You & Me Forevermore - Love Series

Ali Michael in Teen Vogue March 2007, "Made in Japan"
Photographed by Nick Haymes
Styled by Havanna Laffitte
Song "C'est la vie C'est la mort" by The Civil Wars

Hey friends~!
How was your day?
Well I've been dying to do more painting for the my Series on Love,
and the other day I opened up my old inspiration Collage/Scrapbook.
It was there I re-stumbled upon one of my all time favorite images from Teen Vogue.
Seriously Ali Michael + TeenVogue is an amazing combo, and Ali has one of my favorite profiles.
I have to say i think this is my new favorite drawing.
Something about it that just has the perfect "love" vibe to it.
Right when i was finishing up drawing "C'est la vie C'est la mort" by The Civil Wars came on my speakers and i just felt it captured the picture so much i thought i would post the song too.

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Vlada Roslyakova - Vogue Nippon Beauty

Magazine: Vogue Nippon Beauty (September 2006)
Model: Vlada Roslyakova
Photographer: Ben Hassett

Hello Friends!
Well sorry for the long absence from posting.
I've been painfully swamped on projects, and have been working non-stop.
i'm really happy to show you this new painting.
I love Vlada & Vogue Nippon, and Ben Hassett's photo was incredible.
Just seemed like a perfect photo to paint.
I really hope you like it :)

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Lily Cole - Character Sketchbook 138

Hi, everyone! How is your week going so far?!
As usual, I am super busy haha
But I'm working on a project that
I am really excited about that I
can't wait to share with you all!

Today's post is another painting from my Character Sketchbook!
It is Number 138 and is of the Lovely
Lily Cole of IMG Models. As you may know,
Lily Cole is one of the models that I
learned to draw off of. So she has a
special place in my heart. Haha : )
What do you think? I hope you like it!

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Rumi & BryanBoy At Chris Benz

Morning!
I'm just getting rolling on the work for the day, but i thought i would throw a quick post up for you all. I was meaning to post this picture of my friends Rumi Neely of Fashiontoast & Bryanboy of Bryanboy.com, but i keep forgetting, so finally here it is. I really like how it turned out. The mood, their expressions and the colors of the picture all work together quiet well, i think. What do you think? Hope you like it. :)

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Melodie Monrose - Top Newcomers Series

Morning!
So.. I realized today that i got side tracked and i haven't finished posting all of the portraits i painted for Models.com's Top Newcomers Spring 2011. Sorry for that! So picking up with the Posting, today's model is Melodie Monrose. As i've mentioned in previous posts before i draw anyone, i really like to get a sense of who they are, so i will try to find interviews or videos and i will look through tons of pictures, because i think all the knowledge and feeling for the person comes out subconsciously in the portrait. When i was researching Melodie, all the comments and articles i read commented about her being such a pleasant soft spoken girl. When i looked up pictures of her, she had a gorgeous elegance, and one of the most beautifully natural smiles i've seen. Which made me especially excited about painting her portrait. I really like how it turned out. It is one of my favorites in the series. What do you think?

Also, how was your weekend? Mine was really good. My brother and i spend some time working on writing our book. The story is coming along. I'm shooting for a year & a half from now to have the book written... hopefully, we can finish it by then... ;)

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