From ART | library deco:

The Academy Museum partnered with Academy Award®–winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter to debut her coloring illustrations. You are in a for a free treat! The pages are published weekly via the Academy Museum’s website and are free to download at your leisure. Download the first set released this week below by clicking on each image. Learn more about Artist and Costume Design extraordinaire, Ruth E. Carter, visit ruthecarter.com.

AFRICAN PRINCESS

“This is very much an African American princess. She takes her fashion very seriously. She is wildly eccentric and loves to wear beads and fabrics that represent her tribal ancestry.” (UNREALIZED DRAWING)

YORUBALAND

“Combining the aesthetics from around the African continent from north to south. Celebration is a form of the creative spirit. Imagined with pattern and color that indicted the origin.” (UNREALIZED DRAWING)

CELEBRATION

“Combining the aesthetics from around the African continent from north to south. Celebration is a form of the creative spirit.” (UNREALIZED DRAWING)

Credit: Public Domain Images by Ruth E. Carter