Fashion Illustration: Zuhair Murad Resort 2016

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Fashion Illustration: 'The Fish Gape'

 This illustration accompanies the ground-breaking revelation that is taking the showbiz world by storm and affecting selfie game everywhere: the pout is out; the seductive mouth-slightly-open-but-not-quite-catching-flies is in; and the name of this new pose is as deprecating as ever. 

Behold the Fish Gape.

Yes, Fish Gape. 1,159 Insta hashtags and counting. But, as awful as the name is, the pose is a little more flattering than your standard trout pout so I'm backing this selfie revolution all the way into my illustrations. This particular model I actually drew long before the Gape became the Gape but, in light of recent events, now seemed an apt a time as any to share her.

  

The model I was drawing actually had bright red hair but after painting the eyes and lips first I decided to finish the rest of her in pencil and am so pleased with how it turned out. I really struggle with drawing faces on full body illustrations due to the space limitations so I absolutely relish drawing head-shots like this.

So, I hope you like this illustration and hopefully there'll be more (non-Duck???) face-focused illustrations coming soon.

Fashion Illustration: Noon by Noor SS16

Noon by Noor's was far and away one of my favourite shows of last month's Fashion Weeks. 

Their collection literally took my breath away and, as I could never satisfy my urge to own everything (lol anything) from it, I decided the next best thing would be to draw some of my favourites. 

Starting with this mouth-wateringly beautiful lilac evening gown...

Leaves were a dominant motif on the runway and I especially loved the jacquard effect on this dress. 

I'll be sharing some more of my Noon by Noor illustrations as well as other Fashion Week Faves over the next few days so please check back if you liked this one <3