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My personal character, Kacey, in the styles of the decades between the 1940's and the 2000's...
I woke up early this morning with this thought in my head and couldn't go back to sleep, and so I had to get cracking on it. I wanted the styles to be recognizable as their respective decades, but not outlandishly stereotypical (as in, if I was in that era, stuff I'd actually have worn!...)
The 90's and 00's gave me a bit of trouble because I don't really know of an 'image' for the decade, so I basically drew what I remember wearing or being popular in the 90's (denim jacket, hair wrap, doc martens, hair clip, flat hair).. and the 00's I mixed what I actually wear with some styles that are popular like emo hair and trendy sneakers.. (theres no way I would wear crocs LOL)
As the sketch is still in the changeable stage, I welcome advice/crits on it - but whether I change anything or not is still up to whether I think it would look better that way or not....
mechanical pencil on 11"x14" illustration board. The piece, once finished, is planned for the Anthrocon art show.
I woke up early this morning with this thought in my head and couldn't go back to sleep, and so I had to get cracking on it. I wanted the styles to be recognizable as their respective decades, but not outlandishly stereotypical (as in, if I was in that era, stuff I'd actually have worn!...)
The 90's and 00's gave me a bit of trouble because I don't really know of an 'image' for the decade, so I basically drew what I remember wearing or being popular in the 90's (denim jacket, hair wrap, doc martens, hair clip, flat hair).. and the 00's I mixed what I actually wear with some styles that are popular like emo hair and trendy sneakers.. (theres no way I would wear crocs LOL)
As the sketch is still in the changeable stage, I welcome advice/crits on it - but whether I change anything or not is still up to whether I think it would look better that way or not....
mechanical pencil on 11"x14" illustration board. The piece, once finished, is planned for the Anthrocon art show.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / All
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Size 1200 x 946px
File Size 289.5 kB
Thats beautiful, Kacey! I really like how authentic everything looks, including the hairstyles. I look foward to seeing it at the art show.
I think that this would also make a very unique idea for an art meme. Different artists drawing their characters as if they lived in previous decades. With your blessings, I'd like to try something similar for one of my characters eventually.
I think that this would also make a very unique idea for an art meme. Different artists drawing their characters as if they lived in previous decades. With your blessings, I'd like to try something similar for one of my characters eventually.
Thanks very much!... When I started, I wasn't aware how major the hairstyles were going to contribute to the style, and was surprised at how much hair really can define an era. It was neat.
I wouldn't have a problem with others trying this with their own characters - it was very fun for me to do so far, so I bet others would have fun with the idea if they chose to do it =)
I wouldn't have a problem with others trying this with their own characters - it was very fun for me to do so far, so I bet others would have fun with the idea if they chose to do it =)
I agree with Redneck, this is just amazing! and so DEAD-ON too to the styles. It really is amazing how a hairstyle can change an outfit around....but the again, pending on your 60's 70's, and 80's outfit...the hair won't make that much of a difference, as the outfit will say a lot too!
Very well Done!
Very well Done!
Oddly enough, generally speaking the style for the decade actually seems to span the middle of the decades rather than fall precisely in them. I was around back then and I can tell you for certain that what we think of as 60's fashions didn't start until maybe 1965 and peaked in 1970 and ended by 1975, the same for 70's fashions where the stacks and butterfly collars didn't really start being mainstream until 1974-75 and peaked about 1979 and ended by 1982-83. The eighties until today really hasn't changed all that much and it tends to be whatever you want as long as it's clean..
I've noticed that, too - though I was born in '81, I vividly remember the styles of the 80's... because the styles that were really iconic happened around 87-88... It makes sense that it would happen in other decades as well. Change happens gradually, so even though we are all 'oh! new decade! time for a new style!' it always takes time to develop...
The center two in the back row don't do much for me.
Front row center is interesting except for the shoes, always hated the way those looked.
On the right side front gets better and the right side back row is the best of all. Always liked the bare middle.
And for all you young pups hatched in the late 80s, I've been married longer than that.
This Old Gray Coon came around in 1949. Not in my second childhood because I refuse to leave my first.
Front row center is interesting except for the shoes, always hated the way those looked.
On the right side front gets better and the right side back row is the best of all. Always liked the bare middle.
And for all you young pups hatched in the late 80s, I've been married longer than that.
This Old Gray Coon came around in 1949. Not in my second childhood because I refuse to leave my first.
Back around '93 I got my first PC capable of net access. I discovered something called the usenet and thru that found artwork of a character named Amy Squirrel. One day I found a pic that had EWS' URL on it and followed it to his (old) site to find Sabrina. Thus my journey into furry began. So blame Eric.
You and I are of an age, Mike. Even though you have me by a few months. I will have to agree with you about not leaving my first childhood.
I can remember all of these except the '40's. They are all extremely well done, although I will comment that my first impression of the '60's costume was that she was pregnant. Something about the contour of the right hip and the hemline combine to create that impression, at least for me.
My favorites are the '40's, '50's and '00's. The '40's and '50's are just plain classy, and (like Mike) I've always liked a bare midriff.
Nicolai
I can remember all of these except the '40's. They are all extremely well done, although I will comment that my first impression of the '60's costume was that she was pregnant. Something about the contour of the right hip and the hemline combine to create that impression, at least for me.
My favorites are the '40's, '50's and '00's. The '40's and '50's are just plain classy, and (like Mike) I've always liked a bare midriff.
Nicolai
I thought briefly about going further back as well, but even though I could think of a definite style for the 20's, I couldn't think of any for the 30's, and my paper wasn't big enough anyways .. haha. I would guess that finding good references would be pretty difficult, because photos of those times arent that common (though fashion plates would be helpful)
All very neat. It's really interesting to see how fashions have evolved over the years, and how it has gone from pretty formal clothing on the right, to a much more relaxed style of dress further down the line. They're all very nice, but I particularly like the sketch in the middle, plus the two on the very right.
From what my mother says (born 1930), the 1940's was the worst time as far as women's clothes were concerned. Not so much the clothes themselves but the fact that you could not step out of the house without making sure your clothes and makeup were perfect otherwise you would be the center of the gossip mill. There was no putting on a t-shirt and jeans to head off to the store or put gas in the '46 Studebaker. It wasn't until the 80's that a woman could do that without being looked down on or gossiped about if she did. Mom doesn't have a lot of fond memories about things like that. Her favorite saying, "Damn them good ol' days!"
You know, it's absolutely remarkable how defined these styles are even for our recent decades. Even without knowing, I could definitively pick out when each image is set in... There's even quite a difference between the 90s and today.
Of course, I've looked constantly dull and out of fashion throughout. :P
Of course, I've looked constantly dull and out of fashion throughout. :P
I guess this points out something I hadn't fully realized I felt. As these images approach the modern day, I see less and less "style" and more and more "casual." You can easily tell that the '40s-'60s had "styles" (even if the '60s tended to be rather varied). You can see something similar with the '70s (disco/jumpsuit) and '80s (punk/Desperately Seeking Susan), but once you go to the '90s and 2K it almost vanishes.
Now maybe we're just too close to things to identify the styles, or maybe the fashion industry is no longer affecting what people wear as much, but then I've always considered "fashion" (commercial) and "style" (personal) to be very different things.
Now maybe we're just too close to things to identify the styles, or maybe the fashion industry is no longer affecting what people wear as much, but then I've always considered "fashion" (commercial) and "style" (personal) to be very different things.
I think it's cause people of this era ( or at least those who've embraced it) seek more for that "comfortable in your own skin" deal than trying to live up to something. Nowadays, we wear what we want, mix it up to the extreme or match it nicely, if something doesnt quite work the way we want it, we customize it or find something that fits much better to our own personal style and it's in those personal styles that our sub-culture( and their respective "designers" and "Idols") synch up to and thrive off of....in my opinion
I personally love ideas like this cause they add some personal insight to who you were and how you've changed over the years and how those that have remained close to you over the years have changed as well. seeing what style patterns you followed, what you enjoyed musically, watched on tv/movies, what you read, etc.
personally I don't care for formal dress, so the 40's and 50's kill me, 60's were a lil awkward, but manageable, and since I grew up looking at pics of my mother and her sibling in the 70's and 80's and how they changed over the years, i absolutely love the 70's and 80's styling even though, I, myself tend to go between casual-grunge to tacticalwear to 90-2k goth/metalhead/industrial look, lol.
I personally love ideas like this cause they add some personal insight to who you were and how you've changed over the years and how those that have remained close to you over the years have changed as well. seeing what style patterns you followed, what you enjoyed musically, watched on tv/movies, what you read, etc.
personally I don't care for formal dress, so the 40's and 50's kill me, 60's were a lil awkward, but manageable, and since I grew up looking at pics of my mother and her sibling in the 70's and 80's and how they changed over the years, i absolutely love the 70's and 80's styling even though, I, myself tend to go between casual-grunge to tacticalwear to 90-2k goth/metalhead/industrial look, lol.
Actually, I think that's mainly the style. Back in the 40's and 50's, a young woman was expected to act prim and ladylike, while in later generations there was more and more leniency to express yourself (yay Madonna). You get to the 90's and 00's, and women are allowed to be lazier or more comfortable with our fashion, not having to go all out to draw in future husbands, so to speak.
Maybe it was just the area where I live, but I remember a strange period in girl's fashion around the change of millenium. Like, take the 00's model here and exaggerate everything: midriff bare up to the breasts, open jackets danging down near the ankles, pants so low you could (almost) see the panties with "bell-bottoms" to cover the bare feet (flip-flops only). Does anyone else remember that?
Oh jeez, I do. The duster jackets, bell bottoms, belly tops... never really got into that combo myself. I also remember when everyone was saying that retro was the in thing, including said bell bottoms, the leggings and fru-fru skirts from the 80's, and polyester. Now that was a frightening time.
Actually, I'm kind of torn... I wouldn't mind seeing the belly tops come back. That was hot when it went through my campus. ^_^;; Everything else can die, though... especially the retro stuff. (Maybe someone should drive a stake through the zombie fashions so they can't rise from their graves again?)
This made me chuckle! It’s a delightful little vignette.
Your difficulties with the last couple of decades may stem from two causes. First, it’s always harder to get a feel for the recent past than the more distant past; not enough time has passed to give one perspective. Second, modern Western clothing has become almost as elemental as it is possible to get without radical changes to nudity taboos or customs in general. T-shirt, jeans, footwear, jacket, done. This is so basic and, today, inexpensive it’s become generic the world over—even in some of the most incongruous places.
As a side note, I was surprised to find out that the decline of fabric stores in the 1990s resulted from a historical first: mass-market clothing was finally cheaper than making it oneself! How much of that can be traced to sweatshop labor, however, I have no idea.
Your difficulties with the last couple of decades may stem from two causes. First, it’s always harder to get a feel for the recent past than the more distant past; not enough time has passed to give one perspective. Second, modern Western clothing has become almost as elemental as it is possible to get without radical changes to nudity taboos or customs in general. T-shirt, jeans, footwear, jacket, done. This is so basic and, today, inexpensive it’s become generic the world over—even in some of the most incongruous places.
As a side note, I was surprised to find out that the decline of fabric stores in the 1990s resulted from a historical first: mass-market clothing was finally cheaper than making it oneself! How much of that can be traced to sweatshop labor, however, I have no idea.
I could recognise each era's style clearly. Nice work. Men's dress has not eveolved so much, though we tend not to wear hats as much as in the past. Crocs are not style, they are gardening shoes. No one knows how such an ugly shoe could be so popular.
my brother in law wears them...... I yell at him for it.
my brother in law wears them...... I yell at him for it.
Wow, you really nailed each era. I was a leggings and big t-shirt gathered at one corner girl myself during the 80's lol. The 90's and 00's are hard to define because we're still so close to them, but I think you nailed the 90's really well. 'least for me and the people I knew >.>
The 70's feel a little off to me, but I wouldn't know what to suggest that would be more spot on. I know disco was more than just a stereotype for that generation though. At least it was for my s-mom >.>
Other than that, it's easy to tell what era each one is from just by looking at them. Great job hun.
The 70's feel a little off to me, but I wouldn't know what to suggest that would be more spot on. I know disco was more than just a stereotype for that generation though. At least it was for my s-mom >.>
Other than that, it's easy to tell what era each one is from just by looking at them. Great job hun.
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