#ballgowninator

[madebymaryssa]

Lovely illustration of a lady in a red ballgown by @egoartist, sent in for the 'Ballgowninator' game on my submissions page. I envy your skill at illustrating satin! So lustrous ...

[Edit: according to the tags on ego's post of this art, it is actually velvet. My bad.]

This is technically the exact opposite of how 'Ballgowninator' is intended to be played (people are meant to send in pictures or descriptions of people, for whom I then design a ballgown, rather than sending in a picture of a ballgown for which I add facial details to the person wearing it), which made it an interesting creative challenge. Here's what I came up with:

[Picture taken with my phone, which greyed out the lady's complexion, so I recoloured her skin digitally.]

I also tried my hand, pun intended, at painting her with nail polish after seeing the illustration posted with the tag 'nail art'.

December 2023

[madebymaryssa]

This mostly-purple dress has wide ribbons braided over the Empire waist bodice, and more of the same ribbons sewn in a pointed scallop pattern down the skirt. There are pockets, which are deeper than they look, at each hip. The sleeves are mostly loose but have wide, snug cuffs at the wrists. The outfit is complemented by gold and jade jewellery. 

Inspired by a set of selfies @suzie-guru posted a while back with ‘sea witch vibes’. 

If you’d like to see yourself drawn in a fancy outfit, use the ‘Ballgowninator’ page on my tumblr to submit a request!

January 2021