Bar Nana

Fashion illustrator Gustabo is asked to create a contemporary face and persona for Bar Nana.
The exclusive lounge and restaurant located in the meat packing district of New York, takes its name from the French Nana made famous by the novelist Emile Zola and director Jean Renoir. Gustabo has used his sophisticated style to illustrate the iconic female, which is being used by the celebrity, model and fashion insider's 'hang out'.

Jacqueline Bissett is One of the Best!

A very proud Jacqueline Bissett  appeared on MSN's 'Our Favourite Fashion Illustrators' list last friday. And in the company of talents such as Holly Sharpe and Danny Roberts, you can imagine she's pretty pleased! Take a look.

Fohr Card Stories

the cover

Judith's story, written by her brother

Erika Bearman (OscarPRGirl) and Eva Chen (editor in chief at Lucky Magazine) are spotted with the book

This stunning book cover is created by Judith Van Den Hoek for the fashion blog directory 'Fohr Card'.

The book contains a series of short charming stories given by 'some Fohr Card favourites', and was sent out over the Christmas period to clients such as Chanel, Tom Ford, Cartier, Oscar de la Renta, Esteé Lauder and Michael Kors. Judith says "The book features about 20 Christmas stories about bloggers from the Fohr Card community. The stories are written by their parents or someone else who's close to that person. I'm also featured in it and my brother wrote a story about how we used to celebrate Christmas when we were little."

New Talent Alert: Natalia Sanabria

Check out the stunning, on trend portfolio of fashion and beauty illustrator Natalia Sanabria. Based in Costa Rica, Natalia has worked for Nylon Mexico and Capricho Magazine.

Elena Viltovskaia's Scrapbook

We now represent fashion & lifestyle illustrator Elena Viltovskaia in the USA. Here she opens the door to her studio & creative inspirations. See Elena's Scrapbook.

Mikimoto's Pearls

Nuno DaCosta was honoured to be asked to illustrate the cover of The Telegraph's Fine Jewellery Supplement.

And for the second year running, he has produced this beautifully seductive piece featuring Mikimoto's pearls. The illustration was commissioned by the editor to go with an essay by renowned fine jewellery historian and author Vivienne Becker.  

Gustabo's Scrapbook

 

New York based illustrator Gustabo on cutting classes with his friend Tony Viramontes to model for Steven Miesel. See Gustabo's Scrapbook.

Judith Van Den Hoek's Scrapbook

An insight into illustrator & Dutch Vogue blogger Judith Van Den Hoek's creative life in Gouda, The Netherlands. See Judith's Scrapbook.

Chrissy Lau's Scrapbook

 

Having had The Queen approve her designs for The Guernsey Post's stamps, Sydney based illustrator Chrissy Lau would now love to paint HRH. See Chrissy's Scrapbook.

Paradise Found

 

Miminne's eye catching fashion illustration has appeared in the latest issue of Style; the Sunday Times supplement. Commissioned for the Beauty feature entitled 'Paradise Found', Miminne says of the job; "The story is about how gorgeous you could look this summer without spending a fortune on high-end products". The team at Style has described the experience of working with Miminne as an absolute delight!

Drawn

Work in progress for the opening night of 'Drawn'

Drawn invite

Miss Led is delighted to be taking part in 'Drawn' at the Printspace Gallery in August. In good company with talents such as Alan Coulson, Claire Scully and Holly Sharpe, Miss Led will also be performing live art on the opening night this Thursday. Here we see a piece she is currently preparing for the event aswell as the invite for the exhibition. The show continues until August 23rd at The Printspace Gallery, 74 Kingsland Road, London E2.

Charmed Again

These 3 spreads are just a flavour of what you can see in the latest Thomas Sabo Charm Club Catalogue illustrated once again by Jacqueline Bissett.  Jacqueline continues to indulge us with her loose lines and swirls, for that confident and 'free' style she has mastered. She says "(I am) just starting the 2014 diary and I'm glad that I have a chance to continue with 'Lucy's adventures'".

Diversity Now!

This more curvaceous drawing by Nuno DaCosta has been created for 'All Walks Call for Diversity'. The fashion artist has been asked by Caryn Franklin and All Walks Beyond the Catwalk in conjunction with i-Dmagazine to be a judge for Diversity Now! - a national competition for fashion students; "...the chance to shout for your beliefs and be heard, to open eyes and make them see your vision of beauty, body shape and attitude in future fashion". With the entries all in, Nuno along with other judges such as William Tempest and Deborah Milner, will decide on the category winners and the overall winner to be announced at Graduate Fashion Week in June.

Sparkling Jewels

To brighten your day take a look at Daria Jabenko's latest editorial piece for Mann's Jewellers Magazine. The cover illustration is for their for Spring/Summer edition; a "beautiful lady wearing an abundance of flowers and gold jewellery with diamond sparkles."

Reel Fashion Project

Lucia Emanuela Curzi works with Air Paris and Reel Shanghai to produce several exquisite illustrations for the Reel Fashion Show. Completed towards the end of last year, the advertising campaign is now live in the lavish department store in Shanghai. Lucia says "...a lot of high-luxury fashion brands were involved directly in the creative process featuring fashion illustrations from the Spring Summer 2013 collections; Alexander Mcqueen, Alexander Wang, Gucci, Marni, Moncler, Givenchy, Saint Laurent, Stella McCartney, Lanvin, Emilio Pucci, Sergio Rossi, Bobby Brown, Mac, Lancome, Clinique and Clarins." The work was also included in a fashion illustrated magazine/look book called "The Reel Spring Magazine' which is for clients inside the store and features 35 illustrations. Light boxes inside and outside the mall, life size cut-outs of the models and a maxi poster and invitation card, were also part of this major fashion event.

Miss Led in Shoreditch to Saatchi

Next week - 18th April to be precise sees Miss Led doing one of the many things she does so amazingly well - LIVE PAINTING.  It's been 3 years since Miss Led's last live event, and next Thursday's will take place at The Book Club, 100-106 Leonard Street, London, EC2A 4RH. The large canvas creation will then be exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery the following Tuesday 23rd April. For more info go to the Liquitex Facebook page.

STOP PRESS: Vince Ray creates Hot Fender Design

Legendary Guitar Brand Fender commission 'underground' artist Vince Ray to design another limited edition acoustic.

'Non Stop Rock 'n' Roll Voodoo Action!'; a statement on the back of this Vince Ray Voodoo Bucket 300CE, and one that sums up Vince Ray in life and art. Not the first time Vince has worked with this world leading guitar manufacturer, providing designs for T-Shirts and merchandise in the past, but this offer of putting his artwork on a guitar was 'a dream come true'. Vince says "...They were very open minded about the subject matter and gave me a free hand in choosing the theme for the latest model. I've always been a fan of the old delta blues style and wanted to create a design that had that 'wrong side of the tracks' vibe. Inspiration came from all those old blues songs about selling your soul to the devil and dancing the hoochie coo in juke joints, all the good ol' stuff! I've often used the expression 'Rock & Roll Voodoo' as a descriptive subtitle and it seemed very appropriate in this instance". Vince has also put together a fun video with a Fender dreadnought using inspiration from 50's horror B movies.

Love Letters

Take a look at this wonderful self initiated project by Miss Led. 'Love Letters' is available as a Limited edition print...

Hennessey Best Dressed Lady

Katharine Asher's super art for Irish International has been used to beautiful effect recently. Last weekend saw the annual Hennessy Gold Cup take place at Leoparstown racecourse. In addition to providing the trophy and prize for the race, Hennessy have a 'best dressed lady competition' for which Katharine's illustration was used. The image could be seen on posters to promote the event, online for the Facebook application and also in the Best Dressed Lady Marquee on the actual day.