both remembered and shared our good and bad uniform memories in japan. my friend was describing how her uniform was a dress and a shirt, while the common looks were two pieces with a jacket and skirt. that right there, it was enough to catch my attention, but more exciting thing happened when she said about the color of the shirt... it was "milk-tea color." oh, how cute it sounds! "milk-tea" right then and there, i had to draw a sketch based on her "milk-tea" uniform. (it took forever to draw the girl. at least i found out the illustrator is not for sketches...)

there is a hungry commander

i ♥ the style of the scketch

great lines

almost a crime to be this cute

creative jucer

i sometime get this urge to go to a bookstore, which majority of the time, it's a signal from my brain commanding me to satisfy his cravings for different worlds. whenever that happens, everything i see or read becomes delicious meals to my starving commander. after all the meal, he starts to digest all of the inputs, and mold them up to his own thoughts and ideas for me! he will be quiet for a while... i share a couple of pictures with you, which amusingly tickled my senses. enjoy!

LA COUR DES REVES

MARNI s/s t-shirt

MARNI shorts

MARNI l/s dress

MARNI boots

MARNI broach

i'm a fan of MARNI on facebook. one of the fans sent me this link.

i love anything surreal. that sense of the world speaks to me deeply to my heart; dark, magical, girly, and yet content.the sum of the feelings are where I belong to...inspirationally soothing, quietly peaceful. the whole video accurately translates the entire collection this season.MARNI is my heart!

"Marni presents the new video for the FW09 collection:
La Cour des Rèves, a dream of an imaginary world that evokes surreal moods, snapshots of moment to remember, places of the soul.

Introducing a world where classic elegance becomes contemporary."

www.marni.com

Give a little Motion

surprise! she is coming alive! today's lesson was to give her a little life in her. Excuse for her nakedness, but she can move a little now. oh, i know, it doesn't look as great as it should. she will come out much prettier after maybe, 100 sketches just like that! phew.. it never ends. but i gotta tell you, i would die for her legs!

Little Progress?

Inspired by The Little Prince and Marni

after suffering bad migraine for two days, i was so ready to get back on practicing on sketches. i've gotten much faster to sketch out constant 9 head figures. outfit du jour is mixed feelings of "The Little Prince" and Marni. it is still a long way to go, but great to see some progress on drawings. as much effort as drawings, i do need to get back on looking through beautiful high end clothes to cultivate my sense of style...

the finishing line

sketching without guidelines, and on the computer.

as much as i would like to sew and sketch everyday, sometimes, the schedule does not agree with the will of my earnest heart.(yes, i did call myself earnest. hope you have no problem with that.) it's been a week since the last time i even looked at the sketch book. nooo! well, anyway, i changed up my training plan today. this time, i promised myself not to let the guidelines direct me where my pencil goes like last week. at first,i was much nervous looking at the blank-white-nothing. i felt like a lost child, desperately looking for her parents. after good minutes of staring　at the white blank, i helplessly started my first line... a head, shoulders, waist, hip..... finally the toes, the finishing line! I have not felt so accomplished for a long time. it actually made me feel good enough to move on to another project. i decided to draw the figure on the computer, and even put some clothes on her! doesn't she look warmer? Her skirt is inspired by this dirty lanterns hanging from my neighbor's window. its picture stuck in my brain for whatever the reason, they looked so sad and tired, but in a way, pretty. this is my first girl with colored clothes for you.

practice, practice, practice.....

practicing consistent 9 heads figure...

practicing drawing the suit front view below.

i met a girl who actually graduated from a fashion school, and had an internship with Stella McCartney. YES! you heard it right. "THAT" Stella McCartney.

one afternoon, over a cup of decaf soy latte, she was giving a counseling for this newly aspiring fashion designer. her real life stories came with one striking tale of the industry.

"sketch. sketch. sketch. sketch out all of your ideas.", she said. i puzzled and asked, "how about pattern making? what about sewing skills?" she continues, "some brilliant designers, all they do is to give out ideas!" deep down somewhere in me, i already knew the ideas were everything, but didn't give that much credit to it. her consultation definitely opened up another door to keep me going, and possibly the best kept-secret yet in the industry as well. sketch, sketch, sketch....

a very first project

for those who are interested in the skirt...

http://www.readymade.com/projects/article/drawstring_skirt