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Inside the Artists Head: Nicola O'Prey Talks About Photorealism and Her Exciting New Collaborations

Nicola O’Prey proves that you do not need to use all types of color in fashion illustrations to make your work stand out and look magnificent. Nicola takes a slightly different approach to fashion illustration with her shockingly realistic style. Fashion illustration tends to be a bit more free and not have the boundaries that a traditional illustrator would face, Nicola is able to challenge herself and find a perfect style somewhere between the [...]

 

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Inside the Artists Head: Briana Kranz Shows Personality Through Her Work and Her Words

Wearing a perfectly fitted, striped shirt and a turquoise elephant stone hanging around her neck, there was no doubt that it was Briana Kranz, the fashion illustrator that I had been waiting for. She flashed a smile as radiant as her outfit, I couldn’t have been more excited to begin the interview. Briana is originally from Southern California and moved to San Francisco immediately after high school to follow her [...]

 

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Inside The Artists Head: Talking Fashion, Illustration and Inspiration with Niki Pilkington

When I was introduced to Niki Pilkington’s illustrations for the first time, I fell in love with her intricate details mixed with bright, creative hues. Niki’s work is not like any work I have seen before. She incorporates 3D shapes and color into her illustrations as if they were two separate pictures collaged together, yet somehow they come out to be so effortless and beautiful. After talking to Niki I was not [...]

 

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Bold Illustrations with a Charming Character by Annelie Carlstrom

With oversized heads and eyebrows resembling those of Frida Kahlo and Elizabeth Taylor, Annelie Carlstrom has designed characters that are unmistakably her own. She has done illustrations for many things other than fashion, but it was the fashion pieces from her series “Fashion Tale” that really caught my eye. Some of the pictures feature a very simple and more elegant look with only a touch of color and others were [...]

 

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An Editorial Art Attack with Illustrator Roby Dwi Antono

Art Attack is a project with the purpose of bringing together all aspects of art into an editorial fashion spread. In this specific issue, I was intrigued by Roby Dwi Antono’s illustrated accessories. Roby Dwi Antono has a very childish quality to his work, brining in a sort of rugged Alice in Wonderland, storybook style. Most of his illustrations are of bunny rabbits that resemble the old Peter Rabbit illustrations [...]

 

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Collaged Fashion Illustrations by Berto Martinez

Fashion and portrait illustrator, Berto Martinez, relates each aspect of his drawing with common interests and corresponding colors. Berto not only does fashion illustrations for his own pleasure, but he has recently worked with Chidy Wayne and Nike on their latest line of Barca clothing based on the current players and Azulgrana colors from the past. Berto has a very contrasting style in his artwork, working with very delicate lines and adding [...]

 

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The Phoenix Hotel San Francisco Comes Together With ArtPadSF for a Weekend of Nonstop Art

This past weekend the Phoenix Hotel San Francisco hosted their annual ArtPadSF event , bringing a full weekend of art and entertainment. ArtPadSF is a boutique fair that features up and coming, contemporary artists in the Bay Area and elsewhere. Throughout the four-day event there were live performances, video screenings, panel discussions, and much more. The Phoenix cleared out their hotel rooms, giving each gallery their own space to create [...]

 

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Graphic Design to Watercolor: Luis Tinoco Collaborates with Benetton

Since I began following Luis Tinoco in 2009 after stumbling upon his illustrations of Orlando Bloom and Agyness Dean in Glamour Magazine Spain he has never failed to impress. Luis Tinoco  recently came out with custom illustrations for Benetton’s Spring/Summer 2012 clothing line, with the watercolored images printed on V-Necks and T-Shirts. In the past Luis has worked on children’s books and collaborated with large magazines such as Top Magazine [...]