High Fashion in 8-Bit Graphics

High Fashion in 8-Bit Graphics




Inslee Haynes: Fashion illustrations. 

Inslee Haynes: Fashion illustrations. 




Fashionary Sketches by Kisty Mea As I mentioned in my earlier post, I got this sketchbook last September. This sketchbook is called Fashionary (LOL at my way of introducing a product…). What is Fashionary exactly? It’s a sketchbook made for fashion designers. Okay, I’m not a fashion designer but I enjoy sketching clothes that I will one day and hopefully make for myself. Why? Because not everything in retail stores will fit me. I can’t buy a one-piece jumpsuit because they’re too long for me (I know a lot of you petite girls out there experienced that kind of problem) or something. Plus, I wanted to sketch possible costumes I’d like to use in future shoots or Halloween parties (Alice in Wonderland shoot anyone?)! ;)  Anyway, I got this sketchbook from Avalon.ph and I remember how prompt their service was. Upon ordering, I even asked the quality of the paper because I didn’t want my pens to ink at the back. Jas, the owner, answered me in a very informative way and even gave me a discount because the A4 version just arrived. Informative and considerate. 

Fashionary Sketches by Kisty Mea

As I mentioned in my earlier post, I got this sketchbook last September. This sketchbook is called Fashionary (LOL at my way of introducing a product…). What is Fashionary exactly? It’s a sketchbook made for fashion designers. Okay, I’m not a fashion designer but I enjoy sketching clothes that I will one day and hopefully make for myself. Why? Because not everything in retail stores will fit me. I can’t buy a one-piece jumpsuit because they’re too long for me (I know a lot of you petite girls out there experienced that kind of problem) or something. Plus, I wanted to sketch possible costumes I’d like to use in future shoots or Halloween parties (Alice in Wonderland shoot anyone?)! ;) 

Anyway, I got this sketchbook from Avalon.ph and I remember how prompt their service was. Upon ordering, I even asked the quality of the paper because I didn’t want my pens to ink at the back. Jas, the owner, answered me in a very informative way and even gave me a discount because the A4 version just arrived. Informative and considerate. 




Dreamcatcher by Kisty Mea

Dreamcatcher by Kisty Mea




“You’re good at sketching but you don’t sketch a lot.”
— What my eight-year old sister told me a few months ago. 

It’s funny that it was my little sister who reminded me what I once love before computers and the Internet became to be. Sketching was my first true love and over time, it became an innate skill of mine; something that will never ever go away. Here are some of my old sketches that I’ve done this year, the ones I’m proud of. 

The first photo is a sketch of Miranda Kerr. I drew it on the day that bloody typhoon was busy flooding the stretch of Roxas Boulevard. The eyes, nose and lips were particularly the hardest ones to sketch though. I shaded it last night while watching Captain America. 

The second one is a very old drawing, like STATUS days old! I made that because intern, Paolo Geronimo, was urging me to draw and learn the basics of Adobe Illustrator. In fact, I showed you a rendered version before. 

Last but not the least, here’s an unfinished sketch of a girl I don’t even know. I used Barbara Palvin’s pose in this photo and made a completely different face. 




Here’s a random fact to all of you:I can sketch ever since I could remember and I rarely use sketching guides to draw my figures. But I stopped sketching for a certain period of time, it was Pao who encouraged me to draw again. I’m only posting this because I know some people saw it on Facebook already. I drew this when I was still working for STATUS. Paolo, one of the awesome interns in the art department, showed me his works and told me that I should draw again — both on paper and digitally. He taught me how to draw using Adobe Illustration and under his “tutelage”, this was my first ever work. I’m sure he’s reading my blog and I hope he’s so proud of me, haha! I still suck with the whole shading thing digitally but I had fun outlining each and every single strand of hair. Tough work. You might also wanna check out the crappy font I made, an acrylic painting of the black hole in my WTJ or my unfinished sketch of Miranda Kerr. :)

Here’s a random fact to all of you:
I can sketch ever since I could remember and I rarely use sketching guides to draw my figures. But I stopped sketching for a certain period of time, it was Pao who encouraged me to draw again.

I’m only posting this because I know some people saw it on Facebook already. I drew this when I was still working for STATUS. Paolo, one of the awesome interns in the art department, showed me his works and told me that I should draw again — both on paper and digitally. He taught me how to draw using Adobe Illustration and under his “tutelage”, this was my first ever work. I’m sure he’s reading my blog and I hope he’s so proud of me, haha!

I still suck with the whole shading thing digitally but I had fun outlining each and every single strand of hair. Tough work. You might also wanna check out the crappy font I made, an acrylic painting of the black hole in my WTJ or my unfinished sketch of Miranda Kerr. :)




Supermen - An Exhibition of Heroes 
16th September to October 2011 

Artist Ben Turnbull celebrates real life heroes, such as firemen and policemen who protect us everyday, in a collaged fragments of famous comic book idols. This is also to celebrate the bravery these heroes did during the 9/11 attacks. (Source)




Lady Gaga by Adrian Valencia




I found this while browsing through my Twitpic account. I can still draw anime girls but not as details as this one though. I think I drew this when I was still in the 6th grade, back when I crazy about Fushigi Yuugi.

I found this while browsing through my Twitpic account. I can still draw anime girls but not as details as this one though. I think I drew this when I was still in the 6th grade, back when I crazy about Fushigi Yuugi.
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