Beauty Queens gift tins- Playful Promises

Logo (c) Playful Promises

I am really happy to say that Playful Promises now have released their new gift tins featuring my illustrations and they are now on sale here! 

There are 12 kinds, one for each month of the year and each set includes a different design of panties and the decorative tin. My personal favourite images are Miss February, April, August and October.

Sorry for this rather image heavy post but I want to show all the drawings. :)

(Photos of the tins are from the Playful Promises website)

Here they are, January - December in month order

A big thank you again to everyone involved at Playful Promises for giving me this opportunity and to my friend Fab for posing for me for reference.

2NE1 New Evolution + Playful promises beauty queen tins

Currently on their 'New evolution' tour, K-pop girl group 2NE1 have had lots of recent success and are set to take the world by storm! I am a huge fan and I hope they make it to the UK one day soon.

 I made this painting of CL based on the promo image released before their tour began. CL is wearing an amazing unicorn dress by designer Jeremy Scott.

And as mentioned a while back, I did 12 paintings for Playful promises last year and they released this teaser image today on their tumblr! :D looks as if they will be out soon! I'll update again when they're out and get some more photos. I can't wait to see them in real life.

And I have been made aware of yet another tattoo based on my Alice in Wonderland drawing. (This is the 9th version I have found! See the rest here)

Playful Promises gift tins preview

Playful promises recently updated their facebook with a photo preview of their new gifting tins with my illustrations on! (minus the top two 'circus' themed tins)

 They are not in full production yet or on sale in shops, but they should be later on this year! (12 designs in all) Each tin contains a pair of knickers! how cute! 

Image Source: Playful Promises official facebook

My 'teaser artwork' for this commission can be seen here here and here. 

Playful Promises Teaser 4

Teaser number 4 of my work for 'Playful Promises'

It's nearly all completed, only a few more finishing touches to do and to edit!

One member of staff at Playful Promises is the extremely talented and gorgeous Anna Swiczeniuk who is also my dear friend and was my housemate for 2 years.

Check out her photography, modeling and Marketing work for Playful Promises on her:

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Also the boutique is having a tumblr giveaway where you can win £100 worth of goods! go here to see how to win!

Playful Promises Teaser 3

Teaser number 3 of my work for 'Playful Promises'

more to come soon!

(Oh and if you found this blog through a website called 'Gothise.com', please contact me somehow and let me know where exactly the link has been posted. I am not a member of the site and I can't seem to figure out why I am getting so many hits from there! I'd like to know who or what is promoting me. Thank you! )

Playful Promises TEASER 2

Another teaser of my work for 'Playful Promises'

Once again, this 'teaser' artwork is not necessarily final and might end up being changed, edited throughout the project.

These sketches are just bases for the inking and painting that is the next step of the process.

more to come soon!

Playful Promises TEASER

In my last update here I mentioned I was doing some artwork for 'Playful Promises'

Now the deadline is a pretty quick one, so for the last couple of days I have been getting some ideas down and starting some preliminary sketches. 

(A big thank you to my friend Fabianna who helped me by agreeing to pose for me for some reference)

Here's a small teaser of just some of the stuff I've been doing:

'Playful Promises' Teaser

Of course, not all this 'teaser' artwork is not necessarily final and might end up being changed, edited, or scrapped altogether during the process with the client, but once the project is finished, I can show you all the artwork fully, and anything that was taken out as a bonus. 

More teasers to come soon!

Playful Promises

I am very excited to say that I have recently been asked to produce some artwork for 'Playful Promises' who describe themselves as 'A London-designed brand which mixes quirky, directional design with all things playful, flirty, and even a little bit dirty. Our sumptuous collections consist of corsets, bras and panties, quirky gifts and swimwear.'

I am not going to reveal any final artwork until they have officially released it themselves and the project is completed, but I will be able to tease you with some work in progress through the duration of the project.

The theme of the project is currently a secret!

They really do sell some amazing products and are managed by some lovely people too!
so check out the links below.

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Their boutique is found at:

136 Bethnal Green Road

London

E2 6DG

UK

Lady Gaga 'Drawn This Way' and 'Free as my Hair'

This month I have entered VMagazine's 'Drawn This Way' contest!

Here is my entry:

Not sure when the winners are being announced but I am keeping my fingers crossed!

Whilst we are on the subject of Lady Gaga, I also have been slowly building up this image of Lady Gaga's hairstyles, inspired by her song 'Hair' from her album 'Born this way'.

It's sort of an endless project, as I've only got up to a certain point (plus I need to go back and add more that I've missed in-between!) and Lady Gaga changes her hair nearly everyday, so this can go on and on! These styles are in as best chronological order as I can get them (I hope!) I had to research a lot to try and get them in them right.

These only go up to mid June this year, I have so many more to add just from the last few weeks, I better get a move on!

Fashion Illustrations for Amelia's magazine

A few weeks back I did two fashion Illustrations for Amelia's magazine which you can see in this article here:  Royal College of Art: Fashion Design Graduate Show 2011 review. Womenswear

here are the two images:

Philipp Schueller collection

Sarah Seaton-Burridge collection