FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY: BLACK WITH PINK, GREEN AND RED ACCENTS

Hello dear readers and fellow bloggers! Time for another Fashion Illustration Friday, a regular art feature on my blog where I share my fashion illustrations. If you're a regular visitor, you know what I'm taking about. Your gal loves art as much as fashion (if not more), so it makes sense there is space for both on her personal blog. 

Today was a long and emotional day, and maybe some time I'll tell you all about it. At the moment my heart is full. I have a lot to be grateful for, but also a lot of challenges ahead. It's a rather long story that I might tell some day. However, it won't be tonight. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe I'll go back to this post and add more writing to it. Until then, let's get back to the topic of this post and that's- fashion illustration.

This time I'm bringing two new fashion illustrations to you. Both feature dark toned outfits with lighter accents. The medium is acrylic paint on mixed media paper. Both outfits came from my imagination, and I didn't use a reference of any kind. In fact, I sketched these fashion illustrations ages ago and just left them like that. They were originally two different designs, and you'll see what I mean when you check out 'the work in progress collages.' I liked the designs, but as I started adding paint, I kept adding layers to these outfits. It might have something to do with the fact that it's winter now.  The result was what you'll see in a minute. Scroll down to see and read more. 

These two outfits weren't inspired by any runaway look, but come from my imagination. In other words, they were improvised fashion illustrations. I  might have been inspired by fashion items I have been wearing lately, like the long green vest and one pair of dark leggings I wear pretty often.

Besides my clothing items and outfits, I was also inspired by medium itself. Acrylic paints allowed me to add fine details to this fashion illustration. I added pink, red and green flower embroidery and dots to the darker designs. 

THE MAKING OF COLLAGES

How these fashion illustrations came to be? 

SHOPPING MY CLOSET AND FIGURING OUT LAYERING

In these images you can see me shopping my closet, trying some things on (like the protagonist in Clueless I'm trusting the camera more than the mirror) and figuring out winter layering.

I bought a new pair of light pink high heeled boots recently and they have inspired me to wear more light winter outfits. 

Getting ideas for winter outfits by layering my outfits at home! Sometimes I end up adding more and more layers as I believe keeping warm is important. 

That's all for now. I'll try to come back to this post tomorrow to organize it a little better.