LPM

Going to be attending this Sunday.
Watch out for me.
I'm nervous. Wish me luck.

Old Portrait

Self-Portrait. Charcoal. 2010.

I did this in 2010 for a class. I thought I had posted it on
the blog. Whoops.

I struggle with charcoal so I was really proud of myself when I did this
drawing.

iPad Skins Ad + Photo Shoot Video

Hi!! 

I know I've been sparse with posts but it's because of... this!

I've been pretty stressed out lately but it's cool.

So I present to you 

my art on your iPads!
Very soon(about a week) they will be available on
Blackberries and Mac Laptops.

By the way I've opened a new Facebook page.

 I'm going to delete the old one so if you've been following

me please like this new page.

While I was doing the photo shoot  I

asked my brother to film it. Below is the photo shoot video.

I had so much fun with my cousins. (You can tell by how much

I was laughing!)

Camera Man: My bro

Edit: Me

 Special thanks to: Bro, Koye, Miss Mo, Simi, & Toyosi.

Photography: Me

Below are some of my favs from the shoot.

Don't they look too cool?

Stock Lists

Designs Current and upcoming

Have a great weekend peops!

The Red-Marked Clan

 

 Watercolour. 23" x 17".

 
Sorry guys. Haven't done a painting in a while. Finally
had the time to get this done.

I didn't like the painting at first. There was something missing.
I added the red marks on their cheeks and it was a wrap.
They look bad-ass. 

The lady in the middle was inspired by this picture of Marilyn Monroe.

Have any of you guys watched My Week With Marilyn?
I think Michelle Williams did a pretty good job. I still don't think
she was absolutely perfect for the role because at certain points of the movie 
I believed she was Marilyn and then sometimes I saw Michelle W. 
It's not that she didn't act well it was just 'cause I know the actress.
 I would have preferred someone unknown.

I still enjoyed the movie though.  Go watch it.

Are any of you guys movie freaks? 
I love movies. 
 

Answering Questions

Eniola asks:
I have a question... I started drawing a lot more (as per fashion illustrations), I notice that I usually get the left side of the lip right but the right is ALWAYS off, it takes me at least 7-10 more attempts on such a small feature. Seeing that it's your specialty, any tips?  

Okay, my first advice is when you are drawing the lips do not draw them as the left and the right side.
Think of them as the top and bottom. I think that's the main problem and if you start thinking of it
in that way most of your problem is already solved. Now I'm going to explain how
I think of the lips and how I draw them. This how a teacher taught me.

Think of the basic shapes of the lips not  just the outside of them but inside

as well.

  The top has three basic shapes.

 And the bottom has two.

 Once you've gotten that, then draw your outline/ shading.


Then finally erase your basic shapes and there you have it.
  I know I went a "tad" bit overboard, but it was fun to illustrate.
 Hope I helped Eniola.

Onyxsta asks:
 I want to ask when you started drawing/painting and what you love most about art?

I started when I was a little girl about 6-7 years old. But I didn't continuously drawing and practicing
till I was about 17-18 years old. What I love most about art is that strong feeling, that connection
I have with someone else because we share the same emotion that artwork brings.


Eve asks:
I happen to not get it would you still paint a portrait of me? lol! 

 Lol. I really wish I could. ;)


I absolutely loved reading about you guys!

 It was so funny and I had smiles each time I read about a random thing about yourselves. The most random one to me is Michelle's obsession with elephants. That's pretty cool too though. What interests me about elephants is their loyalty and family bonding to one another. I think it's beautiful.

Danielle I looked through your work and it's interesting how you capture this innocence of your subject. I  too hope we get to work with each other some day.


Okay since you guys shared something random I'm gonna share mine...
I don't like plain bar chocolate but I like chocolate cake.
Weird right?

[picture source]

The Winner is....

Cake and Socks!

You are the winner of the free portrait giveaway!!

 Please contact me at modechronicles[at]gmail[dot]com 

so we can start on the prize.

Thank you to everyone that took part in the giveaway.

n.b Unfortunately Anonymous didn't make all the requirements to be

valid for the competition, so I couldn't add him in the giveaway. 

I hope though we do bump into each other some day in the busy life

of Lagos. (you seem to know quite a bit about me)