a sketch a day backlog . . .

I started my 'a sketch a day' project way back when I was getting my portfolio ready for interviews but since getting a place at Westminster and what with all the hassle of the final major project . . . Well, lets just say that I let it slip. I've just realised that I hardly uploaded any of the drawings from that project so I'll keep posting them.

Here are a few of my favourite fashion illustrations:

All illustrations done in pencil, black fineliner and water colour.

final major project (part 1) . . .

My ideas for the final project have developed mainly around my family's Scottish heritage and the way different clans have their own unique tartans. I love the way people say that they have their family tartan when they are thoroughly Southern and have had nothing to do with Scotland for generations and part of my project is about creating a tartan or garment that actually reflects you rather than long dead ancestors.

At the moment I have been wrapped up in pleats of all kinds, and while I appreciate that spending hours researching deep knife pleats and wondering about the merrits of the box pleat as opposed to the double box pleat is not everyone's cup of tea, I am thorouhly enjoying it!

Have been looking at Thom Browne's s/s 2012 collection for pleating inspiration.

life drawing . . .

I especially like doing quick continuous line drawings of people waiting for trains, they all seem to have to same stance as they look up at the arrivals board searching for their train.