Fashion Illustrator-Laura Lain

Laura Lain is an artist and a fashion illustrator.She studied fashion design at University of Art Helsinki.She only focuses on fashion illustrations during his studies in University.After graduated and completed her studies.She worked full-time as a freelance illustrator and also teach fashion illustration at the university.




She did a work for H&M.This is one of the picture.(below)

This drawing is probably hand drawn.I like how it is drawn because,the proportion of the body is good.The model poses in that way to show there is bare back.The color is just black and white.The medium of the work is probably pencil,charcoal and and black pen. The most interesting part about is she rendered the face so that people will focus on the face but the garments and the hair. .I love the print s of the tights.Nevertheless,i love how she makes illustration simple yet beautiful.

This is one of her work.It is called GHOST.Apparently,few months ago,i went to watch this movie called 'MAMA'.Laura Lain's works reminds me of that ghost in the movie.Her works are mostly in black and white.The details are absolutely superb.This is because i can even see details on the sleeves.There's holes.The fabric might be a football jersey.I like how she interpret 'GHOST' to this.Some people believe that ghost are different from us,they don't have hands or legs and ghost have weird structure.I believe this is what she wants to show us,the weird,garments that are attached on the ears,the face of the lady and the silhouette of the lady.It looks really skinny.Therefore,this work is interesting and has a good interpretation  of 'GHOST'.

This is one of the work for GOZO.I find this work interesting because of the hair!!Laura lain might have been thinking using alphabet letters to create the artwork.Since her style is black and white and her style is follow with the flow of the hair,i think she create a good artwork.The hair is especially well done.The garment that the lady is wearing suits with the concept. Tying a long hair that shaped like a 'G'.The proportion of the lady is good.I love how she go with the flow of the hair.Although it may look simple,it needs alot of work on the hair.

What i've learnt from her work is that i have to learn to make things 'go with the flow' of an artwork.

Fashion Illustrator-Katherine Troman

                                               

 Katherine Troman is a fashion illustrator.She lives in Birmingham.She is a graduate of the Arts University in Bournemouth.The picture above should be portrait or maybe not exactly her because she is an illustrator so she can change a little bit of her features in illustrations.I like how she colour her illustrations.

The picture above is called Jennifer Anxiety.This is her submission for talenthouse entry for Ladyhawke competition.i like the way Katherine plays with the technique in coloring the background.The proportion of the lady is good and her expression is in anxiety or in doubt of something.Her facial expression and gesture say so.So i guess this is a good and simple way of illustrating the lady in anxiety.

This illustration above is called "Amelia's compendium of Fashion illustration".I love the way this person does her illustrations.This is because the garment itself is interesting because it has alot of drapes and the colours that were use to express the snobbish women's expression can be seen.The sleeve colour that is used are yellow and pinkish red and black for outline.this gives a little bit of shine or reflection of light.

In my opinion,this illustrator uses soft colours to do her illustrators.Her work style is really lady-like and soft.This is why i love her work.

Fashion Illustrator-Carl Erickson

Carl Erickson was a American famous fashion illustrator and advertising artist.He's birth name is Carl Oscar August Erickson.He was born on 1891.He was born at Joliet, Illinois, USA.He studied at Academy of Fine.Although at his time he can only go to school two years,his artistic talents attracted the Marshall Field,lord and Thomas and other well known advertisement accounts in Chicago.
Not to give up the chances he got,in 1914 Eric moved to New York to continue his advertising illustrations.In 1916 Eric made his debut in  Vogue magazine.By 1917,he signed his signature at "Eric". In1925 he was a regular artist on the magazine.

He dominated the fashion illustrations field for more than thirty five years.He created  illustrations for French publications and drawing society portraits.He was a very hardworking man and serious in his work because he used his free time to practice on his skills in illustrations and for every work he did,he did a lot of research before producing a work.Eric became the pillar of the illustrations magazine.He worked with Rene Willaumez Bouet and then he worked with Rene Bouche.He was  known for his drawing of people in fashionable settings and would stress the importance of detail in his art.He continued to work for Vogue until late 1950s.The Brooklyn Museum held a retrospective of his drawings shortly after his death in 1959.


This is one of the work that he did on Coty Cosmetics.

 Coty Cosmetics is a beauty industry.This picture is relating with beauty and it is feminist.There are flowers above the women.Apart from that,there are cosmetics all over.This drawing gives a little bit of story.What i observed was,the women without any color is the customer without wearing any make up.Probably the women wanted to wear a make so,the women with make up promote the product to her.Therefore,this advertisement is trying to conclude that the products from coty cosmetics is useful and productive.

 

This illustration advertisements is to promote the products from coty cosmetics. There are text promoting the products.This product is probably for winter time because the model is wearing garment that abstract and it look like a Christmas tree.Therefore,i think this picture is very interesting because it will definitely,promote the sales for coty cosmetics and Eric has done a very good job in illustrating.

In conclusion what i have learn from his illustrations is that we always need a purpose in doing our illustrations or advertisement.I will definitely need this property to help me do the fashion illustrations project doing magazine.I will definitely do what he does,convince customers,readers to buy our magazine and product.I will also definitely need a very good and strong research to make the magazine cover look convincing and fascinating.