2007 - Jane Marple

These two sketches were created with the clothing brand Jane Marple in mind for a tribute site I was creating. I lost most of the files when my computer crashed. If you look hard you can find the site that I had uploaded at saicoink.com though. I thought it was kind of over indulging so I never posted the link elsewhere. I highly doubt anyone really visits the main site anymore. Speaking of which I need to work on some updates and writings.

One of the themes of Jane Marple is the British monarch. Last year during the 2007 winter collection there was an entire gobelin jacquard with a royal motif with throne and scepter in the pattern as well as a more grown up collection that commemorated the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. This year there are some knits and socks featuring the Union Jack that are pretty sweet but I can't imagine getting away with wearing them in this country. D: That's too bad. In the past Jane Marple has also released cloth crown hats! I hope they release some again someday soon. I want to buy one even though it might be a bit impractical.

Jane Marple releases sailor motif items almost every year even the pieces aren't the main feature for that collection. I think I like sailor type clothes because of the clean lines (and I just like uniforms maybe? ^^;).

I finished the freetalk for the Reborn doujinshi. I'm really happy since I am using a brush pen for the inking and that's going really well. I want to try out more brush pens for fun. Working in black and white is a lot of fun. I can't think in color. My drawing and inking has improved a bit since my last project. *_*

MILKBOY Spring/Summer Collection 2008

Do you guys remember Gilles?  He was wearing this cool t-shirt in a sketch a few months back, and I was finally able to buy the shirt!!! The label is MILKBOY, and though the clothes are for men, there are some clothes that are cut so that even a woman can wear them.  I don't ever talk about clothes on this blog and this is probably the last time unless one of my sketches features clothes that exist in the 3-D world but I really wanted to share this with you guys.

The shirt is see-through (like X-ray!!) so I have to wear something underneath.  It is really light fabric but the ink used to print the bones and heart is kind of thick.  It's an interesting combination.  The cut of the sleeves is also neat.  They don't sit at the actual shoulder.  A side of the shirt can be pulled up but I haven't figured out how to tie the ribbon yet so that it looks cool enough.  

Apparently MILKBOY used to worn by people like John Lennon and David Bowie back in the day.  Now the designs are kind of like cool club wear that is combined with hip-hop and punk influences, and the people who wear MILKBOY would probably like to go clubbing listen to things like Justice and other kinds of new dance and electronic music.  The T-shirt designs are always really tongue-in-cheek and very interesting.  Sometimes they take the same fabric or designs used for the MILK label that is targetted to young women and make different designs and styles cut for men.  Sometimes these clothes end being much cooler than whatever was released for MILK.