Stained Glass Collection - Design 3

Stained Glass Collection

Media: Copic Markers, Faber-Castell pencils, Pilot G-TEC black fineliner and Quill white A4 Multiboard

Time: 2 hours

This is by far the longest time I have ever taken to draw a complete fashion illustration. I guess it's been a while and I lacked practice.
The collection hasn't been completely abandoned, although finishing it is taking longer than expected. It was in early May this year when I started, and I swore I'd finish it in like a month.
I'm determined to finish this collection since there were a few ones that I abandoned, for example, the Queen Couture Collection. I still like to tell myself from time to time that I just took a break from it - a long break - and I'm going to finish it in the future. However, it's an undeniable fact that there's no way I'm really going to complete that collection. The idea was great at that moment, and I still think it has potential, but none of the dresses I designed fit what I had initially imagined the collection to look like. (That's a whole different story though) For this one, I'm working my way through to completing it, and it might be taking more time than necessary, but as long as I finish it.

Stained Glass Collection - Design 2

Stained Glass Collection

Media: Copic Markers, Faber-Castell pencils, Pilot G-TEC black fineliner and Quill white A4 Multiboard

Time: 1 hour and 40 minutes

I am only on the second design of the collection and so far, it's been going great. It saddens me, however, that it's taking me what seems to be like forever to complete a single illustration. With the end of the first semester coming up, things need to be handed in and assessed. That means, exams.
I usually don't like to talk about exams and school on any of my social media accounts since it's such a cliché excuse when I haven't been able to update anything. I've used it so many times, even I don't want to hear about it any more, but things have been very hectic and stressful lately that I figured a short rant might just be able to calm me down.
I could wish for more time, however, I honestly just can't wait to finish the year.  In fact, I want time to go faster than the speed of light. The end of the year would mean the end of my high school life and a chance to start anew - to start fresh. Who knows what I'm going to be in the future, but I just know I won't ever be the same person I am today.

Stained Glass Collection - Design 1

Stained Glass Collection

Media: Copic Markers, Faber-Castell pencils, Pilot G-TEC black fineliner and Quill white A4 Multiboard

Time: 1 hour and 20 minutes

I am currently working on a mini collection that I hopefully would expand into a bigger collection, but that depends on my progress. To be honest, I feel like a hipster saying that I used church windows and stained glass in a few of my old designs. I'm not saying that I invented this trend because I didn't. I guess people tend to find inspiration in the same places.
For this collection, I plan to use mosaic as the main print or pattern for the dresses. It's a different take on the Baroque trend since I feel like I've used the gold detailing on red or blue or black fabric too much that I don't feel so inspired by it, instead, I start to hate the trend. So I decided to take a different route with the Baroque prints. On the more high end side of fashion, this trend is very elegant that plays with simplistic patterns, however, in retail stores at my local mall that targets teenager girls, this trend contains very busy prints. I combined both of those characteristics in this design. Church windows as the print adds pops of colour to the dress but at the same time keeping it simplistic and minimal.
I'm not quite sold with the shoe design. I tried to steer away from my usual black platform heels, so I used a burgundy colour that works the colour blocking trend with bright yellow laces.

Have a nice day :)