Stina Persson

Stina Persson is a fashion illustrator based in Stockholm, Sweden. She studied fine art in Perugia and fashion drawing in Florence, she has a degree of illustration from Pratt Institute in New York. She was awarded the society of illustrator's Student Scholarship in 1996 and in 1997, and she has exhibited her work in several shows in New York and Japan. She has both traveled extensively and lived for several years in Italy since then.

Stina Persson's art is beautifully imperfect and promising. Her illustration looks original and glamorous fashion paintings with some sixties touch.  In her illustration work she mostly uses ink, watercolor, photography, vector, drawing or collages with ceremonial Mexican cut papers to create a style that is vivid and elegant. She fuses the traditional with the edgy to introduce a modern look to illustration. She has done something for big clients such as Nike, Absolut Vodka, Coca cola, Sony Music, Atlantic Records, Macy's Department store, UNIQLO, American Eagle Outfitters, Volvo Japan, Harper's Bazaaar, Elle, Marie Claire and Blue Note Records.

I adore her artwork as well as the other fashion illustrator. Stinna teach me, from her painting, of how to  do shading in a portrait, how to mix different color but still it looks outstanding after the drawing. When i saw her paintings, i always amazed that she doesn't have any outline like what i always do. It shows that her ability in using mixed media is superb.

There is an interview with Stina Persson about how does she paint usually. She said when she starting on a piece, she uses picture reference to get the structure and pose. But others also can see it from the movement of human's body. She found her inspiratio n from thrift shops, flea markets, travels, foreign supermarkets, her child never ending imagination, color,and fashion magazines.