Sweet Inspiration

Personal Development

It’s been a while since I’ve shared with you fashion illustration… there is something I really enjoy about looking through the websites of people who label themselves as ‘illustrators’ rather than artists. Perhaps it’s a type of humility (maybe), or brethren (probably) I feel as a graphic designer, the division being creative as a skill and being creative as a passion.

I know I’m going to put my foot in my mouth at someplace when I get into the whole what is art debate. Back in college I was almost lynched for saying graphic design is not art. Well, sometimes it’s harder to tell than others… but looking at Mia Marie Overgaard’s work (Miao Miao), this brings up a lot of emotion for me. She has a clear distinction between illustration (above) and her personal work (below). In her illustration, it’s clear highly stylized, sexy, and a bit aloof. Below in her personal work, the colors are muted, with low contrast, and moody… not to mention fashion inspired.

It leaves me to wonder, like in the painting below with the woman in the mask, how do you express that which has no words?