Illustration Reveal - Illustrations for Vogue Japan

There are days, the "pinch me" days, when I can't believe I get to do this for a living. The day Vogue Japan emailed me to do illustrations for their September issue was one of those days. I literally read the email three times to make sure I was reading it properly. And then when I realized I was in fact reading it properly, that they really did want me to do illustrations for them, I lost my mind. Picture jumping up and down screaming lost my mind.

They were looking to have illustrations created to serve as a backdrop to animal themed fall 2016 fashion. They asked for three spreads, A Cat's House, A Jungle, and A Lake. The clothes and accessories by a variety of designers would be incorporated into these settings. Literally a dream job.

So above are my illustrations. I hope you enjoy these!

And to Vogue Japan, thank you so much for selecting me to create these illustrations for you. It was a dream.

xoxo

Illustration Reveal - Sketch for custom illustration of New York City

Above is a sketch for a new custom illustration I'm working on with a new client. He and his wife have been living in NYC and are being relocated. He wanted to have something created to remember their time in the city based around all of the places they liked to go, where they lived, and just had happy memories.

This has been one of those cool jobs that has evolved from the first sketches and looks nothing like the one above. We, ultimately, took all of the places he requested and combined them to make their own special place and not a realistic map at all. By the final design we even removed the streets. And while I love the final and the direction we went in (can't wait to show you) this sketch above just makes me very happy.

I'll be sharing more on the process, since it was so organic and different from how I usually work, as well as the final product over the next month or so. For now though hope you enjoy this little black and white sneak peek. I'm looking forward to hearing what you think.

xo
Michelle

2016 Calendar - July Fashion Illustration

gah... I somehow let three weeks slip by without posting my calendar fashion illustration for July. And while this should have been up by July 4th at the latest, I guess the 21st will have to be good enough!

This year! Every time I blink it's another month gone by ... or two ... or 6... I feel like I just can't catch up and I apologize for that. I promise I will figure out the timing of everything... but for now, for good or bad, I'm still a work in progress.

I hope you enjoy this latest girl and I can't wait to share the next one in a few more days! hehe

xo
Michelle