PALOMA

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!

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.

Hopefully Paloma will see it and love it! One can dream :)

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: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151069113855970&set=a.199382680969.132454.72691320969&type=1&theater :D x

MYSTICAL ONE

It's quite funny how opportunities come about sometimes. You can spend so much time searching in vain and then one just comes to you with no effort at all on your part.

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 RE:CALL magazine.

RE:CALL is a bi-annual publication which showcases the latest in fashion, music, art, culture and lifestyle.

I created a series of 4 illustrations entitled "Mystical One" which drew inspiration from 70s fashion and the Romani traveller style of dress.

See article with these illustrations and brief info about me here.

REISS ILLUSTRATED

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.

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?

AURORA

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.

Samantha James - Free

Samantha James- Amber Sky

SILHOUETTE OF DREAMS



Pink, girly, romantic! I really enjoyed drawing this, the big, bouncy curls were especially fun :)

SEOHEE



This illustration was created in collaboration with the fantastic Asian Streetstyle blog, La Mode Outré.

The subject of the illustration, Seohee, was spotted on the streets of Seoul by James Bent, the photographer and editor of La Mode Outré. I was then given the task of interpreting the photo of Seohee in my own illustrative style.

Click here to see the post on La Mode Outré, which includes the original photograph and a short interview.

LITTLE FILLE

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 Little Fille. 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 Zoe Badley.