Eerie

A couple drawings by Joseph Smolinski that I saw a while back at a gallery. I just like the creepy emptiness of it all.

Beauté Naturelle

from Mixte Magazine, photographed by Carlotta Mainago (I wish I knew who designed the illustrations). this is one of my favorite editorials to date, I just love the softness of it and the perfect illustrations. photo source: faking fashion.

Mind control

I just found the work of artist Raphael Vicenzi. I was flipping through NEET magazine online, and saw some beautiful, bright illustrations and had to take a look. I love the texture and patterns in his work and the contrast between the bold lines and the dreamy watercolor.








See more here: mydeadpony.com

One by one all day

I love finding new artists on flickr! Especially when I have nothing better to do.


_miniaturemouse



eika.dopludo



brettisagirl

I'm going to be away for the next week, I'm doing a summer college thing. So bye until then!

El Flamenco

I've always been fascinated by Flamenco. I've never been much of a dancer unless you count "creative dance" for a few months when I was four, but the flamenco music itself has always attracted me, as a guitar player myself. I actually just found this painting by John Singer Sargeant, one of my favorite painters, titled "El Jaleo." I love the light contrasted with the dark in this, there's something so mysterious about it.





Studies for "El Jaleo"



Watercolor study, "Spanish Dancer"

Relief.

I just completed a major art project for school, and it has been such a huge weight lifted off of my shoulders. I'm really satisfied with how it turned out, and it put me in a really great mood so I thought I would reward myself and just browse some of my favorite illustrators online. I found the site of Cedric Rivrain, an amazing fashion illustrator whose work is often in Nylon and Numero magazines. He really captures the color and movement in clothes and models, better than any photograph could. Here are my favorites from his work, but you can see the rest at cedricrivrain.com .

Uninspired.

Why is it that some days I am so inspired and filled with motivation to write and be artistic, yet on days like today when it is my job to be imaginative, nothing stirs my creative mind?

Karma police.

I saw an illustration by Fumi Mini Nakamura in the February issue of Nylon, and since then I've been enchanted by her work. I think these pieces speak for themselves, so I won't say anymore :)





photos from Fumi's flickr page - click here to view

PS - Thanks to everyone who has been commenting recently! I won't have much time to get back to comments this week, but I will try to catch up eventually! And to those who wondered, the title from the previous post is from the Death Cab for Cutie song called "Crooked Teeth".

Quirky.

I have recently fallen in love with Swedish illustrator Hanna Terese Nilsson's work. All her characters are lovably eccentric, and I love the different textures and values she can create with her pencil. See more of her work here.

Saturday.

I've been flipping through past issues of Lula online, and I stumbled across some amazing artwork by Jo Ratcliffe, specifically illustrations of designer sunglasses. I found many more illustrations by this artist, all equally amazing.






sources: flickr.com and jocandraw.com

On a slightly different note, I've been looking at the Proenza Schouler pre-fall collection. I love the designers' take on the edgy casual look. The corduroy pants, boots, and metallics are perfection.






Last but not least, here's a scan from the Fashion Spot of two articles about Sofia Coppola (her work on the Dior commercial and on her collaboration with Louis Vuitton, that I blogged about earlier this week) from Paris Vogue.




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