Tony Viramontes

 



  Tony Viramontes was born in 1960 in Los Angeles, USA, of Spanish and Mexican parents. He traveled extensively as a child. He studied fine art and photography in New York at FIT and Parsons, before switching to fashion and beauty illustration.
   When Viramontes made his debut in the late 1970's, his hard and direct style was a marked contrast to the prevailing soft pastel school of fashion illustration. He scored an immediate success, rapidly acquiring the kind of prestigious editorial commissions too often allocated to photographers, from Lei ,Per Lui in Italy, Vogue in the USA, the Face in Britain, as well as Jill Magazine , Marie Claire Le Monde and City Magazine in France.
   Viramontes also worked with some of the most renowned names in fashion including Yves St. Laurent, Valentino, Versace, Chanel, Perry Ellis, Claude Montana and Rochas cosmetics. As well as creating portraits of Paloma Picasso and Diana Ross. The album covers he conceived for seminal artists of the period-Duran Duran, Donna Summer and Janet Jackson- caught the glitzrieg mood of the 1980s His striking images are of strong, dominant, aggressive yet feminine women, sensuous men, smoldering and smokey-eyed, who vibrate with New Wave energy. He did not like to be labeled an illustrator, and considered himself to be an artistic creator, a creator of ideas in images.
Tony Viramontes had great artistic potential, but he died in 1988 at the age of only 33. Two decades after his death, his work still shimmers with sensuality and a power that remains undimmed.
  Although Viramontes, who first came to prominence in the late 1970s, didn't live to see the end of the decade, his wonderful illustrations have gained a cult following among fashion fans for whom Christian Lacroix is still the only designer worth wearing
  His work wasn't all Lacroix though. Other designers whose work was translated into his trademark sharp lines and vivid colours included Yves Saint Laurent, Versace, Chanel and Valentino, and he also created a portfolio of portraits with subjects ranging from Paloma Picasso to Duran Duran.

Cate Parr

   Born and educated in England, Cate Parr is a fashion illustrator who has a way with watercolors. Her beautiful works feel dreamy and ethereal, like you're looking at pages of a magazine only that those glamorous figures have suddenly come alive. Awash in bold and pastel colors, her paintings feel fresh and free, the kind you'd love to hang on your wall for a bit of colorful inspiration.
  When it comes to paintings, most artists seem to prefer oils or acrylics for their bright colors and precision strokes. But watercolor paintings have a hazy and ethereal quality to them, as if you are viewing them in a dream or from an altered reality. 
   This English born artist takes inspiration from various fashion magazines such as Vogue and L’Uomo, and then plays on the diaphanous quality of the watercolor paints to create beautifully enchanting portraits. California-based Parr also takes inspiration from other art forms, including French and Italian Cinema, couture design, music, photography, theater and dance. The gauzy and romantic qualities of her works combined with the soft yet cheerful color combinations make her pieces seem very fresh and fashion forward.
  There is a lot of work you can did through from Parr and, like the familiar feeling, she has a lot of work that has There are a plethora of reasons why we all fall off the bandwagon.  Too much work, not enough preparation and organization, laziness, lack of time, money… you name it, it’s been used as an excuse.  That’s all they really are too – excuses made up by your mind to justify it not happening.been published from Village Voice to Los Angeles Magazine to Dickie’s. so we have learn from her ,find and create a different and special way

fashion illustrator --Arturo Elena

 

   Arturo Elena is a Spanish artist .With his technique and outstanding drawing skills, Elena has revolutionized the world of graphic illustration.
   Arturo Elena began working in the 80's with the design team in charge of women's collections for a well-known fashion firm in Barcelona. Over the years, he developed his career in other cities such as Seville and Murcia among others, executing designs for both men's and women's collections.

   Fascinated by Elena's unique style, Victorio & Lucchino have asked him to produce the press images for their collections and illustrate their campaigns. The self-taught artist has been doing their graphic images throughout his whole career.
   Arturo Elena has also collaborated with designers and brands such as Loewe, Chanel Spain, Audemars Piguet, and Citroen to mention a few. His illustrations have also been featured in several publications such as Cosmopolitan, Elle, Telva and other international magazines.

  He is one of Spain’s biggest kept secrets, an illustrator who has long been working away in his homeland producing the most beautifully traditional and intricate fashion drawings.
But we don’t want him to be our secret. We think it’s about time he gets the worldwide recognition that he totally deserves! All of his work is freestyle and completed only with markers, a signature style like no other as he portrays his personalized elongated figures of fashion in elegant and sophisticated forms. Each hand- drawn character being completely individual, unique and unusually lifelike.
  His agency are known for representing fashion and beauty photographers but just had to get Arturo involved as his work emits the same kind of emotion felt when admiring one of the high end fashion campaigns of a Vogue magazine. The team are proud to now have him on-board as the first internationally represented illustrator for the agency. When looking at each piece it’s hard to try and comprehend the amount of time and effort that has gone into each of his drawings, but to inspire us it only takes one look!



RESEARCH #5 Inslee Haynes

 

She was drawing “fashion” long before she knew that fashion illustration was a legitimate career. Her childhood was consumed with sketching girls and their dresses. Her high school art teacher recognized this as something she should learn more about and explore as a career path and suggested she take a summer course at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago on Fashion Illustration.she was HOOKED immediately and later studied studio art and art history at Washington & Lee University.

 

The summer course in Chicago really was a turning point for her. But it wasn’t until her graduated from college and realized how few real world creative jobs there were out there that felt right for her that she knew that pursuing this was the way that she would be creatively inspired and fulfilled in her professional life

 

She started Inslee By Design sort of on a whim, bored at home the summer after her sophomore year at W&L as a way to share her art with friends and family. She struggled with whether or not to continue growing her little brand or move on to work for a “real company” after graduation. Ultimately she chose to continue focusing on Inslee By Design and begin accepting commission work in addition to designing cards. she discovered that she really loved what created in the process.

 

she very proud of a wine bottle label design she collaborated on with a winemaker in Burgundy last summer. Ray Walker is an American winemaker in France. His wine is quickly becoming highly sought after.she was so honored that he asked her to illustrate the label for his most precious vintage – Le Chambertin. So much of her work is for fashion brands so this was a cool change for her. Ray anticipates that the vintage that she worked with him on the label for will hit its peak many years from now. Buyers will store the bottles for decades.

 

Fashion illustration is really “having a moment” right now for her.  The  fact that fashion illustration is becoming a legitimate web presence and career option is so cool.