5.15.2017

Fashion Illustration By Myrtle: Met Gala 2017 Fave Look

Hi, guys. How's everyone doing? I hope everyone's doing fine and as for me I'm doing great and I am back for a quick post. I'm quite busy these days, got so many classes and I'm actually having my classes while I'm writing this. But as promised, I have here two of my favorite looks at the Met Gala 2017. I am just so happy that I was able to kick my *ss off the other day and got myself  worked on my illustrations, lols. It's been a while since the last time I made one. Well, there are only two reasons why I draw--first is when I am stressed out because of work or something and the other one is when I'm inspired. This time, it's the latter. I really love it when I am inspired, I feel more human. I feel productive. Please excuse my work though, I am not really a pro and I didn't get any professional training or whatever--it's just a hobby and I'm self-taught--I just watched some videos online on how to render colors and some other techniques. I still have a lot of things to learn and I am still learning and working to improve my skills and I hope that one day I can be as great as my favorite illustrators and designers. I hope you like them. I am also planning to post some of my work here and write more about my dream of becoming a fashion designer and having my own fashion empire someday, hopefully soon. So yeah, that's it for now. If you want to see some of my work you can visit and follow Fashion Illustration By Myrtle on facebook-- you can just click here or the link on my header.



Gigi Hadid  in Tommy Hilfiger



Rita Ora in Marchesa 

5.07.2017

THE SUNDAY CURRENTLY | 04

It's been a while since I had my last #TheSundayCurrently post, I feel really bad for not updating this blog as much as I want to. I don't really have reasons, it's just that more often than not I feel sluggish and I feel like I don't really have anything to share cause nothing really exciting is happening in my life. Or maybe there are but I am just too lazy. I know. I know. I'm trying guys.



currently..

Reading
If you are reading my previous post, you knew that I have been spending most of my down time watching tv series and Kdramas--that means, I  may not have read a book since my last Sunday Currently post. Or maybe I did, I read a bit of 50 Shades of Freed then stopped halfway through cause I got destructed and yeah, lazy. I feel really guilty though about not reading a book because I am just too lazy and I am too lazy to do anything about it.

Writing
I really want to deal with my inconsistency better--whether it's about reading, sketching or writing, for this has been a constant problem for me. So now that I've got some inspiration to finally write again, I really wanted to build a strong writing habit and to do that, first--I have to be fully committed. And being committed means writing at least The Sunday currently on a weekly basis. Ok, I'll try. I'm writing my 4th now.

Listening
Dutifully listening to my student while she's reading an article. Multitasking at its finest cause time is everything and more.  Lols.

Thinking
Lunch. It's half past one and I am still here having classes. I am really starving and I can't stop thinking about food. I really can't wait to finish these classes and devour my much-anticipated lunch or whatever it is the boyfriend is cooking.

Smelling
Fried hotdogs and tuna. Obviously because the boyfriend is frying hotdogs and opened a can of tuna for lunch. Just the smell makes me even more hungry, I don't care if I'm having breakfast food for lunch (cause that's the easiest food the boyfriend can prepare) all I care is that I am fvckin' hungry--I could even eat a horse!

Wishing
Of having a work-free weekend. I just wish I could unplugged into work on weekends but I couldn't. I mean I could but I just won't. I'm crazy. I know. It’s often a pressure that I'm putting on myself, not necessarily something that I must really do. Argh, I should really work on that. I should make my weekend free time a priority.


Hoping
I just hope I could have a worry-free, nice and relaxing weekend.

Wearing
Striped tank top and comfy yellow short-shorts. I'm still in my sleep wear so obviously I haven't taken a shower yet. It's my most fave working-from-home perk. Lols.

Loving
The feeling of  having something to look forward to. I don't want to tell you guys yet cause I am still working and planning on it and I don't want to jinx it. If everything goes well, I promised, you'll be the first to know.

Wanting
To finish all these classes and give myself some free time not to think about anything, including work.

Needing
As much as I am feeling inspired right now, still-- I am  in desperate need of more inspiration--to write, read and design. So if you have a secret to inspiration that will forever keep me inspired to do the things I want to do, PLEASE do let me know. I know that some people just find lack of inspiration as an excuse for laziness (I do too) nevertheless, it's helpful to get things done, works for me all the time. Sometimes, we all need a little inspiration after all.

Feeling
I'm feeling inspired and I hope it will stay that way. So, I am really trying my best here to be consistent. I don't want to wake up the next morning extremely unmotivated again. Not again, not ever. I finally get to start writing again and I hope soon, I get to do all the things I wanted too. No more excuses. Just get them done. Pablo Picasso once said, "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working." it's a great creed to live by, so I gotta live with it.

5.02.2017

Met Gala 2017: Best Dressed

The highly-anticipated Met Gala has begun. Yes, it's that time of the year again and I am so excited to show you guys my faves from this year's red carpet. I haven't done this for quite some time now, oh gosh! how I've missed doing my red carpet best dressed post. So here you go, let's start this with a bang. This isn't just an ordinary red carpet, we're talking about MET Gala here people, MET Gala is glamorous fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute which is held annually on the first Monday of May--at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially "the Met" (the largest art museum in the United States, and is among the most visited art museums in the world), located in New York City. It's a fashion festival where famous faces from fashion, film and music gathered on the red carpet dressed according to a specific theme (which this year was Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo, founder of fashion label Comme des Garçons, Art of the In-Betweento pay tribute to the Costume Institute and their new exhibition. And since this year's theme is all about Rei Kawakkubo who is well known for her monochromatic, voluminous and asymmetrical designs, expect for extraordinary and fabulous looks. I really can't wait to show you guys my favorite looks (in no particular order) on fashion's biggest night. Here you go!


Rihanna in Comme des Garçons


Priyanka Chopra in Ralph Lauren


Hailee Steinfeld in Vera Wang


Haley Bennett in Dolce & Gabbana


Stella Maxwell in H&M


Felicity Jones in Erdem


Liu Wen


Elle Fanning in Miu Miu


Emma Roberts in Diane von Furstenberg


Rita Ora in Marchesa 


Candice Swanepoel in custom Topshop


Laura Osnes in custom Christian Siriano


Zendaya  in Dolce & Gabbana 


Lily Collins in Giambattista Valli c


Miranda Kerr in Oscar de la Renta


Emily Ratajkowski in Marc Jacobs


Lily James in Burberry


Kate Hudson in Stella McCartney


 Kylie Jenner in Versace 


Kendall Jenner in La Perla


Kim Kardashian West in Vivienne Westwood


Cara Delevingne in Chanel 


Selena Gomez in Coach


Blake Lively in  Atelier Versace


Gigi Hadid  in Tommy Hilfiger

So many gorgeous looks, I hope you like them guys. I also want to make some illustrations--hopefully soon and post them here, so watch out for that. And if you want to see more about the creation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's you can watch The First Monday in May. It's a great documentary guys. It's so inspiring how fashion can bring cultures together. Arggh, I just wish I could attend the gala in the future or better yet have my designs worn by some of the world's most famous. There's nothing wrong in dreaming, after all, a girl can dream--can't she? *keeping my fingers crossed*