HAYDEN WILLIAMS

Aspiring fashion designer and illustrator Hayden Williams from UK is definitely one to watch with beautiful sketches that depicts the ideal woman as an amazon who is bold and fearless. Hayden’s passion for illustration manifested at the tender age of 3, because he was obsessed with animated Disney characters and would often draw them up to suit his standards. All those years of drawing the idealized form made for a natural progression into fashion illustration and design.

His has always been inspired by female form, from famous singer Rihanna, to Disney female characters, mostly in his drawing collection, most of them are females. Most of his inspiration has come from his childhood where, as a child, he was captivated by Disney movies and started to draw his beloved Disney heroine characters, repeatedly sketching the female characters until they were to perfection. He showcases a variety of his awesome inspiring work on his Tumblr, Facebook, and Instagram pages. He said he would love to get a team together and have his own fashion brand in the near future.

Rihanna who put up one of his illustrations as her official profile picture on Instagram brought Hayden’s extraordinary talent to the limelight. Since then, Hayden has garnered as vast following of over 5000,000 fans on Instagram, which include fashion houses such as Net-a-porter, and Vogue and celebrities such as Oprah, Beyonce and Naomi Campbell.

His most recent work consist of the Disney Princess characters, appropriately titled “Disney Divas Collection”, his work is being viewed by fashion lovers, art enthusiasts, and people who are just pegged by curiosity. He has now developed and adapted his skills in fashion illustration and uses his keen eye for detail to produce some amazing work, including his designs for the “save the children fashion show” which raised over £1000 for charity. He hopes to “conquer the world one fashion sketch at a time”, and with talent and a name that is memorable, it is easy to see that his dream is quickly becoming a reality.

MASAKI MIZUNO

Masaki Mizuno is a Tokyo based art-director and fashion illustrator. He graduated from Bunka Fashion College and did lectures in Bunka Gakuen University, Bunka Fashion College, Vantan Design Institute, KIDI Parsons from 1998 to 2010.

His work involves the expression of the inner psychology; a self-reflection mirrored through art. In order to express the vision and subject matter of his work, he found that it is important to extract ideas from with in his own perspective and senses.

His mother who was a painter influenced him greatly during his childhood and then he immersed himself drawing illustrations independently while attending a fashion college. After graduating, he spent seven years in exploring pure art; a period of his life that had made a tremendous influence on the way he illustrated fashion today.  In order to relate with the dynamics and changes of our society today, he tried to evolve his work through different elements and ideas; conveying a border-less approach in his work. His interest lays upon using traditional art techniques, abstract idea into something concrete and real. He admires the work of Egon Schiele, Antonio Lopez, Isao Yakima and other artists that were intellectually beyond their time. His solo exhibition in Eros for fashion at the CWC Gallery Tokyo was totally amazing.  

Masaki’s beautiful soft illustrations are all analogue using acrylic and pencil and some airbrush and rollers on arches paper, he creates a parallel universe of beauty, through the contemporary sense of fashion. His art is so unique and never can be replaced by digital technology.

Beautiful girls, chic fashion and a wide use of different materials become his tools for an array of awesome illustrations with abstract detailing, in a world that still needs accreditation for perfection. Masaki’s illustrated pieces have become a cult theme among cultural venues, including major magazine collaborations and distinctive exhibitions.

DANNY ROBERTS

Danny Roberts is a professional well-known fashion illustrator from California, USA.  He majored in photography at Cal Poly University in San Luis Obispo, California, and transfer to the Academy of art, San Francisco to study fashion illustration. His dreamy illustrations usually have a fashion related slant and he is been featured in publications including New York Times, Vogue Italia, Elle, Women’s Wear Daily, fashion magazine and many web publications.

at Cal Poly, Danny’s art, displayed at Cal Poly’s Art and Design Annual Juried Student Show, won the freelance category. Danny’s interest in fashion started early as he established and operated his own clothing company in his teens, screen printing his designs on t-shirt, sweatshirts, and sweats, until the end of his first year in college. Upon finishing school, he was honored by being awarded the first featured portfolio of the year on WGSN Generation, which showcases graduating talent from the world’s leading universities and design colleges. He has collaborated with an eclectic variety client such as, Tiffany & Company, IMG Models, Lancôme, Forever21 and Gwen Stephani’s Harajuku Lovers.

He chose fashion as a focus of his work because he love drawing clothes and the challenge of drawing drapes. Also, he was studying to be a fashion designer when he first learned how to draw so drawing fashion and figures feels natural to him.

Danny’s illustrations are very creative and he explain his techniques is he always draw using blind contour cheating a little, which means, he try to look at his paper as little as he can, and keep his eye on whatever he is drawing. He likes drawing that way because it keeps his line true. He likes using a lot of mix media, but fine tip pens like micron pens and water down ink or Gouache is his favorites.

Danny Roberts will soon set up his online store and also planning to air the video of drawing development for all illustration lovers.