This is definitely one of the creepier sketches I have done. It is inspired by retro movie posters, and 70s/80s horror cult movies. I think the puffed-up hair is so cool! That, and the red dress. Despite their drawbacks (read: ridiculously high-waisted pants, strange patterns, and sad attempts at grunge), the 70s and 80s are a wellspring of fashion and cultural inspiration. I know I’m against the whole ‘re-using things that were done in the past’ movement .. But I like drawing inspiration and ideas from eras gone by, and re-using the ideas to for m completely new things. Ok, I admit this one is pretty much taken right out of the past – though the pic has a weird, sexually charged nature about it. I don’t think girl-on-girl horrorshow scenes this erotic would have ever made it into the mainstream in the past. Now I’m just digging myself into a hole, and not doing a very good job of defending why this sketch looks like the damn 80s!!! (though I am certainly making myself look like some sort of horrorshow fanatic…)
Anyway, without further ado. Over and out!
-FH