Upon my search for fashion illustrators I have come across another character Sew Sketchy. I discovered her on Instagram and after falling in love with her sassy style I went on find her blog. I seem to be drawn to illustrations that centre their work on the fashion rather than the figure and face (like Fifi Lapin). I also love that these simple characters have an interesting personality behind them. Sew Sketchy is described as a chain smoker and New York fashionista. In an interview with her illustrator, Romy Schreiber, she describes Sew as being ‘over the top, borderline inappropriate and on the cusp of maybe sometimes offending people with her obnoxious attitude’. You can really understand this by looking at her in the illustrations with her signature oversized glasses, burning cigarette and dramatic pose, not to mention the clothes she wears.
Romy Schriber has been in the fashion industry since she was 15 and was born and raised in New York herself. She created this character when she was in Parsons School of Design. I like how she has used a thin simple line to draw the figure. She has a signature long neck, realistic pout and big glasses. There is a lot of black and white detail but only one or two tones of colours have been used on the garments.
After studying both Fifi and Sew, It seems to me that the key to successful fashion illustration is balancing these two opposing elements - strong individual personality with universality.
In both illustrations, the characters are exaggerated in order to allow the viewer to identify more with the overall personality of the clothes rather than just the appearance of just one physical model.
http://www.sewsketchy.com/
http://instagram.com/sew_sketchy
Romy Schriber has been in the fashion industry since she was 15 and was born and raised in New York herself. She created this character when she was in Parsons School of Design. I like how she has used a thin simple line to draw the figure. She has a signature long neck, realistic pout and big glasses. There is a lot of black and white detail but only one or two tones of colours have been used on the garments.
After studying both Fifi and Sew, It seems to me that the key to successful fashion illustration is balancing these two opposing elements - strong individual personality with universality.
In both illustrations, the characters are exaggerated in order to allow the viewer to identify more with the overall personality of the clothes rather than just the appearance of just one physical model.
http://www.sewsketchy.com/
http://instagram.com/sew_sketchy