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Yes I do own a calendar and I am not going over the deep end or anything like that. I have just come to realise that I see my new year just after Carnival. For me, that is when I have a lot of creative energy flowing.  This usually comes from all the Carnival hype, good and bad I always find something great to take from it whether it is the pure orgy of colours or simply the happiness of people.

I dealt with a lot of crap last couple months that I may look back someday and laugh over. Usually I can handle my shit but I think I got blindsided. The people around you choose them carefully for they are the ones who will help you when you fall. I am lucky and thankful for that.

Moving on I wanted to get this little guy out of the way. It is a bit of a warm up for me and I am feeling excited about working again. Here’s to a great year!

Some process images and my inspiration are after the jump.

I was inspired by this costume from Disnep Universe MMO game. and wanted to do my own take on it.

For me it felt like I was not doing anything fun just for me a while back illustration wise so I just hashed it out, I like a very graphic light illustration and this is what I tried out to create.

A deconstructed Jacket I did some months ago

Takes a deep breath.

Since people may be asking my views lot for the  next few days ( weeks).

I give Anya she win. I eh even vex about it, is a path that she took upon herself to walk and it paid off for her, well done!

The TV show is a TV show, and she was the right story for it. Plus her timing is good, the fashion industry, and by extension, the art world is looking for fresh new stars. I believe the Caribbean is ground zero for that. She is creative and her graphic design background plus her traveling and building her clothing line over the last few years was quite an arsenal.

Then again, is not about Anya, is it?

It’s about the society remembering that we should rally behind all creatives we have locally after next week Thursday when the show is no longer on air. That is the hard part. From Grassroots to Government Legislation we need to push it wholesale and really rally behind our industry.

Artists/creatives too need to step up. I heard there is a fashion school in Trinidad.

The work now start. We have 15 minutes.

Let the light shine through

The Crack