Cecilia Carlstedt

Today I want to write about one of a successful fashion illustration from Stockholm, Sweden , Cecilia Carlstedt. I think she is one of those talented artist, who can create such a delicate artwork using a combination of pencil, water-color and ink as her media. Her passion towards illustration makes a lot of big major brands interested with her talent. Those brands are: Bloomingdales, Swarovski, La perl a, Paul Smith, H&M, and MTV.  From her website, she said that drawing and painting has always been her medium of expression from an early age. After beginning her formal studies at the Stockholm University reading the History of Art she continued with a foundation and BA in graphic design and illustration in London College of communication which also included a semester of exchange at the F.I T in New York. After graduating 2003 she begun her career as an illustrator and have since then been commissioned for a wide range of clients such as H&M, La Perla, Swarovski, Paul Smith, Victoria Secret, Martini Gold, Elle, Vogue, New York Times and W magazines. From all of her artwork, I can assumed that Cecilia Carlstedt like to experiment with different mediums of drawing. She also got inspiration from random sources. Her inspiration can come from a person on the street with an interesting look, an exhibition, a fashion spread in a magazine, a dream at night. Everything around her can help her to make an unbelievable artwork.Many other artists have influenced her as well and that have been varying through time. From Gustav Klimt with his ornamental flat and often pattern like paintings along with the Japanese wood cuts like Hokusai to more contemprorary artist like Marlene Dumas for her expressive portraits and use of paint and ink for similar reason Elisabeth Peyton. She said "what excites me when creating a fashion illustration is the unlimited scope for interpreting a design. This combines with the satisfaction  of capturing, in an unexpected way, what i am to impress." Here are some of her fashion illustration artwork:

Hayden Williams

 I was browsing on instagram one day and suddenly I bumped into Hayden Williams' account. I was stunned by his drawing because it seems real, flawless and beyond perfect. Hayden is one of my favourite fashion illustrator ever.
 Hayden William is a fashion designer/illustrator who live in London. He has been drawing since the age of 3 years old. Most of his inspiration has come from his childhood where, as child, he was amazed by Disney movies and started to draw his beloved Disney character. His extraordinary designs also tend to be inspired by vintage fashion editorials and films.
  Now his skills has developed and he has created a lot of amazing fashion illustration. But so many times people don't believe that he draw those stunning designs with just a simple pencil and a scanner to put it up into his computer. He also felt that social media like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest had helped him to share all of his creation.
 He said: " A lot of people are surprised that i do things old school and do everything by hand. I think an illustration is much more interesting looking with less Photoshop. I love that iconic designers such as Oscar de la Renta and Karl Legerfeld still hand sketch everything."
 He also revealed that it can take as little as 10-15 minutes to do a quick sketch and one hour to fully completed the illustration.
 Here are his advice for us who's still struggled with fashion illustration: "I am still growing and learning myself in many ways, but i would say to do it because you genuinele love it. Always be consistent with your craft. The more you draw, the better you will become!"



Here are some of his illustrations: