appreciate: Donald Robertson
Fashion has a tendency of taking itself too seriously. It’s the area of fashion illustration were all the fun is. If you look at sketches from top designers like Karl Lagerfeld or Giorgio Armani, you can see that extremely detailed gowns got their starts from carefree, flick of the wrist sketches. As creative director of Bobbi … Continue reading
appreciate: Quentin Jones
I am a huge fan of mixed media art; I have featured artists like Leslie David and Francois Marie Banier, who uses the medium of photography and paint to create their works. Illustrator/ model Quentin Jones takes the concept of mixed media to another level. Sometimes she takes her illustrations and paintings and creates films … Continue reading
Appreciate: Kelly Smith
The image featured above is not a black and white photograph, it is actually an illustration by famed fashion illustrator Kelly Smith. She is based in Australia and has had her work featured in every fashion magazine imaginable. She has also done some collaborative work with fashion labels and sells prints and cards of her … Continue reading
Appreciate: Hope Gangloff
Hope Gangloff is a New York City artist whose medium is simply pen, ink, and paper. It’s fascinating that with these three materials, Gangloff is able to create gritty and realistic drawings that capture the gritty downtown lifestyle of NYC. Her subjects tend to be based on photographs of her friends and her work has been seen … Continue reading
