Fashion and Feeling

Upon creating I often find myself making different illustrations using the same components, for example the face to the left is the same apart from one has been coloured in to fit the style of the image which is titled 'Lust'

The one on the bottom left is a pencil version hidden in green mixed media to suggest camouflage..

And the one on the right is the initial drawing traced onto tracing paper placed by accident on top of another mixed media drawing, but I actually think looks kinda cool!

I often find the best illustrations come about through playing/mistakes rather than an initial idea that I have to stick to. When I first drew the face of the girl I didn't know what I was going to do with it but playing around manipulating on photoshop gives interesting results!

Also, just a little note to say that all pieces I upload to the blog are for sale as prints.
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Thanks for reading!

F&F X

So I guess I should start my first post off by being completely honest & telling you a bit about myself. I'm (currently) 25 years old and suffer very badly from anxiety, I'm also prone to extreme highs and lows in mood which can be very challenging.

Ive studied art, in particular illustration my whole life and it gets frustrating at times people tell you your works good but its still not getting you anywhere, you start to question if what you're really doing is worth it but you know deep down there's nothing else you'd want to do because art is the only thing that seems to fulfil you.

As a way of coping with my anxiety my therapist suggested I draw my feelings on paper with no real intention or goal in mind, not caring wether they were aesthetically pleasing or not so one very low night I did and I have to say I was not enjoying it at first, my arm felt weak and I couldn't be bothered but I carried on and found myself lost in scribbles.

Here are the 'drawings' I did..

I scanned them in to the computer along with some of my sketches of girls (I love to draw girls) and messed around with them on photoshop. See the problem was I'd got stuck, I love fashion illustration but just drawing a simple girl in an outfit wasn't satisfying enough because it didn't have a meaning behind it. However after incorporating these scribbles with them I could not be happier with the results, its made me passionate about art again & now I will continue to develop this style and start this blog with a fresh new way of working that not only fulfils apart of me but hopefully speaks to you, the viewer too!

'Gripped by fashion'