While visiting Bali, Brown found herself inspired by the local tattoo artists and illustrators. They were all working digitally, which turned out to be the triggering point for her to become a digital artist.

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“I never thought I was that patient when it came to creating art, so I loved any medium that allowed me to bring my vision to life quickly. This is why digital art has changed my life! I love using the Procreate App. It has really allowed me to experiment and bring my ideas to life without wasting any medium,” she said in an interview for Ballpit. She also added that before discovering the digital world, she would work with watercolors and posca pens.

Although she is still working on her color palettes, one thing is for sure: fashion illustration will always be her number one influence.

“I love drawing people and characters that represent a certain mood that is usually bold and sassy. I would say my alter ego shines through most of the characters I draw,” she explained. “My overall style consists of a quirky concoction of current trends mixed with playful color palettes resulting in bold stylized characters.”

Check out the gallery below.

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But it’s her illustrations which first caught our attention. Bright, bold and more often than not, pink, her illustration style fits in nicely with her aesthetics in general. “I get inspiration from my many travels, museums, paintings, nature, fashion shows, magazines, pop culture, different songs, and music,” she noted in an interview with Talenthouse. “Sometimes when I am doing nearly anything, or simply even people watching, I get great ideas for textile design and illustration.”

“I always have my camera and sketchbook with me,” adds Helf, relaying her creative process. “When I see an interesting outfit, textile design, trend or color combination, I usually take some pictures to capture it or I sketch the idea. After this I brainstorm and put all my ideas together.”

Currently based near Frankfurt, since graduating Helf has worked with brands like C&A, Street One, Blutsgeschwister, and Zalando. She has also won the international fashion design competition Style X at the SWSW Festival in Austin, as well as had an outfit she designed worn by the singer Maya Azucena on the runway. In other words: this is only the beginning for this young trendsetter.

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Based in Toronto, Canada, Naranian admits that her goal is to make other people happy through her work. “I want my audience to find happiness and laughter throughout my art,” she explains on her website. “And this is mainly because I think we take life a little too seriously sometimes.”

This alone makes her work a breath of fresh air in the “fashion goals” landscape of Instagram. “There are many things around me that I am able to get inspired by,” relayed Naranian in an interview with I Love Illustration. “These things range from clothing, books, old magazines, and textiles. The sketches of old masters that I look up to are Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, and David Downtown. What I appreciate about the three of these artists (and fashion designers) is their playfulness with figure, shape, and color.”

She adds that playfulness is an intriguing element in the creation of art as it is able to evoke a story by capturing the fundamental parts of the image, without getting too bogged down by the details. Using ink, pastel, acrylic, and watercolors, as well as her good ol’ iPad, Naranian’s creative process is as messy and as playful as the end result.

The post Annie Naranian’s Wonky Fashion Illustrations Will Encourage You to Have Fun! appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“I approach designing clothes very scientifically,” reflected Josefi in an interview with Fashion Stories. With an eye for fashion-forward design and sophisticated tailoring, combined with high technology and innovation, his work has received several prestigious awards. Now, his goal is to be a 100% sustainable brand.

But like most fashion designers, when it comes to his own wardrobe his approach is very laid back, sticking to monochrome and comfortable clothes. “I sometimes borrow clothes from my wife,” he admits. “I cannot be bothered to think about what to wear so much when it comes to my own style.”

Now fully immersed in the fashion scene, it’s hard to imagine that Josefi had been anything but a fashion enthusiast. In actuality, when he was 23-years-old and moved from Iran to Sweden, he was determined to study medicine. But after working as a help nurse, and seeing a lot of people suffer, he decided to change direction. “I saw too much suffering, I wanted to make people happy instead,” he relayed.

His statement pieces might just put a smile on your face.

The post Naim Josefi Wants His Fashion Brand to Be Sustainable and Fun appeared first on MobiSpirit.

But being a self-taught artist, her journey to fashion illustrations was a meandering one. “I always wanted to be a fashion designer so I went to the famous academy in Antwerp but stopped in the first year,” she recalled in an interview with I Love Illustration. “After I moved to Amsterdam during my masters in Art History I just desperately needed a job and decided to go draw on festivals and weekend markets for voluntary donations. Just because I was already always drawing anyway and it seemed so much more fun than working in a cafe or coffee bar. This was in a time that nobody was doing live illustration yet, so I got picked up really quickly,” she says.

Working first as a live illustrator, her style is loose and full of movement – capturing the dynamic spirit of fashion. “My style is still very defined by the early days where I used to draw on the streets, catwalks or at events so you always have to be quick,” Molenaar explained. “Therefore, my drawings always have a sense of speed in them.”

With no sketches to rely on (or even erasers), her work cuts to the chase. “I often make several versions of one theme and add on tho earlier drawings or take different parts from others till it will emerge into something that feels right for me,” she says. “I always try to balance technique with a bit of impulsiveness. It are often the little accidents, ‘faulty’ lines  and even things that you don’t draw that make my illustrations come alive.”

See for yourself.

The post Sella Molenaar’s Fashion Illustrations Have a Life of Their Own appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“After an internship at Cosmopolitan magazine, I immediately started working as a freelance stylist,” she recalled in an interview with I Love Illustration. “But Illustrating was what I loved most so after a few years of styling I decided to change course and started working as an illustrator.”

Now based in Alkmaar, she’s known for her intuitive work, which relies on loose lines and watercolors. Her work tools also include ink, paint, crayons, and pencils. “I like to color outside the lines,” she says. “I don’t sketch with a pencil; I just create lots of silhouettes or faces with watercolor/ ink directly on paper.”

Her motto seems to be “less is more,” focusing on simplicity rather than over-embellishment and using her hands rather than the computer. Her clients include brands like AvantGarde, Viva, Elegance, Libelle, and Margriet.

Follow her work on Instagram.

The post Fashion Plus Illustrations Equals Tessa M. de Graaf appeared first on MobiSpirit.

But it’s her fashion illustrations that have really caught our attention. Bold and graphic, they have a certain sheen to them that makes them really pop. With her latest project, she attempted to describe what seems most influential and inspiring in contemporary fashion panorama, using illustrative commentary.

But in an interview with I Love Illustration, Murialdo admitted that it took her some time and effort to find her artistic voice. “With illustration, I have struggled a bit to maintain a definitive style and I know this is sometimes a flaw, especially for someone working as a professional,” she said. “Iʼve got a ‘transitional period’ every few years in which I get bored of what I do and search for new fresh inspirations.”

Having found her voice, she now teaches Graphic and Multimedia Design at Istituto Marangoni. “I am very fortunate because I work every day with groups of young creative students from all over the world,” she said. “I get to share ideas with them and artistically direct them through different projects.”

Take note.

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Working both commercially and otherwise, van Bemmel has collaborated with fashion magazines, creating editorial illustrations. “Freelancing makes me schedule my own time and this is absolutely what makes it worth all the extra work and uncertainties,” she told I Love Illustration. “Being my own boss and deciding for myself what to do that day is incredibly rewarding.”

And much like her day to day, her creative process also varies, allowing her much room for playfulness and intuition. “Most of the time I brainstorm in my sketchbook and make small 15sec sketches to figure out the composition and pose,” she says. “Sometimes I only sketch one, sometimes I need more, but they always help me figure it out before starting on a big blank paper.”

She starts out by drawing with colored pencils and sometimes markers for some big gestures, moving onto acrylic paint if needed. She sometimes works digitally as well but makes sure to begin with a drawing on paper. Take a look at some of her creations in the gallery below.

The post This is What Happens When a Fashion Designer Starts Painting appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“I’ve been drawing since I was just a little girl,” she shared in an interview Artflakes. “It has always been something that has gives me lots of joy, and I’ve never really had any other plan. Drawing has always been the only thing I’ve really really wanted to do, so I guess I’ve never really pursued anything else with the same passion. I love my job!”

With clients that include brands like VOGUE, Stella McCartney, Burberry, and Urban Outfitters, it’s easy to see why. “I’ve been lucky enough to be graced with awesome clients that often let me play around with the given tasks, and just do my thing, which I very much enjoy,” says Roise.

And though most of her work centers around fashion, her inspiration includes other things as well. “I find inspiration everywhere, really,” she admits. “In people around me, popular culture, books, youth culture, magazines, and music, but the fashion industry and the internet are my absolute go-to sources for neverending inspiration.”

Check out some of her takes on the fashion world in the gallery below.

The post Esra Roise Observes the Fashion World appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“When I think of my style I’m sure it’s quite… happy!” Pawelczyk admitted in an interview with I Love Illustration. “I use bright colors of markers which I buy in every place of the world I visit and my favorite Canson paper. I turn on nice music, create a really nice atmosphere and I draw. Nowadays I also help myself with an Ipad, where I plan my work, make sketches.”

“What I love the most about my job is that every project is different,” she added. “One day I draw for magazines, next day I focus on the illustrations for campaigns, another day I search for inspiration for the 20/30 meters big illustration which is going to stand in the center of one of the biggest cities in Europe. This is quite crazy and I love it.”

Her upbeat personality and unique style of illustration haven’t gone unnoticed in the fashion world, attracting brands as big as Marc Jacobs and Grazia Germany, which have shared her illustrations on their social media platforms. Pawelczyk has also collaborated with BIZUU, which has printed her illustrations on t-shirts, blouses, and dresses.

Join the hype.

The post The Fashionable, Wonky Characters of Karolina Pawelczyk appeared first on MobiSpirit.

While visiting Bali, Brown found herself inspired by the local tattoo artists and illustrators. They were all working digitally, which turned out to be the triggering point for her to become a digital artist.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by K E R R I B R O W N (@kerriibrown)

“I never thought I was that patient when it came to creating art, so I loved any medium that allowed me to bring my vision to life quickly. This is why digital art has changed my life! I love using the Procreate App. It has really allowed me to experiment and bring my ideas to life without wasting any medium,” she said in an interview for Ballpit. She also added that before discovering the digital world, she would work with watercolors and posca pens.

Although she is still working on her color palettes, one thing is for sure: fashion illustration will always be her number one influence.

“I love drawing people and characters that represent a certain mood that is usually bold and sassy. I would say my alter ego shines through most of the characters I draw,” she explained. “My overall style consists of a quirky concoction of current trends mixed with playful color palettes resulting in bold stylized characters.”

Check out the gallery below.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by K E R R I B R O W N (@kerriibrown)

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by K E R R I B R O W N (@kerriibrown)

The post Adorable Fashion Illustrations By Kerri Brown appeared first on MobiSpirit.

But it’s her illustrations which first caught our attention. Bright, bold and more often than not, pink, her illustration style fits in nicely with her aesthetics in general. “I get inspiration from my many travels, museums, paintings, nature, fashion shows, magazines, pop culture, different songs, and music,” she noted in an interview with Talenthouse. “Sometimes when I am doing nearly anything, or simply even people watching, I get great ideas for textile design and illustration.”

“I always have my camera and sketchbook with me,” adds Helf, relaying her creative process. “When I see an interesting outfit, textile design, trend or color combination, I usually take some pictures to capture it or I sketch the idea. After this I brainstorm and put all my ideas together.”

Currently based near Frankfurt, since graduating Helf has worked with brands like C&A, Street One, Blutsgeschwister, and Zalando. She has also won the international fashion design competition Style X at the SWSW Festival in Austin, as well as had an outfit she designed worn by the singer Maya Azucena on the runway. In other words: this is only the beginning for this young trendsetter.

The post The Fashion World is Nicole Helf’s Oyster appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Based in Toronto, Canada, Naranian admits that her goal is to make other people happy through her work. “I want my audience to find happiness and laughter throughout my art,” she explains on her website. “And this is mainly because I think we take life a little too seriously sometimes.”

This alone makes her work a breath of fresh air in the “fashion goals” landscape of Instagram. “There are many things around me that I am able to get inspired by,” relayed Naranian in an interview with I Love Illustration. “These things range from clothing, books, old magazines, and textiles. The sketches of old masters that I look up to are Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, and David Downtown. What I appreciate about the three of these artists (and fashion designers) is their playfulness with figure, shape, and color.”

She adds that playfulness is an intriguing element in the creation of art as it is able to evoke a story by capturing the fundamental parts of the image, without getting too bogged down by the details. Using ink, pastel, acrylic, and watercolors, as well as her good ol’ iPad, Naranian’s creative process is as messy and as playful as the end result.

The post Annie Naranian’s Wonky Fashion Illustrations Will Encourage You to Have Fun! appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“I approach designing clothes very scientifically,” reflected Josefi in an interview with Fashion Stories. With an eye for fashion-forward design and sophisticated tailoring, combined with high technology and innovation, his work has received several prestigious awards. Now, his goal is to be a 100% sustainable brand.

But like most fashion designers, when it comes to his own wardrobe his approach is very laid back, sticking to monochrome and comfortable clothes. “I sometimes borrow clothes from my wife,” he admits. “I cannot be bothered to think about what to wear so much when it comes to my own style.”

Now fully immersed in the fashion scene, it’s hard to imagine that Josefi had been anything but a fashion enthusiast. In actuality, when he was 23-years-old and moved from Iran to Sweden, he was determined to study medicine. But after working as a help nurse, and seeing a lot of people suffer, he decided to change direction. “I saw too much suffering, I wanted to make people happy instead,” he relayed.

His statement pieces might just put a smile on your face.

The post Naim Josefi Wants His Fashion Brand to Be Sustainable and Fun appeared first on MobiSpirit.

But being a self-taught artist, her journey to fashion illustrations was a meandering one. “I always wanted to be a fashion designer so I went to the famous academy in Antwerp but stopped in the first year,” she recalled in an interview with I Love Illustration. “After I moved to Amsterdam during my masters in Art History I just desperately needed a job and decided to go draw on festivals and weekend markets for voluntary donations. Just because I was already always drawing anyway and it seemed so much more fun than working in a cafe or coffee bar. This was in a time that nobody was doing live illustration yet, so I got picked up really quickly,” she says.

Working first as a live illustrator, her style is loose and full of movement – capturing the dynamic spirit of fashion. “My style is still very defined by the early days where I used to draw on the streets, catwalks or at events so you always have to be quick,” Molenaar explained. “Therefore, my drawings always have a sense of speed in them.”

With no sketches to rely on (or even erasers), her work cuts to the chase. “I often make several versions of one theme and add on tho earlier drawings or take different parts from others till it will emerge into something that feels right for me,” she says. “I always try to balance technique with a bit of impulsiveness. It are often the little accidents, ‘faulty’ lines  and even things that you don’t draw that make my illustrations come alive.”

See for yourself.

The post Sella Molenaar’s Fashion Illustrations Have a Life of Their Own appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“After an internship at Cosmopolitan magazine, I immediately started working as a freelance stylist,” she recalled in an interview with I Love Illustration. “But Illustrating was what I loved most so after a few years of styling I decided to change course and started working as an illustrator.”

Now based in Alkmaar, she’s known for her intuitive work, which relies on loose lines and watercolors. Her work tools also include ink, paint, crayons, and pencils. “I like to color outside the lines,” she says. “I don’t sketch with a pencil; I just create lots of silhouettes or faces with watercolor/ ink directly on paper.”

Her motto seems to be “less is more,” focusing on simplicity rather than over-embellishment and using her hands rather than the computer. Her clients include brands like AvantGarde, Viva, Elegance, Libelle, and Margriet.

Follow her work on Instagram.

The post Fashion Plus Illustrations Equals Tessa M. de Graaf appeared first on MobiSpirit.

But it’s her fashion illustrations that have really caught our attention. Bold and graphic, they have a certain sheen to them that makes them really pop. With her latest project, she attempted to describe what seems most influential and inspiring in contemporary fashion panorama, using illustrative commentary.

But in an interview with I Love Illustration, Murialdo admitted that it took her some time and effort to find her artistic voice. “With illustration, I have struggled a bit to maintain a definitive style and I know this is sometimes a flaw, especially for someone working as a professional,” she said. “Iʼve got a ‘transitional period’ every few years in which I get bored of what I do and search for new fresh inspirations.”

Having found her voice, she now teaches Graphic and Multimedia Design at Istituto Marangoni. “I am very fortunate because I work every day with groups of young creative students from all over the world,” she said. “I get to share ideas with them and artistically direct them through different projects.”

Take note.

The post Simona Murialdo’s Fashion Illustrations are the Meaning of Fresh appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Working both commercially and otherwise, van Bemmel has collaborated with fashion magazines, creating editorial illustrations. “Freelancing makes me schedule my own time and this is absolutely what makes it worth all the extra work and uncertainties,” she told I Love Illustration. “Being my own boss and deciding for myself what to do that day is incredibly rewarding.”

And much like her day to day, her creative process also varies, allowing her much room for playfulness and intuition. “Most of the time I brainstorm in my sketchbook and make small 15sec sketches to figure out the composition and pose,” she says. “Sometimes I only sketch one, sometimes I need more, but they always help me figure it out before starting on a big blank paper.”

She starts out by drawing with colored pencils and sometimes markers for some big gestures, moving onto acrylic paint if needed. She sometimes works digitally as well but makes sure to begin with a drawing on paper. Take a look at some of her creations in the gallery below.

The post This is What Happens When a Fashion Designer Starts Painting appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“I’ve been drawing since I was just a little girl,” she shared in an interview Artflakes. “It has always been something that has gives me lots of joy, and I’ve never really had any other plan. Drawing has always been the only thing I’ve really really wanted to do, so I guess I’ve never really pursued anything else with the same passion. I love my job!”

With clients that include brands like VOGUE, Stella McCartney, Burberry, and Urban Outfitters, it’s easy to see why. “I’ve been lucky enough to be graced with awesome clients that often let me play around with the given tasks, and just do my thing, which I very much enjoy,” says Roise.

And though most of her work centers around fashion, her inspiration includes other things as well. “I find inspiration everywhere, really,” she admits. “In people around me, popular culture, books, youth culture, magazines, and music, but the fashion industry and the internet are my absolute go-to sources for neverending inspiration.”

Check out some of her takes on the fashion world in the gallery below.

The post Esra Roise Observes the Fashion World appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“When I think of my style I’m sure it’s quite… happy!” Pawelczyk admitted in an interview with I Love Illustration. “I use bright colors of markers which I buy in every place of the world I visit and my favorite Canson paper. I turn on nice music, create a really nice atmosphere and I draw. Nowadays I also help myself with an Ipad, where I plan my work, make sketches.”

“What I love the most about my job is that every project is different,” she added. “One day I draw for magazines, next day I focus on the illustrations for campaigns, another day I search for inspiration for the 20/30 meters big illustration which is going to stand in the center of one of the biggest cities in Europe. This is quite crazy and I love it.”

Her upbeat personality and unique style of illustration haven’t gone unnoticed in the fashion world, attracting brands as big as Marc Jacobs and Grazia Germany, which have shared her illustrations on their social media platforms. Pawelczyk has also collaborated with BIZUU, which has printed her illustrations on t-shirts, blouses, and dresses.

Join the hype.

The post The Fashionable, Wonky Characters of Karolina Pawelczyk appeared first on MobiSpirit.