ILLUSTRATOR #6, KELLY SMITH

Kelly Smith, an Australian-based fashion illustrator, specialising in potraiture and beauty. She was graduated from The Tasmanian School of Art in 2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, and has worked for a number of local and international clients including: Valentino, Armani, Jenny Packham, H&M, and Samantha Wills, Mambo Goddess,  and General Pants Co. Her illustrations also have been published in Vogue, InStyle UK, ELLE Girl Japan, The Hub, Russh, Union, Shop 'Til You Drop, Flare, NET-A-PORTER magazine, The Sunday Times' STYLE and many others.

The majority of the ideas for her artworks come from her own imagination which she takes inspiration from fashion, film, nature and fairytales. Some of her ideas also was taken from a photographic reference which  she have collage up her reference images. They are generally a combination of what she have collected or photographed herself. From there she will start sketch it onto white card using LYRA graphite pencils and scan in the final drawing. She have also just started playing with watercolour pencils and she feel like they might be something she will explore more in her every day work. She always wanting to experiment with different tools but unfortunately at the end of the day, she just do not get as much time as she would like to play with it due to her lots of works.

 She creates her illustrations by using of mixing various techniques like pencil sketches, painting and digital printing. While blending all this together, she achieves the mind-bending results like amazing pieces of art that feature the beautiful fragile girls which I love.

The special sense of her signature style that interpenetrates each detail of the image which have catch people’s attention. Her work is so precise and delicate. The gracefulness and the beauty are two main motifs of the wonderful artworks.

She also has posted her artworks through social media such as blogspot, instagram, facebook and others.

Blogspot: http://kjsdesign.blogspot.sg