EXP: Elina Pagett Line Drawings

I was really pleased with these illustrations and how they came out, as Elina had mentioned she preferred my line drawings I decided to do these illustrations digitally with my wacom.
After I did the research drawing them became much easier.
I drew a range of aprons so that Elina had the option of coloured ones, I kept the layers seperate so they could be recoloured if needs be. I also drew a variety because there were so many different types of aprons in the 70s (who knew).
Bra's I kept it limited to 3, I drew a model to start off with so I could understand where the straps would go. After a few attempts I decided to draw the red bra's without back straps because they over complicated the illustration. I decided to keep the model and submit her because she was so plain she could be embroidered.
For the underwear I decided to do a few that were unframed and then a few as if they were in heart patches. As Elina intended these embroideries to go on a jacket, I knew that mixing it up a little would work in her favour and match the work she wanted to make.
I left these all uncoloured as she has a range of materials, some designs would be unsuitable to stitch onto pvc or leather.  I added "bad girls do it best" to a picture of underwear because it matched the ethos of the time. The important part of this brief was matching the attitude of the era and also giving the client a variety to choose from.
As well as zippos she also wanted to show smoking, although I disagree personally with advertising smoking, I was being paid for these illustrations and also they fit into the work at the time. I found these the hardest to do because I couldn't get the right angle with the cigarette. I also had to photograph myself with the hand positions to get it right!
The zippos were far easier to do, I gave her a selection of 3 designs as well as the bare lines for her to embroider with.
I was most impressed with my glove drawing, I have gotten so much better at drawing hands that it only took me 3 attempts to get these right (wayhey!)

Overall Elina was really pleased with these and has promised to send me progress pictures once some have been made, as well as sending me a few badges after her submission.