The Sketchbook

The Sketchbook

For an update of my life: I have just recently finished all of my exams for high school and I am officially done with my 13 years of schooling. The feeling is great, but there's a sense of emptiness. Perhaps, it's the fact that there's nothing else that I can really do. My mornings used to be so occupied with having to force myself to wake up early to go to school. Now it's waking up in the afternoon and reducing my productivity.

I decided I'd steer clear from that sort of black hole that could be the end of me. I haven't been constant with updating this blog or my other blog due to the busy month I had because of exams. So, I want to slide back into my routine or schedule to post every Friday. That allows me to get out of bed early at least once a week to create fashion sketches or illustrations to post here.

The Sketchbook

The Sketchbook

I thought I'd share some quick sketches of designs that I've just recently created. I figured since I wouldn't be able to turn every design I come up with into a fashion illustration, I might as well keep them nice and simple in a sketchbook.

I'm a bit worried though that people will steal these designs. That's probably the only downside of the internet. Nothing's completely safe. 

However, I still wanted to share this with you guys because it's an informal illustration - just raw ideas coming out of my head. There are no facial features or intricate details. There's just the pencil on paper that accurately captures the movement of my hands and my thinking process. These are simple shapes that create the starting point of a fashion design.

Philippine Culture

Philippine Culture

Media: Faber-Castell pencils, Pilot G-TEC 0.3mm black fineliner and Quill white A4 Multiboard

Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes

For my Visual Communication and Design class, we were told to create two folios and it was completely up to us what we wanted to design in each folio. I chose fashion design for folio 1 and architecture in folio 2. It was a fun project, but I wish I had more time to make my folio better. It's sad to say that the fun only really lasted a while. Once the teacher confirmed the date of our submission, it was a tragic journey from there on.
This is one of the three designs I created. It was inspired by the Philippine culture with the Santo Niño festivals and celebrations. I was influenced by the costumes that the dancers wore which reflected the religious beliefs of most Filipinos. I've been in love with the combination of red and yellow/gold for a while now, and I couldn't resist not using the combination as the colour palette of this design.
I also added some current fashion trends that I am in love with at the moment such as the black stiletto heels with ankle straps, as well as the milkmaid braids. I would definitely love to see this design come to life.