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Models in pastels
Five illustrators working in the fashion industry.
To create advertising campaigns, designers often resort to the help of not only photographers and stylists, but also illustratorian artists. These people worship the color of the paintings of the shile and costumes of Dries Van Noten, the details of the paintings by Obri Berdley and the Maison Martin Margiela jackets. In search of inspiration, they visit shows, carefully examine new collections, get acquainted with critics, models and bloggers.
Blue Logan
American BLU Logan does not need a camera to remember all the vivid moments - going to a fashion show, rock concert or just a walk, he takes with him paint and an album, which is replenished daily with more than thirty new sketches.
“I like that people do not pose for me, like photographers, and, sometimes, I catch excellent moments. Once Mick Rock, a very cool photographer, suddenly turned around, and, seeing that I was drawing it, showed me Fuck. I instantly made a sketch with his middle finger thrown upside down. He could not even suspect how quickly I draw. I caught him. "
Blue does not get tired of admiring the Dan Pane, Susie Menkes and Hilary Alexander, but seeing familiar faces in the front row, prefers to pay attention to the second or go out into the street. He is sure that in the crowd of people pushing at the entrance to the restaurant, museum or show, you can always find something interesting:
“My last project is called“ My name should be on the list. ” For him, I painted people trying to go to clubs, on the designers show - anywhere! In my opinion, it is amazing what things do not say people in order to just be inside. And I try to capture the crowd in this funny interaction. ”
Uncle BLLU is a sculptor and designer Andrew Logan, mom is an Ossie Claark, Daian Logan. It is not surprising that the illustrator has acquired a taste for fashion from childhood, and now zealously works with a pencil and paints at the shows of Giles, Burberry, Christopher Kane, Christian Dior . Last year, Blue even painted playing cards with his favorite collections.
Laura Lane
According to the artist, her paintings are created under the natural influence of everything that surrounds her. As a child, she was fond of Japanese comics, after - the works of the Austrian Egon Shile, now she is inspired by books, travels, films of Emir Kusturitsa and Philip Galand and, of course, fashion.
The artist collaborated with such brands as Zara, Daniel Pallo, H&M, Tommy Hilfiger, Rad Hourani, Elle Russia, T Magazine . Fashion has always been interested in it, but having entered the department of fashion design in University of Art An Design in Helsinki, Laura realized that she was able to draw much better than sewing:
“I realized that I can perfectly realize my own ideas on paper. I had to create paintings, not things. Fashion has always been and will be the largest source of inspiration for me, but I will never quit drawing. ”
Cedric Rivran
The handwriting of Cedric Rivra is not difficult to find out: his paintings are pencil sketches with a bright color accent on clothes. The Frenchman draws models dressed in designer things and masks - a branded detail of the artist’s works.
“Masks are the same jewelry, they can decorate the same way as any clothing,” Sedarik says.
The illustrator is impressive both the architectural dresses of Maison Martin Margiela and Balenciaga , as well as the feminine jewelry on the head of the Maison Michel brand, for which Sedarik painted the Lucbook of the SS 2010 season. And the artist explains the love of the image of a naked body simply: it simply explains:
“My mother always took me with her in boutiques, and dad was a doctor. This is probably why I like to combine beautiful clothes and anatomical details. ”
Zabina Piper
Unlike most other artists, the German Pyper does not complete her work after the final strokes on paper. At this moment, her endless experiments with a computer and any improvised materials are just beginning.
There is practically no information about Zabin on the Internet, the girl does not answer letters. It remains to guess that the whole thing is in the artist’s employment with her own ideas. What is only one Make Me Up project.
In October, Zabin drew a series of works for the fourth issue of Mykromag , and recently works with Elle UK as an illustrator of the Adventures column.
Danny Roberts
At the age of five, drawing slurred blots on the leaflet, Danny Roberts first thought that this process completely absorbs it. Over the years, the hobby has not passed. The young American teenager began to practice fifteen hours a day and at the same time think about the future. Before getting to the University of Academy of Art in San Francisco on the Fash Design Department, Danny tried himself in various fields of creativity: he studied the art of photography, sewed clothes and even wrote music. However, all these hobbies do not leave him to this day, but Danny Roberts chose drawing as his calling.
With handles, colored pencils, mascara, pastel, oil paints and watercolors, he writes portraits of bloggers and models, fashion editors and designers. In his figure, everything that inspires the artist daily: be it the first row at the Dolce & Gabanna show, shooting his favorite photographer Stephen Misela or just a couple of masked lovers.
Even those who do not follow regular updates on Danny's page are familiar with his work: new paintings by the artist are instantly scattering in all famous blogs and Websaita. It is not surprising that after the success of the black and white “Girls in Glasses” , the London brand Borders & Frontiers suggested that the illustrator release T-shirts with the picture. And Gwen Stefani, impressed by the works of young talent, created a bag for her own brand Harejuku Lovers from Danny.
Although the artist is only twenty -four years old, his work appeared already in Elle US, Vogue Nippon, Vogue Spain, Vogue Brazil, Dazed & Confused, Vision , and the list does not end there. One of Danny’s last projects was the cooperation with the Forever21 brand magazine, for which he drew paintings on the particularly popular topic “Alice in Wonderland”.