To New Waves

FloraMandala

Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 | Abstract, Drawings, Felix | No Comments

Photo by Priya Alahan.

My third design available from Bombsheller. These leggings were designed for high-contrast, to be visible even in the vivid, colorful chaos of a tropical jungle. Because I don’t spend a lot of time working in color, creating the color palettes was an extremely time-consuming process for me and involved a lot of iteration. Unlike the previous leggings, they’re only available directly from Bombsheller in two flavors: Harmonious Commotion and Serene Sunset.

450/1000 (Micron Pigma on Paper, digitally colored in Photoshop, reproduced on textile)

Harmonious Commotion, back view. Photo by Priya Alahan.

Harmonious Commotion and Serene Sunset flavors of FloraMandala, shown alongside Priya Alahan’s InfiniteEyes. Photo by Priya Alahan.

Floral mandalas in the Harmonious Commotion flavor.

Floral mandala for ankles and waistband.

Small mandalas were added to balance the larger, more detailed ones.

An unused color palette that was a bit too evocative of Lisa Frank’s luminous rainbows and unicorns.

A crop of the FloraMandala leggings in the Serene Sunset color scheme.

Gilded Butterfly

Sunday, February 8th, 2015 | Abstract, Drawings, Felix | No Comments

Another of the finely-detailed collaborative series — this time in somewhat lepidopterous form.

432/1000 (Micron Pigma on Paper)

Cephalopods

Saturday, February 7th, 2015 | Abstract, Drawings, Felix | No Comments

Here’s another design available from Bombsheller, the Seattle-based leggings future-fashion company. These cephalopods are a collaboration; my contribution was mostly shading and coloring on this design — I can’t take credit for most of the line-work. As with EndlessWaves, if you like it, you can buy it straight from their site or from Amazon. There are two colors available from Bombsheller, but only the more exciting red variant is on Amazon.

427/1000 (Micron Pigma on Paper, digitally colored, reproduced on textile)

An earlier draft of the cephalopod.

The original black and white ink drawing.

Cephalopod in the mood of red.

Photo by Priya Alahan.

Photo by Priya Alahan.

Cephalopod in the mood of blue.

Photo by Sequoia Emanuelle.

Wind & Waves

Friday, February 6th, 2015 | Abstract, Drawings, Felix | No Comments

This is a detailed view of a collaboration — unfortunately, the finished piece didn’t have quite as much focus as I’d hoped it would. The color here is provided by different Micron Pigmas used alongside the standard black.
417/1000 (Micron Pigma on Paper)

Wave Geometry

Thursday, February 5th, 2015 | Abstract, Felix | No Comments

I seem to be a bit fixated on waves. This one diverges somewhat from its kin into basic polygonal geometric shapes.

412/1000 (Micron Pigma on Paper)

EndlessWaves

Wednesday, February 4th, 2015 | Abstract, Felix | No Comments

I’ve created a few designs that are available for sale from Bombsheller, a boutique leggings company based and manufacturing in Seattle. EndlessWaves was my first design for Bombsheller, and has been one of my most popular. If you like it, you can buy it straight from their site or from Amazon.

410/1000 (Micron Pigma on Paper, reprinted on textile)

The design repeats seamlessly.

Photo by Priya Alahan.

Photo by Priya Alahan.

Promotion by Bombsheller.

Photo by Instagram user athousandchapters

On Bombsheller’s Ivy Chen

Dragonscape

Friday, August 2nd, 2013 | Abstract, Drawings, Felix | 2 Comments

Here’s a drawing that was a few years (with lots of neglect) in the making. One of those long-term collaborations.

402/1000 (Staedtlers and Micron Pigma on Paper)

New Year

Friday, January 11th, 2013 | Abstract, Drawings, Felix | No Comments

Back on the bus with collaborative drawing! This one I drew most of, but I hope to have a few forthcoming drawings that are more deeply collaborative.

391.5/1000 (Micron Pigma on Paper)

Aine

Monday, September 17th, 2012 | Abstract, Drawings, Felix | 2 Comments

This is a drawing I’ve been working on, on-and-off, for a few months. 90% of the linework happened while I was on the ferry riding to or from Seattle.

381.5/1000 (Ink on paper)

Wilderness

Monday, January 30th, 2012 | Abstract, Drawings | 1 Comment

After a long break, I’ve done some drawing again recently. I thought I’d share. I have a few other works in progress that will be fit for consumption … “soon.”

378/1000 (Staedtler 0.1 and 0.3 on hemp paper).