Now on Instagram

The digital world is evolving and tradional blogs are almost to slow. So I finally signed up on Instagram which seems to be the biggest social network for pictures right now. I already like it. Lot's of cool people sharing their work or just snapshots of nice things. Compared to this blog I also added some more menswear related themes. You may already know I am working with several brands who do vintage inspired fashion. For me it makes sense to support each other by tagging them in my outfit postings. Putting together an outfit can be compared to drawing a picture. You chose colors, textures and other elements that go with each other to create a harmonious (or clashing?) composition. But then again... this may be too far fetched and I am just vain. Haha.

If you want to stay in touch with my current work please have a look: Instagram: menswear_illustration

Free Projects / Music

Some free projects inspired by vintage sheet music covers. I often see those booklets on the fleamarket and although I don't really play an instrument (except guitar in a punk band when I was 17) I really love the cover artwork. So sometimes I buy them just to look at it. The colors are limeted and the shaped are bold and playful at the same time. The first picture is also a visual joke about detachable collars, which were common in the first half of the 20th century

Apache Gals

To understand the titel you might want to read more about Apache Dance. The name derieved from early 20th century parisian street gangs that were famous for their cruelty but also for their unique style. They appear to have been quite peacock-ish with their outfits.

The famous dance includes a fight between a gangster (or pimp) and a prostitute and became part of the popular culture of the first half of the 20th century. If you do a search on youtube you will find many movies with it ranging from comedies and musicals to crime flics. While I love the style of the costumes and the dance moves I felt uncomfortable with the violence against women thing. I decided to give it a twist and let the women fight back. Their attitude resembles Riot Grrl comics like "Tank Girl" now.

Yes, it still includes violence but if society still blames the victims of sexism if the don't defend themselves... well the guys were "asking for it", right?