Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Igor and André

Danny Roberts.
Just saw his illustration 'Girls in Chanel Glasses' (and I got the exact pair!) and completely balled over by it! (If you are reading this, Danny...LOVE LOVE LOVE your work!) Gonna get my hands on the tshirt! £30 I heard. Worth every penny.

He scribbled on a piece of this work that 'life is stuck halfway in real life and the other half in a day-dream'. Just looking at his work and being a part of that dream for a while takes my breath away. How I wish I could put my dream world & real life out on paper like you...

Am still on the hunt to collect more of pictures of Danny's work to put on here, so meanwhile, check out http://igorandandre.blogspot.com/ and read about him. Only 24 years young (blinkin' cute too) and fantabulously talented... can't waaait to see more from him (and more OF him too eh!) ;)

GirlsInChanelGlasses (gorgeous...)




Thanksgiving (amazzzing...)


SofiaCoppola



A MarcJacobs Print





Ladies Of Dior




Susie Stylebubble

Facehunter

Gemma

QueenLily











Danny's self portrait

An wallpaper he put on his blog for this fans. How generous is that...


Woman in Dior
This portrait is exceptional. I love Lee and thus was truly stunned to see how Dan managed to capture the late maestro, reflecting strenth yet fragility at the same time.

Danny's Tribute to the late Liz Taylor



His experiment with different mediums. Ethereal...I LIKE.

From his earlier character sketchbook...gritty, raw, edgy but still so beautiful. (I put this as wallpaper on my computer) ^_^

Yet another self portrait


Yet another wallpaper from his blog

And another...

Dan's adaptation of P/S Spring 2011 (photo below), honestly prefer the illustration more...



By Carrdora, Artonfix.com
Californian Danny Roberts, a 24-year-old artist thinker, as he defines himself, signs the unique fashion-inspired illustrations, mostly done with fine tip pens on paper displayed on his personal blog http://igorandandre.blogspot.com. With a lively, whimsical style that takes you back to childhood’s enchanting tales, Danny draws what he loves: glossy magazine covers, doll-faced supermodels (Lily Cole, Gemma Ward), dream-like designer collections (his favorites being Alexander McQueen and John Galliano) and portraits of inspiring fashion bloggers.

While the name of his artistic brand “Igor+André” is a well-kept secret there’s no mystery on how he got into fashion illustration. A creative nature, he began drawing as a young child, started his own clothing company at the age of 13 and ran it till college where he first studied Photography but it wasn’t until he started Fashion Design studies at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, that he discovered he wanted to be an illustrator.

Danny’s artwork has been already featured in fashion publications around the world including Vision (China), Marie Claire online (Spain) or Dazed and Confused (UK), but his artistic goal is to draw a cover of Vogue, bringing back the old style of the illustrated 1920s magazine covers, an era he’s much inspired by. Until then you can acquire your own Danny Roberts original painting or fine art print from his Etsy art store and check on his latest creative projects by following his personal web pages.

cassandra rhodin

I will I will I will.
I will gather the most of Cassandra's work on my blog.
And I am determine to deliver!

Found some information about her artist.
Cassandra Rhodin dropped out of school to go their own way. Just like her great grandfather, Brazil Jack.
As a child, she did not have many toys, and living in a crowded home (possibly a big family), she kept herself entertained by sitting and drawing.

Born and raised in Stockholm, her father, her two grandfathers all had artistic and professional occupations:  circus director, artist and director. Perhaps Cassandra talent were heredity.

After high school, traveled Cassandra Rhodin to London to work. But it was only when she became pregnant that her career in illustration really took off.
"I had such a terrible SPD (hmmm pregnancy blues?), I could not do anything but draw. At the same time, I had an incredible energy pregnant, I actually drew all the time."

When her son was born , she took him under one arm and portfolio in the other, she went around to show off work which mostly consist of stylized fashion sketches.
She approached editors, advertising agencies and retailers and was commissioned by NK to illustrate all the storefronts along Port Road in Stockholm.
"The street was plastered with my work. It was a cool feeling."

Not surprisingly, her artistic work captured the attention of Hennes & Mauritz, who got in touch and wanted her design which includes a series of T-shirts.
She wanted to keep herself in clothing apparel but her parents felt her work was too sad and gender stereotyping.
"You could choose something pink and fluffy for girls and light blue for boys. I wanted something different for my son.".

She began to sketch out a children's collection and had it sewn under the name Mini Rodini .
"I sat with eighty boxes in our bedroom. I did not know quite what I had done."
Since she did not have your own shop, she rent a room as her temporary showroom.

Gradually the business grew and she was able to start a real store in the South; where Cassandra served the customers behind the counter. Fast forward to date, she no longer need to do that.
Cassandra has gone back to the drawing board and spend time on making new designs and illustrations. Another store has opened, at NK, and the day she plans to open Mini Rodini stores in Malmo and Gothenburg.

"We have so far only stores in Sweden , but the clothes are sold through dealers in twenty different countries. It is best in France , Benelux and Japan . In four years we have gone from zero to ten million in sales." Wow, she must be pleased.

What distinguishes Mini Rodinis clothes?
"We have no special departments for the girl and boy clothes, everything is unisex clothing with high quality. I do not want to make princess dresses for girls, we just want to do fashion for children."
In this year's collection include a small motorcycle jackets, faux fur, zebra striped pants and T-shirts with tiger motifs. The wild animal theme inspired by the circus world.

"As a child, I often come and visit relatives who ran the circus Brazil Jack.The circus was important to me when I was little, I got to experience a lot, ride on elephants and such."
The name Mini Rodini was partially stolen from his grandfather. As a young troubadour, he toured under the name Carooli Rodini before he chose the circus life.
"Many older people recognize the name Rhodin. Mini Rodini is a perfect name."

Not putting myself up for a dare or challenge by anyone but just my personal quest to show my love for Cassandra's work. The subjects are often heavy lidded, khol eyes that hint their lack of interest (probably at what we think of them or perhaps, 'their' view to all things around them), pouty lips, nonchalent or arrogant, its to tell if they are happy or sad. But you sure can tell if they are looking down at you and giving you an evil eye. Purrr....

Often dressed fashionably, and hair that defies gravity. Almost Twiggy or Jane Birkin like, they pose and pout their way onto my pillow cases (yes I acquire some from H&M) and our life (clothes, omg the cutest without being saccharine/annoyingly sweet!). Love the illustrations so much I got me a drawing board and charcoal! Took fine arts and was told I capture facial features well, especially eyes. So going to see where my new (old) hobby will take me!

Meanwhile, enjoy what a true illustrator has to offer. Here are some of CR works I managed to gather. For now.

An interior design that features a wall inspired by Rhodin's work.

Hello.


Vogue Russia


Vogue Russia






























The picture on my pillow from H&M. Yay!


A favourite.