tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43285798936895695752024-03-14T07:53:21.584+00:00Danielle Shepherd Fashion IllustrationDanielle Shepherd Fashion IllustrationDanielle Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386235543962915095noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328579893689569575.post-19999618352000977972013-02-19T12:38:00.000+00:002013-02-19T12:53:35.774+00:00ZOOEY MAGAZINE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A little while ago, <b>Zooey Magazine</b> did a call out on Twitter for illustrators to feature in their Nov/Dec 2012 issue. I responded immediately not wanting to pass up the chance to have my work published. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nikki Reed was the cover girl for the November/December 2012 issue that I was featured in, and I used a photograph of her as inspiration for my illustration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I wanted to create something special for this feature so I decided to illustrate a magical forest scene, very detailed and colourful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was such a thrill when the issue finally came out online and today, I received the printed copy in the mail. Super exciting!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you'd like to read the article, <a href="http://www.issuu.com/zooeymagazine/docs/december2012" target="_blank">go here</a>. I'd love to know what you think! :) x</span>Danielle Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386235543962915095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328579893689569575.post-20626794255695486192012-11-23T18:33:00.003+00:002012-11-23T18:33:44.370+00:00JANE LANE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'll be honest, I never watched Daria when I was a kid in the 90s. I think it might've been a bit mature for me at that time. I was more into cartoons like Thundercats, Power Rangers and TMNT - pure animated action!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Recently, I've caught a few rerun episodes of Daria on MTV and I find the cynical, sarcastic exchanges between Daria and her best friend Jane Lane very amusing. I don't think I had such a jaded outlook on the world when I was a teenager.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What I love about this show especially is how everything is sooo 90s. From the angsty rock theme tune to the grungy style of its main characters, it's a blast from the not so distant past.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jane Lane is definitely the edgier of the two in terms of style with her razor sharp jet black haircut, cartilage piercings and grungy clothing.</span><br />
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Paloma Faith is one of my favourite singers. Along with her incredible voice, she's also got a distinctive sense of style to match. I saw her perform with Cee Lo Green at the Brit Awards 2011 (I went for my birthday!) and I was totally blown away. Fantastic performer! <br />
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Paloma recently posted a snap of her at a recent concert on her Facebook page. It was a beautiful photo and it gave me the inspiration I needed to start a new illustration. From there it just flowed. I'm really happy with the final artwork.<br />
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Hopefully Paloma will see it and love it! One can dream :)<br />
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<strong>UPDATE: It seems dreams do come true! Yesterday I got such a great surprise! Paloma Faith saw my illustration and posted it on her Facebook page! How amazing is that?! See it here: </strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151069113855970&set=a.199382680969.132454.72691320969&type=1&theater">http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151069113855970&set=a.199382680969.132454.72691320969&type=1&theater</a> <strong>:D x</strong>Danielle Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386235543962915095noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328579893689569575.post-62145518734823303552012-05-14T11:04:00.002+01:002012-05-14T13:05:58.725+01:00MYSTICAL ONE<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
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About a year ago I did some work experience at a fashion show/expo and made some contacts with the people I worked with. One day, quite out of the blue, I was asked by one of those same contacts to create some illustrations for a new publication she was working on called<strong> RE:CALL</strong> magazine.</div>
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<strong><a href="http://recall-magazine.com/" target="_blank">RE:CALL</a></strong> is a bi-annual publication which showcases the latest in fashion, music, art, culture and lifestyle.</div>
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I created a series of 4 illustrations entitled "Mystical One" which drew inspiration from 70s fashion and the Romani traveller style of dress.<br />
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See article with these illustrations and brief info about me <a href="http://recall-magazine.com/fashion/danielleshepherd.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've decided that from this year on, I will take advantage of as many illustration opportunities that come my way. This is definitely a challenge for me as I work full time and usually have very little free time to do personal work but it's something I have to push if I want to be successful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The piece above is one that I entered in an illustration competition that Reiss recently held on their Facebook page. It wasn't a winner unfortunately but I'm still glad I entered it. There's no possibility of winning if you never try right?</span>Danielle Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386235543962915095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328579893689569575.post-6775735739200423832012-01-23T20:37:00.001+00:002012-01-23T20:42:57.898+00:00AURORA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favourite genre of music is definitely chill out/ambient music. It just makes me feel so relaxed and clears out all the chaos going on in my mind. I've been listening to a lot of Samantha James' music recently and it's so soft, beautiful and romantic. Two songs in particular, "Free" and "Amber Sky", I was listening to nonstop when creating 'Aurora' and that romantic mood is definitely reflected this piece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pink, girly, romantic! I really enjoyed drawing this, the big, bouncy curls were especially fun :)</span></div>Danielle Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386235543962915095noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328579893689569575.post-44534244312268174012011-10-02T13:01:00.000+01:002011-10-02T13:01:14.128+01:00SEOHEE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fe4XD84MmWs/TohOzMDvEcI/AAAAAAAAAEw/jpjBl3Rcw_s/s1600/Seohee+Illustration+by+Danielle+Shepherd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kca="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fe4XD84MmWs/TohOzMDvEcI/AAAAAAAAAEw/jpjBl3Rcw_s/s640/Seohee+Illustration+by+Danielle+Shepherd.jpg" width="451" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The subject of the illustration, Seohee, was spotted on the streets of Seoul by James Bent, the photographer and editor of <strong>La Mode Outré</strong>. I was then given the task of interpreting the photo of Seohee in my own illustrative style. </span></div><div align="left"><br />
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</div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Never before has an illustration taken me so long to finish. I started this before quite a few of my completed illustrations, then I forgot about it for a while and finally came back to it a couple weeks ago. It has turned out to be one of my favourites as it's so detailed. It's based on an image I came across quite a few months back from a campaign shoot for a headband fashion label called </span><a href="http://little-fille.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Little Fille</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. They make the sweetest headbands in all different styles and fun patterns, and are sold in Topshop. The model in the illustration is fashion blogger </span><a href="http://qqueenofhearts.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zoe Badley</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div>Danielle Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386235543962915095noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328579893689569575.post-71723480795759233232011-07-31T11:29:00.001+01:002011-07-31T11:33:54.006+01:00ILLUSTRATION PRINTS FOR SALE!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey everyone,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just a quick note to let you know that prints of some of my illustrations are now available for sale on Etsy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The five prints for sale are:</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They are printed on A4 size (8.3in x 11.7in) quality archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm paper. Image measures 8in by 10 in, so this print fits perfectly in an 8 x 10 photo frame (as seen in photo; not included with print).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are interested in purchasing one of these prints for yourself or for a special stylish friend, visit the </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/dangiselle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Danielle Shepherd Fashion Illustration shop</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div>Danielle Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386235543962915095noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328579893689569575.post-63320938248429617162011-06-26T13:48:00.000+01:002011-06-26T13:48:09.632+01:00RAIN ON FIRE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8YCU8AGzYjQ/TgZHAwwxhpI/AAAAAAAAADw/opqEtsEVrzo/s1600/adelesmall+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" i$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8YCU8AGzYjQ/TgZHAwwxhpI/AAAAAAAAADw/opqEtsEVrzo/s1600/adelesmall+copy.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've been listening to her song "Set Fire to the Rain" nearly every day for the past few weeks and I still feel overwhelmed every time I hear it. Her songs always manage to tap into those feelings of desperate love and heartbreak that most of us have experienced at some point.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Even though Adele's songs tend to be quite wistful, her personality comes across in interviews as quite upbeat and bubbly. I wanted to portray both the melancholic and vivacious sides of her character in this portrait. </div>Danielle Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386235543962915095noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328579893689569575.post-32900157825003681282011-03-31T14:31:00.001+01:002011-03-31T14:32:04.968+01:00THANK YOU!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi everyone,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry I'm a bit late in doing this but I just wanted to thank everyone who voted for me in the <strong>L'Oréal</strong> <strong>Paris</strong> 'Style Cheryl's Hair' Facebook contest! I was not chosen as the overall winner but I was one of the top 50 highest voted entries so I did win a <strong>L'Oréal</strong> goody bag! I really appreciate all the support for my work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been a bit of a busy time for me recently, I got a new part-time job as a Retail Sales Advisor (unfortunately illustration isn't paying at the moment) and I'm also still searching for another one so I don't have as much free time as I used to. As soon as there's some balance and order to my life again, I'll have some new illustrations to share with you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks again and much love! xx</span>Danielle Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386235543962915095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328579893689569575.post-2873896709979211462011-03-13T14:20:00.000+00:002011-03-13T14:20:28.385+00:00STYLE CHERYL'S HAIR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RhUA_BioSFk/TXzR8MSMASI/AAAAAAAAADo/VNyFxwSD9gM/s1600/Cheryl+Cole+70s+hair+by+Danielle+Shepherd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" q6="true" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RhUA_BioSFk/TXzR8MSMASI/AAAAAAAAADo/VNyFxwSD9gM/s640/Cheryl+Cole+70s+hair+by+Danielle+Shepherd.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just entered this portrait of Cheryl Cole in the L'Oréal Paris 'Style Cheryl's Hair' competition to inspire Cheryl's hairstyle for the next L'Oréal Elnett commercial. I would really love it if you would vote for me! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can vote by liking the L'Oréal Paris Facebook page, go to my entry </span><a __untrusted="true" href="http://dev.mccannlondon.co.uk/elnet/entry/442" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3b5998;"><span>http://dev.mccannlondon.co.uk/</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span></span>elnet/entry/442</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and vote vote vote! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The competition ends on March 18 at midday and only the top 50 entries will be considered so please pass it on to everyone you know!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Portraits are always enjoyable projects for me, particularly the ones of regular people. It's amazing to be able to capture the unique nuances of a person's features and to convey a certain emotion and/or story through their expressions. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The portrait above is Sarah Brown, the founder of <strong>Pai Skincare</strong>, and was created to accompany an <a href="http://www.ameliasmagazine.com/earth/pai-skincare-organic-products-for-sensitive-skin/2011/03/04/">Amelia's Magazine article</a> on this ethical beauty brand. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Above are two illustrations I contributed, the top one is a look from the Prophetik collection (<a href="http://www.ameliasmagazine.com/fashion/london-fashion-week-aw-2011-catwalk-review-prophetik-by-amelia/2011/02/24/">review article here</a>) and the bottom one is from Bora Aksu (<a href="http://www.ameliasmagazine.com/fashion/london-fashion-week-aw-2011-catwalk-review-bora-aksu-by-amelia/2011/02/24/">review article here</a>).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A couple weeks ago, MTV Style tweeted a <a href="http://style.mtv.com/2011/02/10/katerina-graham-charles-albert-necklace/">link</a> to a photo of American actress and singer Kat Graham wearing the most gorgeous, insanely large jewelry I have ever seen - just the sight of it caused instant heart palpitations! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MTV Style said "We're OBSESSED with her necklace and ring!!" and how could you not be?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Founded in 1990, <strong>Charles Albert</strong> jewelry is all handmade and comprised of one-of-a-kind fossil, mineral, gemstone and fine sterling silver. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">They have a wide range of edgy, beautiful pieces that any girl who loves a bit of fashion drama would go crazy for!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I, along with a few other illustrators, was asked by Amelia's Magazine to interpret the dress above from <strong>Ada Zanditon</strong>'s<strong> </strong>upcoming London Fashion Week A/W 2011 collection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was a really interesting task as the photo we received showed the dress on a hanger so we all had to imagine what it would look like on a model. Though not an overall difficult project, it was a little bit of challenge for me to capture the same architectural precision and beauty of the sleeves - the focal point of the dress. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I usually use patterns for the background but I decided to switch it up a bit with this one. The sleeves on the dress reminded me of the Egyptian Pyramids, and because there's a link between the Pyramids and the constellations, I thought I would create a cosmic background to compliment the dress. The cosmic dust was made using oil pastels and the stars were created using Photoshop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To top it off, I gave her a sculptural, avant garde hairstyle, as this is how I imagine women would style their hair when wearing this coat!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">To view the <strong>Ada Zanditon</strong> LFW AW11 Preview article on Amelia's Magazine, click <a href="http://www.ameliasmagazine.com/fashion/london-fashion-week-aw-2011-preview-ada-zanditon/2011/02/16/">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm currently participating in the Saatchi Online Showdown competition to have my work "Grand Plumage" shown in the Saatchi Gallery in London.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the moment, I'm in the top 500 of over 5000 entries but I need to get into top 128 in order to be in with a chance of winning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You don't have to sign up to Saatchi Online to vote, you can connect using Facebook so it's a simple process.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please vote and encourage others to vote for me here - </span><a href="http://www.saatchionline.com/showdown/match/showdown/4/artist/219653/art/104833"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.saatchionline.com/showdown/match/showdown/4/artist/219653/art/104833</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks very much! xxx</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial;">Follow Me - <a href="http://facebook.com/danielleshepherdfashionillustration">Facebook</a>/<a href="http://twitter.com/DanzShepherd">Twitter</a></span>Danielle Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386235543962915095noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328579893689569575.post-72338278013612179182011-02-06T22:29:00.002+00:002011-02-19T04:43:44.983+00:00CYLIA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l60Ra_7bECg/TU8XuHpU-pI/AAAAAAAAACk/AykLfPdBl6g/s1600/Cylia-by-Danielle-Shepherd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l60Ra_7bECg/TU8XuHpU-pI/AAAAAAAAACk/AykLfPdBl6g/s640/Cylia-by-Danielle-Shepherd.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Currently obsessing over this gawwwwgeous spread called "Black Allure" from the February issue of <strong>Italian Vogue</strong>. It's beautiful and bewitching and it features some of my fave models such as Jourdan Dunn and Melodie Monrose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Italian Vogue</strong> had previously done an all-black issue back in 2008 and now this time around, there's some skepticism over whether it's an attempt to show diversity in fashion or an interesting gimmick. I personally think it's most likely just a strategy to get attention but that doesn't matter to me. What matters is that this spread is awesome!!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've also set up a <strong>Danielle Shepherd Fashion Illustration page on Facebook</strong> to connect with anyone who is interested in my work. You can go <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Danielle-Shepherd-Fashion-Illustration/183426808355680">here</a> to 'like' this page or you can also connect through the widget in this blog's sidebar. Looking forward to connecting with all of you! xx</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to their website, "<strong>Pretty Rubbish</strong> is a partnership between Victoria Geary and Rebecca Griffiths, two textile designers who are passionate about the influence of sustainability on design and fashion. They focus on recycling old textiles into funky new clothing, accessories and objects of beauty."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been a fan of <strong>Amelia's Magazine</strong> for a long time and I jumped at the opportunity to do an illustration for them. For this illustration, I wanted to convey the mood of a windy autumn day with the colours of the leaves in the background mirroring the colour of the <strong>Pretty Rubbish</strong> jacket.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This is the first time an illustration of mine has been featured anywhere so I'm really excited about it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Check out the <strong>Amelia's Magazine</strong> article <a href="http://www.ameliasmagazine.com/fashion/pretty-rubbish-interview-with-the-eco-couture-company-devoted-to-making-bespoke-items-of-recycled-fashion/2011/01/20/">here</a> and have a look at the <strong>Pretty Rubbish</strong> website <a href="http://www.prettyrubbish.org/index.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Btw, the Avatar AMV was done by a friend of mine, who also introduced me to the song (thanks Delvin, stealing your vid! :P)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't you just hate it when you're trying to remember the name of someone you've heard of before and you just keep drawing a blank? Well that's what happened to me last week when I was trying to remember the name of Renee Perle. For some reason I thought her name was something like Cecile or Celia (nooo I idea how I got that!) and all I could remember about her was that she wore T-shirts and stacks of bangles. The name search yielded no results (as it was so fantastically off the mark), so I decided to search for '1930s stacked bangles' and lo and behold, there was a photo of Renee Perle. Cue sigh of relief. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renee Perle was the Romanian muse of Jacques Henri Lartigue, a prominent French photographer in the 20th century. I first found out about her when I came across a photo spread in Vogue Germany that was inspired by her sense of style. With her T-shirts, armfuls of bangles, wide legged trousers and large hats, she had a unique style which was very modern for its time. After finding out about Renee Perle again and going through numerous photos of her, I decided to create this piece which is inspired by her dark, mysterious features and beautiful clothing style.</span><br />
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