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:
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