100 Days of Tiny Costumes (2020)
Looking back at little costumes
In the run up to this year’s 100DaysProjectScotland, I’m looking back at my previous ones – starting way back in 2020.
Although I’ve lived in Canada for over a decade, I’m originally from Scotland and the project is open to anyone who wants to join in anyway! 2020 was a challenging year for everyone and I hoped a daily project would help brush away the lockdown cobwebs.
I drew 30 tiny movie costumes as a mini sketchbook for the Brooklyn Art Library’s Sketchbook Project (sadly, now closed), so I started with those ones. Then #BlackoutTuesday happened and, like a lot of Instagram, I went quiet for a day to help amplify black voices. When I came back to post the next day, I re-evaluated the list of costumes I was planning to draw and I realized that only a couple of the actors were black. So I threw it out and started again.
Between June 3 and September 9, I drew 100 tiny costumes worn in movies by black women.
Some were costumes I knew and loved already (Dionne’s suit and hat from Clueless, Deloris Van Cartier’s purple mink from Sister Act), others were from movies that I watched for the first time (Miss Juneteenth, Sidewalk Stories, and Bessie were particular favourites).
You can see a selection of the drawings under the hashtag #100DaysOfTinyCostumes or all of them by scrolling back through my profile - https://www.instagram.com/randomlygen.