More drawings of mine...

[olde_fashioned]

My second post of drawings that I've made. A small one this time, as I haven't had much time to draw recently, and that these were drawn after period fashion plates, out of library books, and I don't have any original images for comparisons. ;-)




This one came out kind of stripey from the scan, but it's a Regency-era dress in a blue-violet, and I did her hair in a style that's similar to the way I wear mine when I've had too much Jane Austen. ;-P


Pomona green this time -- which is basically period terminology for an ugly green! ;-P Her necklace is supposed to be coral; I copied it (again) from something I wear. When I'm designing costumes and such, sometimes I like to include something I own in the outfit.


I sketched this after an Ackermann's Repository fashion plate dated September 1, 1814. In the original, she was sitting by the sea with a telescope, presumably pining after her sweetheart who was away at sea. I changed the telescope to a book. After all, if one is going to do a lot of waiting, what better accompanyment than a good book?


I copied the above sketch (just in case!!) and then colored it. I have this in a frame by my dresser. Yes I know, isn't that awful?? But hey, I like it! ;-)

Comments

[penguinsrpals.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous work Lauren! The last one is my favorite! I wish I had your talent! But we all have our own! And yours apparently is drawing! :) ♥ Tiffany

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Tiff! :-)

[kungpaokitten.livejournal.com]

I love #3 and 4! So pretty.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[littleflower518.livejournal.com]

They are all beautiful, but I LOVE the last one!
Lindy

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thanks Lindy! :-D

[robertinbc.livejournal.com]

They are good drawings.I really like the last one.The first one is also nice too.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you, robertinbc! (I would address you by your Christian name, but I'm afraid I don't know it)

It seems the colored seaside sketch is the most popular!

[oldfashioned42.livejournal.com]

Ohhh! I like these! Very nice work :) I LOVE the shape of the first two. The necklines and sleeves on these are gorgeous and definitely worthy of reproduction!

Hey - maybe we should start our own company! You design the garments - and I'll sew them up for you! He, he, just kidding :)

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

*curtsies humbly* Thank you! And my mom does sew, so if I ever get around to making period clothes for myself, I certainly *will* reproduce some of my drawings!! ;-P

What, are you a seamstress?

[oldfashioned84.livejournal.com]

Wow, you are really talented, these drawings are so beautiful! I especially love the one with the pink dress.

Btw, I was in search of icons and I wound up coming across your journal today. I fell in love with your icons when I saw them, and I'm going to take some and comment/credit you.

I've also added you as a friend because we seem to have a ton and common and lots of similar interests! I hope you'd like to add me too. :)

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Yet another vote for the pink one. ;-)

I'm glad you like my icons! May I ask how you found me? I'm just curious, since I cross post a lot and I was wondering which communities bring me the most traffic.

Sure! *adds* I just peeked over at your journal and it does seem that we indeed have a lot in common.

My name is Lauren, BTW, and I just turned 21. You?

[oldfashioned42.livejournal.com]

Oh dear yes, I sew all the time. And if I'm not sewing, I'm thinking about sewing :)

Oh my - do you realize that there are now three of us with similar usernames? Lol :)

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

I can sew, but my mom's better. I like cross-stitching and crocheting, though. And jewelry making!! ;-P

Yessss!!!! Isn't it funny?

And here I thought I had come up with an original username! lol.

[oldfashioned42.livejournal.com]

I actually just posted a picture on my journal of one of my latest sewing endeavors. Your welcome to take a look if you like :)

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

*trots off to look*

[midenianscholar.livejournal.com]

Ohh! I love the last two, particularly. *pines after Regency dress*

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'd love to have a dress like that. ;-)

What is your icon from? I don't recognize it.

[midenianscholar.livejournal.com]

It's Mary Jane, from Spiderman (specifically Spiderman 3). Splendid movies if you ask me.

Oh, that's what I was going to ask. Do you have a site with Regency hair styles? Or did you just figure out how to do your hair like the first picture?

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Oh, I should have recognized her. *smacks forehead* I've seen the first two, but I can't believe I didn't figure it out!

I think Batman Begins is better than the Spidermans. ;-)

There is In Timely Fashion (http://www.intimelyfashion.com/hair/main.html) that has a couple of the more simple styles. But the hairstyle I drew is one I kind of half copied from Georgianna Darcy and Charlotte Lucas in P&P2, and half designed myself. ;-) Because my hair is so long (past my tailbone) and doesn't take curls easily, I had to come up with something else!

I'd be happy to try to explain it to you, if you'd like! :-D

[midenianscholar.livejournal.com]

I must say Batman's conclusion wasn't satisfactory for me. I forget exactly why now, but it was something like they made a lot of argument/defense of the bad guy and in the end it didn't feel that the good guy really won the argument. If that makes any sense.

Oh, that's a lovely site! If you feel like sharing the style that'd be nice, but not necessary. My hair is only to my elbow at this point. I'm hoping to get it to my hip, and then when I get sick of it I'll lop it off and give it to Locks of Love, then begin growing it out again.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Really? I don't know that I remember what you're referring to exactly. I always try to be aware of things like that, but perhaps I've missed something.

Oh, I'd be happy to! I can try to explain it to you here, and if I don't make any sense then I can try to draw it for you, if that would help you more.

I part my hair down the center of my forehead and all the way to the nape of my neck, as if for two pigtails. Then I make a second part, this time going across, from just about behind my ear, intersecting across the top of my head about 4 or 5 inches from the hairline, making a sort of quadrant of four sections. Clip one side's sections of hair out of the way while you're working on the other.

Pulling the hair back smoothly, braid each front section into a tiny "accent" braid and bind off. (each of these will be looped around the final bun for decorations later)

The larger portion of hair in the back I usually braid and wrap around into a regular bun, just high up on the back of the crown ala the Regency styles. After securing with pins, then take the two skinny accent braids from the front part of your hair and arrange them artistically around and across the larger bun. Usually I intertwine them once or twice and then make little loop like things out of them, and then tuck the ends under.

I hope that doesn't sound to daunting or confusing! Let me know if a drawing would make your life easier, or if I can explain anything better to you. ;-P

[midenianscholar.livejournal.com]

I think it was the whole mindset that human kind is a lost race and we're all evil so it'd be better if we all died. And sense that is very morbid, but rather acknowledged idea, it made it weighty. I think that sometimes it's easier to believe we're all animals and evil things rather than hope. In the end I didn't feel like I was walking away having emerged from a deep battle going, "It's true! We are good people!" Or whatever we were supposed to walk away feeling. (I also have discovered I am not the sort that likes horror to any extent. Not that Batman was horror, but the whole gas thing really freaked me out.)

I have to admit I didn't understand most of that. But I'm not the brightest when it comes to styling (my mom actually does most of it for me). I do think it might be interesting for you to post a post on, since there are certainly Regency fans watching you. :)

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

But that was Liam Neeson's character's point of view, IIRC. Batman kept insisting Gotham was worth saving.

I agree it was a little more morbid than some things, especially the Spidermans, but I like it better that way. It's more realistic and gritty. The gas scened could definitely be scary, though!! They certainly made me jump, the first time around. ;-)

Okay...I was afraid of that! I guess I'll have to work on a step-by-step sketch of it, since I can't very well do it on myself and take photos at the same time. ;-P

There are?

[midenianscholar.livejournal.com]

But I felt like Batman never really...I don't know...defend the idea. I mean, he won and saved the city, but I felt like we didn't get a good, strong--reason, if that make sense. Just as an example, Spiderman uses secondary characters (Uncle Ben, etc.) and speeches, thoughts and all to present the moral of the story and repeat it and carry it through. In Batman it felt like the bad guy had an argument on multiple levels, but Batman only had one, that people deserve a chance, but he never really dug deeper than that, which left his argument feeling shallow. (In my opinion, of course. And I only saw it once.)

I've got nothing against gritty-ness, and I like things to be realistic, but I need pay off, and I analyze things a lot so...yeah.

:)


Well, I don't know for certain but it'd make sense.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

I see what you mean now. You wanted them to present a logical oppositional arguement to the villain. I think they almost didn't need to -- Batman was pretty much like, you're wrong, and I'm not going to let you do that. Period. In a way it was kind of a similar idea to sparing the whole city for the sake of the few good residents.

We bought it for my dad for father's day so the next time I watch it I'll pay more attention.

I tend to over-analyze things as well. Only I usually keep my observations to myself. ;-)

Well! I must confess I hadn't thought of it that way. *looks around*

[midenianscholar.livejournal.com]

I suppose so. I guess part of me wants equal attention to both sides, and with just a put-my-foot-down response you don't get that as much.

My whole family shares our observations so I can be a bit outspoken. ^-^

Heheh.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Yes, I know what you mean. I don't like it when the bad guys are the heroes. I kind of think his character was supposed to be quiet and no-nonsense, so maybe they thought an iron response would indicate that? *shrugs*

Well, sometimes we do too, and I certainly would never be accused of lacking an opinion! But I don't always feel like explaining myself, when we disagree.

Okay, enough wondering. What, may I ask, is that lovely icon from? (here we go again -- it's probably something I've seen but am to stupid to recognize!!)

[midenianscholar.livejournal.com]

I suppose that makes sense.

I understand that. ;)

That lovely icon is my pride and joy. It's a stock icon, actually, so it isn't from a movie or anything, which makes it even more rare. *hugs it* (I'm probably the only person in the world who hugs their icons.)

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Oh is it really? That explains why I've never really had a clue what it's from. Okay, now I feel better! ;-)

And you're not even remotely the only one who hugs their icons!! I'm especially fond of a couple of mine, so I know the feeling. ;-)

[liskis.livejournal.com]

so wonderful pictures!!! especially first and second! On last two pictures Girl has too long hands I think, but they so skilfully too ))

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

LOL! Thank you! And I think you're right about her arms/hands being a little long...but that's better than short and stubby, right? ;-P

[liskis.livejournal.com]

oh, that's right:))

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

;-)

[anodiel.livejournal.com]

Very good! Better than what I can do! And hey, it's not awful to have your own favorite piece of art in a frame. I've some of mine in frames also.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm flattered at your compliments. And I'm glad you don't think me vain for enjoying my own work...

Do you ever draw period clothing?

[anodiel.livejournal.com]

I think artists should be able to enjoy their own work as well as enjoy doing what they do.

I used to, years ago. But mine are lame compared to yours. Yours looks professional, mine looked like child done them. Don't ask to see them, I long ago threw them out.

[sabrinafair2.livejournal.com]

I really like the second one. The shading and details are wonderful!

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you! ;-)

You may guess which era I'll be drawing in the near future!! lol!

[twilight-luvers.livejournal.com]

Utterly beautiful!

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! :-D

[pottyboutpotter.livejournal.com]

These are beautiful!

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you!