The Vogue Project page 16 & 17

                                Page 16 (18/10/07)

                                 Page 17 (18/10/07) BAD scan, sorry!

CHANEL! DARIA! YAY! 

I remember this one being so fun and stressful to do. 

I had never really worked with inks apart from splashing them boldly around during life drawing classes in Fine Arts and Fashion Design. This was a much more refined attempt at inks. 

I really love the top one now (5yrs later!) especially because now my motto is: 

'I only draw things with faces'. 

The composition is nice too. Reminds me of the wonderful work of Retoyman, although his ink portraits are a million times more advanced than mine, check 'em out!

PS follow me on Facebook for an up-close Daria crop.

The Vogue Project page 14 & 15

 

Page 14 (02/10/07)

 

Page 15 (03/10/07)

I loved doing these ones! So simple and effective, isn't that always the way?! 

Plus at the time I was a little obsessed with Karen Elson.

So using some thin-ish craft card and a super sharp scalpel I carefully cut the block sections out and even more carefully glued them down (disaster), next time I'm using tweezers.

Loved doing the actual text in this one too!

The Vogue Project page 12&13

Pages 12 and 13

So I have never really put any of my digital work on my lil blog, so this is a first:)

I used Adobe Illustrator (which I use a lot, really!) for the Louis Vuitton ads with Uma Thurman. 

As many of you who are familiar with vector line work, the most satisfying bit is dropping the colours into each section! A bit slicker than my usual work. 

PS. Editor of Australian Vogue Kirsty Clements re-tweeted the last Vogue Project post/tweet!

PPS. Check out the latest pics of me muraling on my Facebook page. Oh and like the page if you like!

Louisa

                          Photo by Adam Borrello

Last month I got commissioned by a lovely lady who I had never met before to do a canvass of whatever I wanted in my style. So yeah, that's basically the best thing you can say to an artist as many of you would know. Complete freedom leads to 100% positive creativity. I wish I had her Bum!

Oh and check out this interview I did with the lovely Annette from Wellness WA on my beauty and wellness routine, you may even see a pic of me;)

The Vogue Project page 10 & 11

page 10 & 11 (19/06/07)

Kate for Dior! Can you get a better pairing?! 

The shoot was one of those Vaseline-lensed, soft, 70's inspired campaigns. So I coloured super hard (these were the times before I discovered Prismacolor pencils, mind you) and then went in and rubbed out everything around the perimeter with a hard eraser. 

Quite the arthritis trigger it would seem!

The Vogue project page 8 & 9

Page 8 & 9 (08/03/07)

Another Estee Ad from my Vogue Project, makes me wonder how much they pay for that kind of advertising space?! All I remember from doing this one is that I had had a fight with my boyfriend and started scribbling blue in the center of her face, and it ended up being a good idea so I went with it. 

P.S we made up, haha.

My Inspiration Board

I thought I would show you guys a lil inspiration board shot from my studio:) From bottom L:

My mum's 1979 Minolta camera (now mine;), W cover w/Kate Moss in my favorite ever Chanel dress, Richard Prince Hurricane Nurse postcard from the V&A, Tiffany & Co bottle vase necklace from a 97 mag, Zomp Christmas invites, Christian Lacroix plates, NYFW lanyard, my first Stormie Mills exhibition Invite and cow sketch, Aurelio Costarella invite by me, Poppy Lissiman fluro swing tags, Eniko for Vogue Paris 2010, Givenchy Couture, Givenchy RTW, Perth Fashion Festival lanyard, printing price list, Ksubi shoe box filled with cups and containers for painting, Sketch books, Workable Fixative spray, Pencils in coffee cups, Prada fold out ad, Takashi Murakami clipping, Brett Whitely ocean painting clipping, The Fashion Catalyst business card, Sean Morris postcard, Damien Hirst diamond skull, ipod, paintbrushes.

If you have a question about anything on there ask below!

Vogue Project page 6

 Page 6 Lancome

Page six out of the 332 pages! Drew Barrymore for Lancome. I did a better job on the left page (the one above) of the two page spread so I'm not showing you guys the other one! Cheeky!
BUT you can see the original image here if you are curious.
In other news I have had a week without internet, oh the pain!
That's why Facebook for mobile exists I suppose.

Vogue Project pg 4 & 5

Page 4 (05/06/06) & page 5 (12/06/06)

I thought every Monday I could post another Vogue page for you all while also completing a new one.

This weeks is that beautiful Estee Lauder campaign with Carolyn Murphy in B.I.C pen (love drawing in ball point pen). And you will notice my first attempt at the french text! I'm convinced I know about half the language now;) Currently I'm 60+ pages in and I'm still only just past the contents and have not had the chance to tackle any articles yet! It's gunna get interesting...

The Vogue Project

 

Page 1 (cover) 12/05/06

Page 2 19/05/06 & page 3 21/05/06

Well. I'm coming clean. This is a secret I have kept for 6 years now! 

Since 2006 I have been working on a personal project and have kept it underground because: 

A. I wanted to tell everyone about it when I had finished it and 

B. I was fearful of someone stealing the idea (dont think I'm a horrible person! It's just that it's my baby and it's so close to my heart that I would be so upset if that happened.)

So here it is:

The Project: 

Illustrate my favorite issue of Vogue Paris from front to back cover. Each page must be completed in the same order as the magazine.

The Issue:

Vogue Paris, Mars 2005, No 855                            332 Pages                                Start Date: 12/05/06

I am currently onto page 62. I have approached Vogue Paris, Vogue Aus, Vogue Aus online, Vogue US, various editors/stylists ect to no avail. Ultimately I would love to exhibit and publish it but I want Vogue onside to do this. Until then I will keep posting the pages for my lovely blog followers!

So glad I have got this off my chest!

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!!!