Tablet Play

Tablet tablet tablet! I finally got a tablet. The Wacom Intuos 4 to be more specific. However, due to the fact that my Macbook is a little very fracked up, it has been extremely frustrating running photoshop and the tablet. Right now, I am holed up in the computer lab on the fashion floor and I'm pretty sure this is my new haven. I am currently staring at 27 inches of luxury~...and then I am going home to my 13 inches of a Lag-book. 

Anyways, I just spent my Friday afternoon playing with Photoshop and I thought I would share what I came up with! 

I'm pretty satisfied with it, what do you guys think? 

Happy weekend everyone :3

Drawings of Fashun

Last official day at work!

I'm excited to have some free time before I go back to Hong Kong but, also a wee bit sad to leave. Working at Zen Wu Design has definitely helped me narrow down my choices of courses at school. Still going to stick with illustration but, I have decided to switch my ceramics class for a Visual Com. class. Hopefully it won't be as boring as Intro to Viscom?

On another note, I guess I'll have to save Multilevel Fashion Illustration for next semester :/ I still have my mound of Science and Social Studies credits to finish and squeeze into my schedule. Poo.

Here are some of my favorite pieces from Fashion Illustration last semester. Just marker and pen, 30-45 minutes with a live model. I actually prefer the under drawings (on the right) that are like a preliminary sketch I put under the final to get the "feel" of the piece first.

I shall be off now!...to watch some more Olympics and slack off on my last day hehe

Oh and I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before but I finally updated my portfolio site. It is still kind of messy and well...filled with random stuff but check it out anyways :) 

www.cargocollective.com/adelinechong

 xx

Sunflowers and Songs

Lets see, it's Friday night and what am I doing? Embroidering on chiffon and trying to create a sense of "nostalgia" with Fleet Foxes playing in the background. Fashion parttyyyyyyyyyyyyy! but its okay, I like embroidery and I like Fleet Foxes so no loss there. Liking the fashion program?...hm gotta think about that for a bit first.

On another note, by-golly Rodarte Spring/Summer 2012. wow. okay, only partial wow. 

BEECUZ 1. Parts of it was inspired by Van Gogh so it had to be amazing and 2. sea foam blue/green and yellow are just sososo fabulous together.

As for the rest of the collection...i'm not such a big fan of the metallic purple and green together.

Here are some of my favorite pieces!

check out the whole show ^

and then my new songsession (songobession tehee)

lovelove

Le Return and...Marit Fujiwara

YES school has started. As much as I was loving summer, there was only so much I could do to keep myself entertained everyday. So, Chicago, round 2! 


Me the first two weeks: "I'm so bored already, psh I picked easy classes" 


Me last weekend+yesterday: "FUCK, I can't do this." 
^Referring to fashion and the three straight days I spent on my 100 over sketches,fabric manipulations and concept research for just Project 1. Thats...basically how I see all my weekends from now on, WHEEE. On a happier note, it's also been great getting back to sewing and sketching and artsy stuffs. I'm doing project 2 on John Lennon and the Vietnam War, I'll post stuff after the crit next Monday :)


Anyways, I also came across Marit Fujiwara's BEAUTIFULbeautifulbeauuutiful textiles today while looking for fabric manipulation techniques. Can I just say that her collection makes my stuffed and bleach dyed fabric look like...dung? 


Fujiwara is a recent grad of Chelsea College of Art and Design and her graduate collection "WOUND" is just stunning. Take a look! 

Check out more of her work on her Flickr here!

Setareh Mohtarez

I am in love!...with Setareh Mohtarez and her Brightness Dawn collection (from 2009). It is just absolutely stunning. The shapes, the structures, the colors and the PRINT. Oh, the print. Okay, well I admit using space imagery and stars was kind of (very) hipster of her but I mean, it is so beautiful, who even cares. AND the collection is so beautiful its almost so sad that the name Brightness Dawn reminds me of Twilight.

Anyways, the now NYC-based designer studied at the Antwerp Royal Academy and since the debut of her award-winning collection, started her Eponymous label. 

Her collection makes me want to go into fashion <-----> that much more. Truly an inspiration to how fashion and art mingle. So much respect right now.

 

Visit her website www.setarehmohtarez.com :)

Au Revoir!

Off to not sleep and be a normal art student...yezzz.  

Resurrection!

Hello all! 


It has definitely been a while since I've posted. I apologize to the very very few people that read my blog, but thanks for reading anyways :)...or skimming.


So, lets see, hell month is FINALLY over. Thank god! AND there is only 4 weeks left of school, yesyesyes. The opening for Artbash was yesterday and I am so glad I was able to do an installation...despite its horrible location at the end of the hallway. I didn't get to take pictures of it yet but once I do, I will post them! 


OSO, I got into the Fashion Department!Wheee, my life is over for the next 3 years. Despite the fact that my personal life will cease to exist and I will probably rarely eat a proper meal at home, I am nonetheless excited to be in the program! (hopefully I will lose some weight with the, too busy to eat and think thing). 


The last month of school should be alright, I hope. I'm still at the thinking stages of all my final projects so i'm not in panic mode...yet. It will soon come, soon. but till then, I shall blog about my life, sleep for 2/3's of a day and eat ice cream (don't judge, I deserve it after hell month).


 This month: 
1. PACKING! (I'm so bad at packing and spring cleaning it's not even funny; I am a hoarder4lyfe) 
2. Final projects!! For Core studio, we're making costumes for a parade. Totally random but hey, we're in art school!
3. INTERNSHIP: Mymymy, if I don't get an internship in Shanghai i'm gonna be one sad potato. I'm planning to email some fashion designers, PR houses for graphic design, galleries and this one company called Neocha. Check out their website www.NeoCha.com (contemporary Chinese art just gets meh so happy) 
4. Vacation planning!!!


Okay picture sharing time. Just some stuff from the last month or so :)

Edited/new shots of my previous Fibers project

Rope we made in Fibers

(sorry for the poorly taken picture, I lost the drawing and this is the only one I have!)

Shots from Spring "Break" in ze Michigan suburbs

Cranbrook Academy

Buddy! 

 More to come!


Zai Jian