Cassandra Rhodin's Illustration Technique

Cassandra Rhodin’s fashion illustrations caught my attention through her extremely unique style of drawing which is inspired by the 1920's.

 

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Her style is quite moody and she uses bold lines to create sexy, thin, elongated beauties with big, smoky, smouldering eyes and pouty lips.

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From looking at Cassandra’s illustrations it is clear that she uses watercolour a lot and also ink to create thick bold lines which make the image stand out.

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As well as her powerful characters, she includes a lot of random, cute animals in her work, which gives an attractive wild look to her drawings.

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Illustrator Profiles

       Cassandra Rhodin

·         Is a Swedish fashion illustrator who’s illustrations are ultra stylish

·         Born in 1979

·         Has quickly become one of Sweden’s most popular illustrators

·         She uses ink and watercolour in her drawings

·         Her drawings mix the darkness of the models eyes with the softness of the watercolour

·         She is also a designer

·         Has worked with clients like H&M, Urban Outfitters ELLE and Vogue Russia

·         She also has a successful kids fashion line called Mini Rodini, founded in 2005 in Stockholm

·         She created editorials for MAMA and Damernas Värld aswell as an ad in Muteen magazine for Bumerang Clothing

·         Her artistic range covers fashion illustrations, art exhibitions, book covers as well has entire wallpapers

·         She is also planning on opening her own trendy restaurant *East* in Stockholm, where you can admire her illustrations everywhere- from the floor right up to the ceiling

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Amelie Hegardt

·         Studied Art History at Stockholm University and also studied in Saint Martins in London

·         Currently works as an artist and illustrator with London as her base

·         In 2006 she was one of the nine selected illustrators of Blackbook Magazine in New York

·         Her work in recent years has been widely used by clients such as Lady Gaga, Mac Cosmetics, Marie Claire, Elle, Vogue, Bloomingdale's, GAP(red), Neiman Marcus and Guerlain

·         She has also had art exhibitions in New York (2009), Teatergrillen in Stockholm (2009) and Totally Swedish Festival in Dublin (2008).

·         Her illustrations vary in pastel, gouache and ink, and are often inspired by 1920s fashion elegant silhouettes

·         Her stunning illustrations are recognised by her beautiful mannequins, cheeks blushing, framed with bleeding ink and splashes of water colour

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Introduction

For my Design Research & Conceptualisation assignment I am going to research two fashion illustrators . The fashion illustrators I have chosen are Cassandra Rhodin and Amelie Hegardt . First of all I will look at the profile and background information of each illustrator . I will then look at the technique and method used by each illustrator through analysing their work . From this I will then break-down each illustrators style, by re-drawing and interpreting their illustrations . This will be done both by hand and using CAD, including Coral Draw and Photoshop . I will then combine each illustrator's style in order to produce my own unique fashion illustration . Finally an evaluation will be carried out, critically analysing my work, showing how I have progressed and developed with fashion illustration throughout my years of studying .