The colorful clothing of Rainbow Drake
Posted on: January 11, 2007Fellow enthusiastic peacelover Rainbow Drake emailed me to let me know she had some fun with Torley Textures! YAYZERAMA!
Rainbow, I'm soooo happy you did these — what a shining example of creativity. The embellishments you added look great too, like your Canadian belt (Canuck high-five!) and those suitably (what appears to be) embroidered maple leaves to the red top based on Rodent Flambe. The fine trim is quite tasty too.
I totally, totally like the last picture showing Rainbow dancing with flexiweave draped from her shoulders; if I'm not mistaken, that's Maiden Voyage. Which, yes, was inspired by the Global Communication-inspired-by-Tangerine Dream track of the same name.
I'll expand: making good clothes out of my textures goes beyond simply using the pattern across the whole shirt, skirt, or whatever. As an artist, you may feel inspired by what I've done, but it's really up to you to blossom your own vision of "Where can I go with this?" And when I see what you've done, I'm inspired in turn. We create healthy cycles of hope and happiness and share 'em.
Good gosh, I never realized the marbled, sinister inky hues of Shattenyager would look so slinky in a a full-body evening gown.
And some more!
Be sure to visit Rainbow Creations if you'd like to learn more about the artist! Thanxies graciously, Rainbow!
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January 12th, 2007 at 7:06 PM PST
Hiya Torley! Thanks so much! I sure did have fun!
You're correct: the flexi-train was made with your Maiden Voyage texture. It had such a wonderful quality to it that I just had to make it into something free and flowing!
The embroidery on the Rodent Flambe blouses was originally some flowers - but the maple leaves are a great idea! I had been puzzling over what to make myself for a Rainbow Day shirt!
This weekend is pretty busy with preparing feast for my Rainbow Day Celebration on Sunday evening, but I've had a few requests for those pants already so will try to put that gift vendor that I mentioned to you earlier together soon.
Thankyou for all of your fabulous textures and for everything that you give to our community!
January 14th, 2007 at 12:29 PM PST
Rainbow, I hope you're having a superfantastic Rainbow Day!
What's particularly fun about this for me is seeing where you've taken my textures, to a much higher level I'd say. You've used the raw materials to create clothes. Were this early human history, people in general would be more amazed, but I never take such adaptations and refinements for granted.
Yeah, the pants are too awesome. Wear 'em with pride!
And you're really welcome too, it thrills me to see this. This is at the very heart of Community Development, providing a social context for art and nurturing it.