Fashion Illustration & Interviews With Illustrators Worldwide

 

 

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Minni Havas Challenges Reality and The Way We Think of Editorials

“Wow, your did that by hand?! No.  Really?”  Fashion illustrations by Helsinki based Minni Havas aim to provoke that reaction. Havas’ process is technical, detailed and highly imaginative.  Perched next to a window, soaking in all of the natural light, Havas  works with a variety of water solvent colored pencils, drawing  inspiration from the thoughts in her head.   This is true specifically in her illustrations for Revolution Magazine.  Havas [...]

 

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Mary Katrantzou Fashion Illustration Top 10: Who's Going to London?

UPDATE 09/01/2012 -  WINNER ANNOUNCED!!!! Scroll to the bottom to find out who won? Within the past few years Greek born Mary Katrantzou’s label has hit the fashion world by storm.  With her unique, colorful and detailed prints pieces from each collection have been a staple inspiration for fashion illustrators worldwide.  Recently, Mary Katrantzou hosted a competition for fashion illustrators to submit illustrations inspired by the looks from the designer.  [...]

 

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Fashion Bloggers, Stylists and Editorials of Curious Emotion: Jessica Rae Sommer

I came across Jessica Rae Sommer’s Fluxing (below) print a while back and loved it.  In the detailed closeup painting of a woman’s face, there are unmistakable undertones of fashion illustration and style.  Maybe its the glasses.  Maybe its the cigarette freshly lit and unapologetically dangling to right of a perfect unconventional gap.  Could it be the depth in her eyes, urging me to ask what the hell she is [...]

 

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Dark and Sweet Fashion Illustration: Photorealism by Alexandre Korobov

How would you classify avant-garde fashion illustration?  Is it the depiction of avante garde images, look and garments or the overall style an illustrator uses to express their interpretation of fashion’s current state?  When viewing/discussing the works of French illustrators Alexandre Korobov, I am going to go with the ladder. Korobov has a clear background in graphic design, yet an understanding of classic fashion illustration.  his compositions tell the story [...]

 

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The Power Of Video For An Artist: Take It From Voka

Austrian painter Voka has made a name for himself as the founder of Spontaneous Realism, the self-titled category for this style and technique.  Colorful, energetic, lightly abstract and dripping with definitive emotion, Voka uses his own brand of acrylics in creating the iconic paintings that make up his Heads series. In viewing Voka’s artwork you can obviously point out spontaneous movement and the realism in his character depictions.  When you [...]

 

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Digital Vs. Traditional Fashion Illustrations: Mustafa Soydan Says Both

Thriving contemporary fashion illustrators typically need to be educated in both traditional and digital techniques.  Combining the two, artists often create fashion illustrations with their own personalized style and technique.  Mustafa Soydan has made quite a name for himself as a fashion illustrator within recent years.  He popped on my radar a while back when it seemed like every blogger was posting about his collage work (below).  Soydan’s mixed media [...]