Doodles.

Thumbnails from working on designs for The Marriage of Figaro. The final design is going to be a mix between the 1950s and the 1780s. Fun Times.

Fight Attendants

I've been taking a television design class. Last week I worked on a airline stewardess themed roller derby team inspired by the show Pan Am.  Here are the Fight Attendants.

Aaaaarrrrgg! Pirate drawings.

I'm finally getting around to posting my sketches from last week's swashbuckling pirate themed drawing session.

I drive a scooter so I can't bring too much supplies with me when I go to these sessions. I can't really strap big paper tablets and an art board on my back, so I stick to 14"x17" paper or smaller and usually bring charcoal, water solvable graphite pencils and a water pen for blending.

{Swashbuckling pirate drawings by Hannah Greene }

Steampunk sketches.

 Last week I went to the best thing ever - themed figure drawing. Better yet, I went on steampunk night!

I haven't been drawing for a couple of months now (curse you carpal tunnel!) so I'm a bit rusty. It definitely helps being around other people with fun costumes, props and music to get in the creative spirit. And how awesome that model?

I made shirts.

For a Sally Beauty Supply commercial I handmade a bunch of shirts for the stylists. My cat Kipling was there to observe and criticize my work.

Although I was given a PDF of the logo but the image was too small so I recreated it via Photoshop. I then reversed the image and used Avery Light Fabric Transfer paper to print and iron the logo on 15 shirts.

You should definitely try some do-it-yourself iron-ons in the near future because it's super easy, costs $24 for an 18 sheet pack and they look pretty damn good. But there are a few things to keep in mind:

1) Cut the paper carefully. Whatever part that does not have your logo, it will be the white paper instead. I chose to do a rectangle box because I was transferring lettering and it gave it a clean look. You can barely the transfer paper on the white shirt though so no need to stress too much!

2) Be careful not to leave the iron on the fabric for too long (ie. don't do a mini-photoshoot while the iron is on the fabric) because it can singe the transfer paper and leave it looking yellow. 

3) Be prepared to spend a ton of money on this paper because you will be addicted and start an Etsy store with your own artwork transferred on t-shirts and tote bags.

 

{Kipling is not very pleased with my ironing skills}

Shakespeare in a pinch

It took a lot of sweat and tears but I managed to get this last set of costumes out for Twelfth Night. I had seven weeks to develop my nautical Twelfth Night but roughly two and a half weeks this time around. It's a slightly twisted modern take on the late 18th century. Somehow I managed to push through a creative block and although they still need some tweaking I'm thrilled with how they turned out. I was finally able to express my love of bold patterns and comically large wigs. I've been holding myself back on designing ridiculous wigs for a while and I just let it loose!