Tuesday, February 1, 2011

30 for 30

Hi, everyone! For the next month things are going to be a little different on the blog. Given my growing interest in fashion, I've decided to participate in Winter 2011's 30 for 30 remix challenge, devised by Kendi Everyday. In a nutshell, the challenge is to wear 30 different outfits for 30 days using a maximum of 30 pieces of clothing (including tops, bottoms, shoes, and jackets/coats). I thought it would be kind of fun to do and document here.

The idea is to post an outfit daily; I have to be honest with you, it's a busy time for me, art-wise, and I may not be able to do that. But I will photograph every outfit and you'll see them posted sooner or later! Pinky-swear!

So above is a sketch I did of my 30 pieces. Most of it is stuff I wear all the time anyway, but I threw a few wild cards in there, things that I hardly wear but I'd like to work back into my wardrobe. Hopefully this whole exercise will not only broaden the way I think about dressing myself, but also how I think about dressing my characters. Here's to the next 30 days!

Edit, 05/09/2011:
For the sake of historical documentation, I want to ensure you readers that I did, in fact, complete the challenge. However, I found that 30 posts showing photos of myself with no art didn't belong on this blog after all. So I took them down. Thanks to everyone who left awesome, supportive comments during the challenge! The fashion blogging community is truly a warm, inviting one and it was nice to be a part of it for a little while.

10 comments:

  1. yay! hello fellow 30x30 remixer! love all of your sketches of your items. very cool! :)

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  2. This is funny. I follow Kendi Everyday but don't ever do the challenge - look forward to seeing yours! You should check out my bestie's blog at www.orchidgrey.blogspot.com. I like the illustration you did as opposed to just photos!

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  3. you are super cool! i love how you sketched your picks for the challenge! by the way i love your skirt!(it's not to short):)

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  4. Ellen this is sooo totally awesome. Seriously, what a good idea!

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  5. This is an awesome idea! I want to try it too! :)

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  6. ack! i love that you drew your choices!

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  7. i thought i did a great job drawing stick figure sort of sketches of my 30 for 30 clothes, but you totally put me to shame. you're so very talented!

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  8. Oh, I love your drawing!!! I also drew my items, but didn't have time to add color. Good luck with the 30 for 30.

    ( If you're interested, here's my link: http://madebytrisha.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-30-for-30-challenge-items-ground.html )

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