MBFWA Sydney

Hello all! I have just returned from a whirlwind trip to Sydney to illustrate the shows and am exhausted, def am going to get a fashion flu by the end of the week. It was so utterly amazing and eye-opening! I spent a chunk of my savings funding myself to go but why not?! I successfully received a media press pass (under 'photographer', there was not really an illustrator option) and was able to attend as many shows as I liked to sketch whatever was coming down the catwalk. I met some amazing people, took some great pics and managed to pick up a bit of work while I was there specifically for the amazing Manning Cartell and Scout.

I was also lucky enough to be given an invite to the Burberry eyewear event by my lovely friend Marcia at Style Voyeur and WOW what a night! Check out her blog for a run down of who I met and how I embarrassed myself multiple times. Below are a couple of illos I did from the photos I took of some amazing people I met that night. 

And stay tuned to Style Voyeur for sketches of my top 5 shows from the week!

 Candice Lake and Dion Lee by Pippa McManus

 Connie from K is for Kani by Pippa McManus

Meg Grey's Miu Miu's by Pippa McManus

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!

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!

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!

Sass & Bide S/S 11

About 6 months ago I got pretty obsessed with that pink raffia skirt by Sass & Bide. I harassed the poor girls at the S&B store in Perth till I finally bought it. While I was coveting I drew it and some other faves from the collection. Then I got invited to the Claremont store opening and got to meet Sarah-Jane and their gorgeous PR manager at the time Jacqueline Perrett! A dream since I was a fashion student 7 yrs ago. So I sent this to them the other day.

ELLERY Perth Trunk Show

Two whole months ago I was invited to do a mural for the ELLERY trunk show in Perth and just now I am posting, tsk tsk. I had the lovely Cheyne Tiller-Daly photograph it for me (now you all know what I look like too, eeek). Easily one of the best jobs (and nights!) I have had and so flattered Kym likes my work as much as I like hers. I drew three of my favorites from the night. See more photos from the event here and here.

Arizona Muse 2

Promised you! The second illustration of Arizona. Now I can move on to the rest of the 'Draw It NOW' file. I'm liking this technique of laying down watercolour then drawing over the top in colour pencils so will continue on with that till I get bored of it again!

Arizona Muse

I have a permanent file on my desk-top called 'Draw This'. I put all the images I come across and fall in love with in it. Nothing ever gets drawn. I get bored of them so quickly, so, the file has been re-named 'Draw This NOW'! Arizona went in there this morning and came out this afternoon! She is A3 so excuse the photo instead of a scan, off to do another one!

CoCo

Decided that I'm way too obsessed with my Prismacolour pencils and need to branch out! So the lovely Jackson's kids recommended Art Spectrum Masking Fluid so I had a big play. I used black ink and masking fluid and photocopied the finished product to acetate. After that I washed colour onto some watercolour paper and overlaid the acetate. Here is Coco Rocha doing what she does best- Dancing!

Balenciaga a/w 07/08

Balenciaga A/w 07/08
i am in love with Nicolas Ghesquiere. there. i said it.