ILLUSTRATION: Year of the Pig

It's Chinese New Year! Here's my contributory illustration to celebrate the year of the pig:

ILLUSTRATION: Illamasqua

This is the closest I've ever gotten to a digital piece of artwork, usually I tend to keep my illustrations more sketchy and fluid. I thought this would be a good one to illustrate digitally as it consists of straight lines. This was more of a challenge than I originally thought as illustrating glass is simply not fun, and more time consuming than I had thought. However, I think all the time invested in this really paid off as it is an outcome that I'm really happy with. 

ILLUSTRATION: Dolce and Gabbana

'Did you draw this?'

Lately, I keep getting quite a few of this particular question. Frankly, it is one of my favourite questions and a compliment within itself. Every time I get asked this question, I find it very very hard to maneuver my head through a doorway. 

So, here is one of my latest illustrations. Obviously, I just cannot seem to get D&G off my mind. So this was a past illustration of mine, I decided to revamp it as, honestly, I just did not have the time or energy to start from scratch. The majority of my illustrations evolve from a sketch in pencil - or mechanical pencil because I am just that uncultured. I use a mixture of pencils - my favourite being 4B and B and my blending tool of choice is a (clean!) cotton bud.

After I have my finished sketch, I ideally would scan my image onto the digital world. However, as I am a newbie and lack the funds, I opt for a photo on either a Pixel phone or a Samsung Galaxy S8. Once the image has transported itself magically to my PC, I can freely use Adobe's fantastic software to edit, add colour, textiles and the finishing sparkles. Swipe in some rouge, add a touch of hairspray, maybe a label and Voila!

If you fancy having a look at the fantastic collection this was based on: CLICK HERE
For more DOLCE & GABBANA

ILLUSTRATION: Kaia Gerber

It's not much of a surprise now is it? I think it's becoming clear that the format of my blog is to: A) post about something I'm obsessing over and B) to draw it. Hence, illustration beneath...

For the Miu Miu collection that inspired this illustration; CLICK HERE
More of the model? @KAIAGERBER