The first illustrator I decided to reaserch was Katie Rodgers, her use of sequins and glitter in her works captured my attention. She manages to make every illustration girly and with a fun a fun quality.
As part of my research into her illustration techniques I tried to replicate one of my favorite images she has created. I feel the image is not a bad likeness but I think if I where to attempt it again, I would make her rounder as it looks as though I've slimmed her down some what.
Next it was jason Brooks, most of his imagery is computer enhanced and has a beautiful flawless quality to it. He also produces some original works with good old pen and paper, which are just as polished and just as beautifull.
I decided to have a bash at one of his originals as I didn't have the fancy computer programs to utilise, I particularly liked the image as it was very simple in style and the paper looked as though it was torn from a book. My attempt some what like the last seems to be over elongated and not quite true to the original.
René, the man behind some amazingly elegant advertisements for dior. I'm totally in love with his illustrations they hark back to the new look and the golden age of fashion. His works appear simple in there composition but every peice is so striking in its finish.
My René wasn't quite elegant or breath taking but it was a labour of love, I've tried to replicate one of his delicate Dior lingerie posters. I don't feel is a terrible reproduction in so far as the over all dimensions but the shading and added pantys have let me down... Sorry René.
So on to the SS14 spectacular which was the exit for Marc Jacobs at Vuitton. A real inspiration of a man and a really inspirational show. The theme was a macabre fair ground filled with mourning show girls ( mourning the loss of Marc maybe? ). The cat walk was a grand set complied of a huge shag pile carpet with a somba carousel at one end and black water fountain at the other, as usual at a Vuitton show ther where lifts and escilators to add another dimension of movment to the show.
Luscious hues of black and blue where spread across the collection. Extending not only to the models gigantic feather headdresses but to new exotic leather noé bags in violently dark blues and adorned with spikes and crystals.
Many looks where exhibited in the show and I was quite happy to see the return of the Vuitton Stephen Sprouse graffiti. The use of sheer material made the connection to the show girl theme really clear and the use of beading was extravagant to say the least.
My interpretation on a Louis Vuitton luggage tag. Inscription: Illustrations of 3 Louis Vuitton SS14 garments in the style of Katie Rodgers, Jason brooks and René Gruau.
Now to the illustrations, I had to number them so I didn't get mixed up. 1, 2 and 3 ( 3 is below ) are all finished using watercolour pans and the have been drawn taking aspects from the three illustrators that I've chosen. Number 1 was in a Katie Rodgers style. Number 2 Jason Brooks and finally 3 in a René fashion.
When I write style I really mean that very loosely. I've tried my best to draw a René style image but as his images are so vaired I found it difficult. 1a and 2a are photo copy's of the original 1, 2 and 3 but u have then added pencil colour and topped it with tracing paper to give an echoed effect.
3a is pencil colour again. I've never really liked using pencils as I don't feel the blend together all that well but it creates a different look and almost looks as though it has texture to it.
On the next three images I have used brushing inks. Even though they are not great to make skin tones with the do blend incredibly well.
1c, 2c and 3c are still the same image but I have thrown the originl colour palette out of the window and gone for wacky purples and blues.
By the time I had got round to this one I thought, hey why not have some purple skin. At least on the other two I've tryed to keep it near to a human skin colour. Even though the brusho's have created some odd colours I really loved the way they blend and produce new colours. There fab but they stain your skin something rotten!
I'm not finished yet there is mood boards, customer profiles and some burlesque inspired designs to come.
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