Friday, November 14, 2008

acrobats + bearded lady + some circus pictures

I finally got a chance to sit down and figure these guys out...

Acrobatics and contortions by the spectacular twins and their feline accompaniment!



It took me a long time to figure out a pose for these two that was both spectacular and not too complex to understand at a glance. I think the cat really brought it all together.

The bearded lady! Make no mistake, she is truly a lady in every sense of the word.



I can just picture the contents of her dressing room table: mascara, rouge, perfume, mustache wax...

Also, while I was looking around for cool circus images for reference I ran across some real gems on Corbis. Check 'em out!

This girl is playing the piano!!



These gals make me happy. It's a combination of their gleeful expressions and their cute thick thighs.



When did this happen??



Once upon a time, all it took to lure people to the circus was the promise of floppy, floating women.



Check back soon, cause I'm going to color those girls and make them real pretty. Have a lovely weekend!

12 comments:

Kim Caro said...

wow amazing. some store owner i know said "circus" is the prediction for being in in 2009. how awesome that you made these!

Anonymous said...

love your stuff!!!

Koldo Barroso said...

Wonderful! I love everything related to Circus since I was akid, I'm currently working in sketches for some related stuff too!
Love yours!

Food and Drugs said...

You got it right with the feline touch
The bearded worman, I don't know if it is awful or an achievement.
;-)
Regards

IZA said...

That, and trained wild animals! (If that wasn't more of an oxymoron)

Great sketches Brigette!

Colin Jack said...

awsome stuff!

Christian Robinson said...

Hey Brigette,
I love your sketch work, like the two girls at top of post and your blog banner w/ all the beautiful flowers. Also thanks for sharing your inspiration for all the circus art stuff. really awesome stuff going on here, which is why your blog is one of my favorite places : )

Wouter Bruneel said...

It`s going to be fantastic all colored in! Great stuff, it makes me want to be completly umoriginal and do some of these circus performers myself.

Hobo Divine said...

You are so talented!

Anonymous said...

Love the circus inspired art, and your button packaging is cute beyond belief!

check out this blog if you have a moment:
http://curly-wurly.blogspot.com/2007_12_01_archive.html

I just stumbled across this and thought you and Sean would appreciate this blog. They have posted super cool vintage photos, art, ads from the 50's & 60's.

Anonymous said...

Love the two girls and the cat, adorable, looking forward to the color treatment:)

Juanma said...

nice work here, love the colour and style