So, a little while ago I was procrastinating my study via rhythm games. Spending far too much time on the customization screen of Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix led me to thinking about how strange it would be to see professional fashion models wearing these outlandish anime outfits. This thought was further emphasized when I saw the resurgence of browns, blacks, and fairly muted tones at this year's Afterpay Australian Fashion Week (the pictures below are bad examples haha).
I decided to run with this idea for my three hour artwork, and that is how Odds&Ends was born, named for the Miku song from which the yellow outfit originates.
I utilised images of models wearing street fashion from a Vogue photoshoot (link above) and crossed them with three of my personal favourite Hatsune Miku module outfits (links below).
The way in which Miku's outfits interacted with the contemporary poses and photo compositions of the Vogue models created an interesting exploration of the different outfits' contexts and intentions.
Senbonzakura
Ichi-no-Sakura Blossom (壱ノ桜・桜花, Ichi no Sakura Ōka?) is a Module for Hatsune Miku. The Module's attire consists of a mauve military-styled j
Odds & Ends
Heartbeat (ハートビート, Hātobīto?) is a Module for Hatsune Miku. The Module's attire consists of a grey, turtleneck jacket with darker grey areas
Secret Police
This gothloli rocker absolutely owns the stage! Her stylish dress made to party features heavy boots and sharply roll twin-tails. The design
Reflection
Reflecting on this work, especially after conducting research for my open tasks and being subjected to some of the rather perverse content of anime visual culture, this work has become something refreshing to return to. Seeing such highly fetishized outfits being worn comfortably and innocently is quite nice, put simply.
From a technical perspective, there are some things about this work that I love and some that I hate.
Love:
The way the different compositions interact to create a dynamic layout no matter what order the drawings are organised in.
How attention-grabbing the saturated colours are.
The stylised ink technique - reminds me of fashion design sketches.
Don't love:
The way the drastically different hues of purple ink wouldn't blend!!!
The number of purple hues in the Senbonzakura in such a blocky and sketchy colouring style feels too busy.
Also don't like the line indicating the ground in this work - it feels too bold and seems to interrupt the composition.
The arm/hand in the Odds & Ends piece is killing me!!! AAAAHHH!!! I wish I could fix it!!!!
Overall, I am happy with Odds&Ends and hope that it provides the same entertaining hypothetical, and even just simple visual appeal, to anyone else who may view it :)
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