It's Time

The first of a quick new series I have been dying to draw from the Harpers Bazaar/ September 2011 issue with Kim Noorda. The ed is called 'IT'S TIME YOU GOT WHIPPED INTO SHAPE. PREPARE FRO A FASHION FETISH. WALLFLOWERS NEED NOT APPLY.' I'm a little obsessed with her at the moment, what a great comeback, especially the Ellery campaign! The clothes are just amaze in this shoot so I decided to include their details down the bottom like a true editorial. And thank god for Masking Fluid!

Facebook Artist Page

Happy Boxing Day! I'm off to do the opposite of shopping the sales, I'm gunna be selling some shoes! But that's ok, hopefully I get a little shop in first;) Have been a little bit slack since my exhibition so just thought I'd share my Facebook Artist Page with you where I post little daily snippets of what is happening in my illustration world. The latest is getting featured on my favorite illustration blog I Love Illustration, go Check em Both Out! Merry Christmas!

OnWilliam Christmas Cards

So instead of doing another lot of Christmas cards this year (you might remember from last year?) I contributed a design to OnWilliam's set that they are giving out for free through stores on William St. 14 stores have an artist each and having just finished up an exhibition with Tu they chose me to be their artist! Check out the full set here, there are some beauties. And a big THANK YOU and congrats to On William for being the first ever (not joking) client to send me copies of my merchandise for them! Received a beautiful pack in the mail of not only my own OnWilliam Collectable Christmas Cards but everyone elses! You guys are the best!

Also pop over to sketch show, new season illos just posted!

Graffiti Dress

Photo by Matt Jelonek

This month I met the most inspiring person I have met for a long time. Emily Parish contacted me and asked if it would be possible for me to spray paint one of her Aurelio Costarella dresses, and yes, she had cleared it with Ray! She was attending a charity ball and wanted to wear one of her favorite dresses but with a twist. Emily and her husband Rick run The Telethon Adventurers which is dedicated to their late son Elliot. Emily is brave, charming and a true Adventurer and she wore the hell out of that dress! Cant wait to be a contributing part to their charity, their passion is astounding.

Urban Walkabout Claremont

 The third cover in the Perth Urban Walkabout Guides I have done. This time I thought I'd show you guys a bit of the process that goes into it. The two pencil illustrations are the originals that I sent to Urban Walkabout to choose from with their colour option in the middle, I like giving a couple of options! They went for the one on the right probably because if you were to walk past the guide in a shop she is a little more interesting and has a bit more detail going on. View the guide here and pics from the opening night here! 2 more to go!
PS This is my 60th post!
PPS Have you visited my Facebook artist page yet?

Pippa McManus + Aurelio Costarella + Jeans West

A few months back Aurelio Costarella asked me to create an illustration for a charity he was working closely with. I used ink on watercolour paper to produce the original illustration of the Venus gown (above left) and Photoshop to colour the final product (top)! We were so excited when the totes hit the stores, and I have spotted quite a few being carried around the city;) They can be purchased for $19.99 through Jeans West stores and also online here. $5 from every tote purchased goes to Pink Ribbon Day!

Seeing Double Exhibition

 

Well, the lovely Ann Nie from Tu asked be to be her second ever exhibitor at her new Stairwell Gallery! It opened last week and was such a fantastic night! This collection you may notice is a bit softer than my last exhibition and the girls are more sweet than sultry but you can read more about it here or with the lovely Emma Bergmeier on her Dropstitch blog. The 20 works are all prints from a range of colour pencil fashion illustrations I did exclusively for the exhibition. Each piece has a sister. All are editions of 10 (so you have ten chances to nab one!) and come framed, some with coloured mats and are $240 each. You can purchase the artwork by contacting Tu: info@tu.com.au

In other news I now have a Facebook artist page! You can check it out and 'like' me here! 

Also Proenza Schouler retweeted my sketch Show illustration a couple of days ago!!!

Urban Walkabout Perth

 

The second issue of Urban Walkabout's Perth series was released last week! LOVE the background colour they chose to pair with my illo. She is Natalia Vodianova if you were wondering and she is wearing a Christian Dior/Miu Miu inspired outfit. And what a great launch party,  I got to draw all the invitee's shoes and they got to keep the lil illo as a gift:)

CQ Lines of Style Exhibition

This month I was asked to exhibit at Claremont Quarter in conjunction with Perth Fashion Festival alongside artist and close friend Anya Brock. We both have the same subject matter so the process was a quick but easy one. Organised in 3 weeks I had six 71 cm x 101 cm canvasses to order, paint and deliver! There was a small AM opening for press, CQ and PFF staff and they are up and for sale until Oct 6th. I'm equally obsessed with Daphne Groeneveld and Frida Gustavsson (top left & right).

And dont forget to visit my new catwalk illustration blog Sketch Show! And please FOLLOW! xpip

Sketch Show

Today I started another blog! This Blog Workable Fixative will still be running and exactly the same but Sketch Show will just feature all the catwalk illustrations I have been doing for the past year and also the future ones. Above it a special preview of the S/S 2012 collections which will not be posted for a while (A/W 2011 is up first). So go check out my overview, first illustration and please FOLLOW! xpip

Marni for BOX Magazine

I was so happy when BOX magazine contacted me to do a little illustration job for their upcoming Spring issue, especially as they requested some Marni illustrations! Consuelo Castiglioni has always been an inspiration to me, the way she uses print and texture is beautiful and her always identifiable colour palette is the best. Thank you BOX mag team! Everyone go grab your copy now!

Louis Baxters

PHOTO: Andrew Baker
I had the fabulous opportunity of creating a mural for the opening of Subiaco cafe Louis Baxters last month. The cafe is owned by Eamon Sullivan and Laki Baker, Eamon had previously invested in some of my artwork and wanted me to create a unique artwork with a street feel, recognise the girl? I go there all the time now (is that narcissistic?) the coffee is amaze and the food just as good, try the lambwitch ;)

UPDATE: View an article/interview featuring more pics of the mural on The Velvet Bow.

Perth Fashion Festival

Wow, what a week! Perth Fashion Festival was amazing this year, well done to all involved. I was commissioned to do a mural on a big blank temporary (yep, it will be painted over) wall at the GPO where the free to the public parades were held. I was told the wall was 3.6m x 12 m, HUGE. So I did no planning and within 4 hours, multiple bottles of spray paint and no projector Nicole Trunfio was done!

Claremont Quarter Fashion Fortnight

I have spent the last month or so working on illustrations for Claremont Quarter's Fashion Fortnight campaign and have just now had the chance to blog about it! It was such a great project to work on and I got to experiment with my new love of mixing watercolour and pencils. The illustrations are all over the center and W.A's print media which has been amazing to see. The stores there are so amazing (Sass & Bide, Zara Bryson, Mecca) that I have already spent my earnings, whoops!

Urban Walkabout

Saskia got chosen to grace the cover of Perth's first edition of Urban Walkabout! AND she got a friend, coincidentally the first boy I have ever drawn (so he had to be in Prada). What an amazingly fun project it was to work on with the UW team, and cos Mt Lawley is my hood. You can read an interview with me here. Cant wait to do the series of upcoming covers...

Another 30 min

This time in COLOUR! Quick concept sketch for Monday's upcoming post. Not a huge amount of effort put in but sometimes that's better cos there is less pressure and it ends up nice and loose. The model, btw, is Julija Steponaviciute. I like: the way her first name is spelled, the fact she has 'cute' in her last name and she is wearing that amazing Christopher Kane pink lace dress!

Bjork

Ohhhh, ten days into the month and I'm only now doing my first post! Whoops! This is a commission I just finished for my lovely friend Adam. He wanted Bjork and was there anyother image to choose from really? I love this dress so much and while I was completing it found out she was dropping gold eggs on the red carpet, fabulous! Thanks Adam!