Jo Weldon aka Jo Boobs

I want to start a new series with portraits of burlesque artists. For the first one I cose Jo Weldon aka Jo Boobs. She is an amazing Burlesque performer and also teacher and Head Mistress of The New York School of Burlesque. For more info check out what she writes about herself in her blog

Some explanations: She is holding an Godzilla head because in one of her performances she actually wears a Godzilla costume, completely with a head like this. I thought that was absolutely hilarious, check it out!
The girls in the background studying her dance are supposed to hint to the School of Burlesque.
She is wearing red because she looks absolutely gorgeous in red!

With this one I tried a more simplistic approach. Actually I always wanted to get more simplistic but shied away from the lack of detail. Once you leave a lot of stuff out the shapes and colors that are actually there become really important.

sexy back

I noticed, how on some art message boards female users are always expected to be totally cool about even the most ridiculous ways sexy women are objectified portrayed, but as soon as there is a drawing of a sexy guy, certain men freak out completely, because they are afraid the might get infected with "teh gay" or something, I guess. So I kind of also did this image to annoy these guys: on the thumbnail it looks like your regular sexy girl drawing, but once you click on it a sexy merman flirts with you. *evil laugh*

Elise and her family

A little while ago I drew the first page in a very cool comic project: "I want a cat" by Yann Krehl on inkplosion.com
It is about a little girl who wanted a cat for her birthday. Every single page showed an alternative ending of what she actually gets from her parents.
Now a second part is in the making and I will do the first page again.

this is the old page I did, you can see how each of them got older (and hopefully, that my drawing skills got a little bit better):

Dita von Teese

As you can imagine I am a fan of Dita von Teese. I love her glamorous style. from what I've read her most important message seems to be, that can you define and create your own beauty regardless of what others tell you, which I think is great.
When sketching for this portrait I wondered which costume I would choose. She has so many beautiful shows, that do not only rely on her beautiful dresses and lingerie but often evolve around a certain item, like the bath tub or the circus horse and so on. So I decided to portrait this aspect instead of only showing one single costume. I put a corset in front because she says it is her favorite piece of lingerie.

Bar by Christian Dior

The famous "Bar" suit from Christian Dior's first collection "New Look" from 1947. more information
I totally love this design and how it is bold and elegant the same time.

Black and White

I did these for the b/w Freistil:

Done, Finished, Kaput!

Sadly Our exhibition ..



..is officially over tomorrow. Therefore we have a big party, prossecco, beer, DJ and everything:

Saturday 29th October 7 pm
Box 32
Boxhagener Strasse 32
10247 Berlin
http://www.myspace.com/robotmonsterchick