A Diva's Best Side

I love at lot of the really exaggerated poses I've seen models do over the years. The best poses are from years ago. 


I'm thinking 50's - 70's era. The models always seemed to truly know how to emphasize form, mood and fit.


And they always had a 'best side.'  Although from what I've seen . . .

. . . ANY side of a diva is her BEST side!

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Progress . . .

So the new illustration is still in progress.


So far it's gone from this:

To this:

She's still a draft.  I still want to incorporate a couple of ideas.  I'm leaning toward a cat.  Poodles are so typical.  

I want to give it some more energy.  I'm thinking the legs could be exaggerated for the energy I'm trying to capture.

However, I don't want to clean it up too terribly much.  It needs to stay loose and whimsical.  

I'll be visiting peeps and fam in Atlanta this weekend.  This will probably take longer than I originally planned.  But once I get my mind set on something, it gets done when it gets done. 

And it's always worth it!

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Perfect Imperfections

I was ansy.  I picked up a cheap ink pen on my desk, whipped open an old stenobook, and doodled.  I realize today that doodling is practically self-medication.  It's like an adderall or ritalin substitute.

Anyway, here's the result:

This is a semi-raw doodle.  The raw doodle that inspired her is here:

Literally I dreamed her up.  I used my mind's vision as a reference.  And I doodled like crazy before the reference vanished.  


Half of the Doodle Divas I draw require a model/reference.  Then there are these divas that are complete figments of my imagination.


No woman can really stand, walk, sit or position and contort her body in the manner my imagination dreams up:


1- Their hair defies gravity, (and hairspray), in extreme vertical loops.  
2- Their arms, when extended, practically graze the floor.
3- Their legs are as long as stretch limos.
4- Their necks are longer than most giraffes.
5- Their hips have severe angles so sharp they could slice steel.
6- Their heads are like lollipops atop space needles.


THEY'RE COMPLETELY OUT OF PROPORTION!  


In other words . . . 


They're perfect!  :-)