Another drawn shirt from Oakland, a big old house that is not quite falling down. I used blue ink on a cotton/spandex women’s tank. Again, I chose to put on just one house around the front/side, with it barely reaching the back.
This is the first time I’ve worked on really stretch fabric, and even if it is a lot more time intensive, the way the drawing morphs with the body is a lot of fun. I know I need to take some shots of the shirts in action, on an actual human, maybe I will lure some friends into a base life of modeling.
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago at 1:49 pm. Add a comment
One of my favorite little corners of Oakland — Oakland Avenue, off of Forbes, where “Absolutely No Ball Playing Allowed”. Also Featured — Uncle Sam’s Gourmet Subs, Joe Mama’s Diner, Sneakers thrown over the electrical wires, and that creepy Coca Cola mural lady…
I drew this over the course of one long afternoon in the Fall, and now finished it up as an actual shirt. I had taken a giant cotton tshirt, cut it up into a blouse pattern, and then used a former stocking for the collar/strap border. It’s a little swing shirt, hits right above the hips, and moves well. More Oakland shirts to come!
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago at 11:35 am. Add a comment
I love riding the PAT T through Beechview any time of the day, but especially when the rangy brick houses are lit up for December. The best parts are the mammoth porches, they are the big curious mouths to the house’s face — two second floor windows for eyes, a peak of tiles for some green hair, a long flight of stairs for the neck.
So I started drawing some of my favorite houses onto shirts — this shirt comes from Johanna, from Berlin, and it’s the nicest shirt I’ve drawn on — a finely stitched silk. I was a bit nervous to touch the pen to it, but a few cups of coffee later I could hardly stop.
I’m not sure whether I’m finished here yet, I’ll let this one sit and see if I want to add anything further. But I like the one house, most of it on the side of the shirt. It’s not too overwhelming, and the blue and the white play nicely together.
Posted 2 months, 4 weeks ago at 10:42 am. 1 comment
