Fashionably Harry Potter ?!

                                                            HOGWARTS HOUSE COUTURE

Gryffindor - The Lion - You might belong in Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve, and chivalry Set Gryffindors apart

Hufflepuff - The Badger - You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true And unafraid of toil.

Ravenclaw - The Eagle - Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you’ve a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind.

Slytherin - The Serpent - Or perhaps in Slytherin You’ll make your real friends, Those cunning folks use any means To achieve their ends.

First was fashionably Disney illustrations and now I ve come across these Hogwarts House Couture illustrations which i thought were pretty awesome. 

Source & check out more from:http://distantdream.deviantart.com/art/Hogwarts-House-Couture-319921184

Spongebob as CHANEL

Square panted underwater cartoon character as well. Above are depictions of Coco Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld. For Marc Jacobs, Terry Richardson, and Takashi Murakami, all drawn by Dutch illustrator Mike Federiqo at http://www.huhmagazine.co.uk/3213/fashion-sponge-bobs

P.S. Haven't had time to blog in a while but will be blogging again hopefully.

Vogue Princesses

Society has a strange fascination with Disney characters, so much so that many of us crave to see special renditions like this Vogue Princesses series. Of course, when one considers how much of a role these characters and movies played in our childhood years, it is no wonder that we encourage the nostalgic tendencies of these projects.

Yet the Vogue Princesses art series also addresses our need for something new and exciting. Forget about innocent storylines and tired film sequels; artists like Dante Taylor give us a different perspective of these once-sweet-and-dainty damsels. The Vogue Princesses series shows them all grown up. From the naive Snow White to the the self-sacrificing Belle, these Vogue Princesses magazine covers give them all edgy looks, as though they have been seasoned by the fashion industry

Source: Trendhunter.com

How cool are these covers, They look so good although the original characters has seem to lots a lot of the innocence. The illustrations are beautiful !

Illustration is a GO!

Just took quick pics I took of my illustrations from my iphone (so not great quality) Trying to improve again on my illustrations to give them more energy and personality for my portfolio! Hope they are good enough!

Drawing Fashion Exhibition at Design Museum

Antonio, Fashions of the times, 1967- Drawing in ink with pen & collage- The New York Times Magazine (post card purchased from design museum)Antonio , Lingerie,1966- drawing in ink with pen & collage- Elle Magazine (post card purchased from design museum)A quick drawing I did of Rene Grau illustration, seeing not photography was allowed :(

Experimenting with Illustration Style !

I knew I had to work on my illustrations sooner or later and the time has come! But its still early stages but I feel better about these experiment and think they are much better and so does my tutors which is an up side ! :)

Inspiring Illustrations.....

Marc Jacobs A/W 2010, Illustrations by Leeay AikawaWe had a tutorial about how to create an illustrated line up to project what our collections are about and how to we should allow our illustrations to have a mood and energy. It easy said that than done though, so our tutor told us to look at existing illustrations which we liked and thought would be suitable for our collections and I really like these ones of Marc Jacobs collection by Leeay Aikawa as they look fresh and fits the aesthetics of the clothes as well.
So I will try and take aspects of these illustrations to inspired my illustrations.

Illustrations are from ameliasmagazine.com