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Hello! In this post, I shall share my illustration of a beautiful historical Croatian military uniform. What makes this uniform so unique is that it belongs to the only historical all female regiment of its kind.  This historical uniform dating back to mid 19th century was and is still worn by the Križevac city's maiden watch. As the name might imply, this city watch is an all female one. The maiden city guard uniform is recognized and protected as an European cultural treasure.  This is one historical uniform that I have been meaning to illustrate for ages! Today I finally found the time to do it- or perhaps it is better to say that I made the time? When you really want to do something, you make the time for it. Scroll down to see and read more. I was planning to paint just one of these historical maiden guard uniforms but I then I realized that it wouldn't make sense so I painted six of them (using a photograph as a reference).  After all, this city guard uniform is nev...

Hello readers!  It seems that fashion illustrations are taking over my blog. If you own original fashion art why not share it, right? Today I'll share with you two fashion illustrations inspired by Versace RTW Spring 2022 collection. I came across this Ready-to- Wear Versace collection while I was browsing Vogue . I was intrigued enough by this collection to want to illustrate it, so I set myself to work. I even watched the whole runaway show in order to get a better sense of the clothes as that can help with the illustrating ( Youtube link  in case you want to see the entire collection too).   I would say thus it was in many ways a typical Versace collection. One of the first things that comes to my mind when I think of Versace statement design is a bold form fitting dress. This collection had plenty of those kind of dresses plus some nice tailored suit options that I enjoyed. I always love a good statement blazer so I was happy to see some of those. When it comes ...

 Hello readers! Thank you for your comments on my last fashion illustration post. Since you liked my rendering of look 3 from Casablanca Ready-to-Wear Fall 2022 collection , you might be happy to learn that I decided to illustrate another look from this collection. Moreover, I illustrated it in the same elongated style (and on the same page in my sketchbook).  This time I opted for the fifth look (7/71) consisting from a matching (white/red/blue) bomber jacket and a mini skirt. The colour palette for this design look echoes the national (and flag) colours of many a European country. France's flag is blue, white and red. As this is a French brand, this colour palette might be more than a coincidence. I'm a lover of colour in general but this combination of colours is especially appealing. I particularly enjoy the bright tonalities of red and blue, for example Ferrari red and sky blue. Plus, it's nice to see so much white in a Fall collection. If you remember my last illustr...

Hello readers and bloggers. I'm back with another fashion illustration. It's Friday and that means it's time for another post in my regular blog feature titled- FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY. As the name suggests, this feature is all about fashion illustrations and art. The last post I published on Wednesday  was all about fashion illustration as well.   The medium is once again  watercolour pencils on paper. This time I was inspired by a look from Casablanca Fall 2022 collection. This French brand whose founder has Moroccan roots (hence the name Casablanca) wasn't on my radar before. The reference photograph I used is from Vogue ( here ). Scroll down to see more details and read more about  this fashion illustration. What did I like about this  Casablanca collection? Mostly, the fact that the garments look so well made and functional. It's a beautiful collection that made me think of sixties and seventies.  Moreover, I enjoyed the mix of vibrant co...

 Hello, I'm back with another fashion illustration. Instead of waiting for Friday, I decided to publish it today. Maybe I will even start a new feature on my blog- Fashion illustration Wednesday. As you can see, I used a reference photograph for this fashion illustration- a photograph of one of my own outfits taken by my husband in Mostar city park. The inspiration behind this illustration is all about the texture. Having illustrated this fabulous vintage jacket last Friday, I found an old illustration of this faux fur stole. Realizing I illustrated this faux fur stole in the past, made me want to illustrate it again with the vintage leather jacket. As it happens, I wore these two items together recently (see here ). So, when I found photographs of another outfit featuring this faux fur stole combined with a leather jacket and a ruffled dress, I decided to choose that look for my next illustration. That is what I did. I opted for elongated style of fashion illustration. Simply said...