Fashion Illustrations have always been something that I was interested in but too shy to dive into. When I first started out painting I was in awe of Monet's work. I mean Claude Monet IS my favorite artist. I have a loose painting hand and the impressionist style fit that. I was younger around the time I first started out, and I was too scared to tell my art teacher that I absolutely loved fashion. So now as a Sophomore in college I have finally started to fashion illustrate. In a way fashion has helped me become way more confident than I was in the beginning. I still have a ways to go but I am growing.
Most people sell their fashion illustrations, like all art pieces, or they work for fashion companies that need their art for clothes or advertising purposes. Marketing is also a key factor into selling fashion illustrations so that they can be made known. A lot of hard work on and off my computer or cell phone goes into my blog and my social media platform. As a full time student and an aspiring full time fashion blogger there is a lot of stress that goes into it all. I spend at least an hour and 30 minutes on one painting. Then I have to post it on Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram. That way I can increase my followers and hopefully get some recognition from other fashionistas. The goal of my fashion illustrations are not to make money but to grow as an artist. I just started out with this and I still have more to learn. Right now for me the challenging part are the faces on my fashion illustrations. I paint a lot and have painted many faces, but for some reason I get nervous when it comes to drawing smaller faces. Hopefully, by next year I will be doing better at drawing faces.
Some people are wondering if fashion illustrators will replace fashion bloggers. I do not think fashion illustrators can replace fashion bloggers, but I do think that they can work together. The process for fashion blogging and illustrating are very similar. I think fashion bloggers and illustrators both get the same benefits when it comes to the fashion world. I think they will both continue to coexist. In a way, people could do what I am doing have a fashion blog and illustrate. It is a ton of work, but you will always make time for something that you love.
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