The fashion illustration is an unique art. You need to strike a balance between the whole drawing and the details of the garment. This is why it is very hard to master. If you miss our PART 1, you can take a look at here. And we would love to continue to sequent below.

1) Danny Roberts, based in California, USA

Danny’s artwork was honored by being the first featured portfolio of 2007 Graduates on the WGSN Generation Now Website, a unique showcase of graduating talent from the world’s leading universities and design colleges.

Despite his young age, he has been widely known, especially when you consider his publications. Being one of my favorite fashion artist, you can find a more detailed interview we did here.

2) Ruben Toledo, based in New York, USA

Ruben Toledo was born in Havana, Cuba in 1961 and is at once a painter, sculptor, illustrator, fashion chronicler and critic, and surrealist. He has designed mannequins, store windows, award statuettes, scarves, fabrics, dishes and carpets. His collaboration with his fashion designer wife, Isabel Toledo, was the subject of both a book and a museum exhibition titled Toledo/Toledo: A Marriage of Art and Fashion at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.

3) Masaki Mizuno, based in Tokyo, Japan

Masaki’s works involves the expression of the inner psychology; a self reflection mirrored through art. In order to express the vision and subject matter of my work, he find that it is important to extract ideas from within my own perspective and senses. His work is analogue, hand painted with acrylic, air-brush, and rollers

4) Fifi Lapin, based in England.

The Martin Margiela in the fashion illustration field. Her personal profile is not well known. But she really get a unique type of drawing style and character. The most stylish rabbit in the world!

5) Frederick Watson, based in Toronto, Canada

Frederick launched a series of fashion-inspired posters which quickly became hot collector’s items in Toronto in the 60s. These were dramatic and elegant studies in black and white. I love his style, one of the most traditional elegance of stroke and which is highly missed nowadays.

6) Antoine Helbert, based in Strasbourg, France

Antoine Helbert is a master painter, sculptor and illustrator. His styles of graphic, fashion, history, and advertising are very different, but equally outstanding. And the content of the illustrations are the most interesting thing to look at.

7) Alberto Seveso, based in Italy

Alberto’s style of illustration is stunningly amazing and unique. His use of layering and texturing make the illustration like a piece of art.

8) Vincent Bakkum, based in Helsinki, Finland

Born and raised in Holland, graphic designer Vincent Bakkum has lived in Helsinki for the past two decades. He describes his aesthetic as such: “in love with the graphic qualities of a woman — her outlines, her bone structure, the shadows under the nose and lips, the knuckles of long slender fingers, the lightfall on her calves, pitch black, cheek-brushing eye lashes.”

9) Hannah Muller, based in Sweden

I adore Hannah’s style so much. Detailed and contemporary stroke with earth tone color. I would be so happy to see more art piece come out from her.

10) Leigh Viner, based in USA

Leigh is an artist in different media like painting, drawing, photographic and make-up. Her versatile skill definitely border her style. She has a gorgeous style but at the same time you can smell a rawness from them which make it very interesting. Adore them!

Here is an interview of Leigh.

11) Mats Gustafson, based in New York, USA

Mats studied costume and stage design at the Scandinavian Drama Institute in Stockholm and in 1978 had his first fashion illustrations published in British Vogue. He has painted for a host of international designers including Comme des Garcons, Chanel and Yohji Yamamoto and has collaborated with corporate clients such as Galeries Lafayette, Nike and Bergdorf Goodman. In 1993 and 1998 Galerie Bartsch and Chariau, Munich published limited edition catalogues dedicated to his work.

12) Masaki Ryo, based in Tokyo, Japan

His ability to capture the endearing and playful nature of our canine companions has caught many an eye and has earned the recognition of various clients including the renowned stationary company Caspari, Inc. They have released a line of products featuring Masaki’s illustrations, including but not limited to his artwork of dogs, which have been very popular in the US, Europe, and Japan.

13) Wendy Plovmand, based in Copenhagen, Denmark

A contemporary style of illustration, Wendy combine a graphical approach into fashion illustration using mix media. She work independently with design, illustration and art since 2001 and has various exhibitions in London and New York.

14) Niki Pilkington, based in USA

Niki Pilkington is an illustrator who spends her time between Wales and London, focusing on fashion work, having been a fashion illustration student at college. Her work featured here is a very wholesome combination of style in two senses. One is in the fashion-conscious people she chooses as the subjects for her work, and the other is in the highly skilled way in which she puts this to paper.

15) Rebollo Manuel, based in Salamanca, Spain

Spanish illustrator Manuel Rebollo’s work stand out from others with his use of typography into the illustration. His use sketch manner of drawing and creates awesome artworks mostly dedicated to fashion.

16) Yuki, based in Nagoya, Japan

Yuki’s illustrations are drawn mainly with pure watercolor. He is fond of drawing fashionable works such as women, interior or a lifestyle in a delicate touch.

17) Reilly, based in London, England

Reilly is one of the new breed of illustrators mixing the wild imagination of an artist with the obsessive skill of the apple-mac wizard.

Combining dynamic rainbows swirls, repetitions of glossy lips and painstakingly observed come-hither eyes, then layering over tags, graffiti and found objects, as well as his own cartoon characters – this makes his work instantly recognisable in all its hypnotic variety.

18) Aurore de la Morinerie, based in France

It is very easy to see Aurore’s work when you click into Susie Bubble’s blog, yes, the top banner. His work is full of Zen, reminding me of Chinese link painting with a touch of elegance.

19) Raphael Vicenzi, Brussels, Belgium

Raphael’s work combines several mediums to portray striking, powerful themes in a really unique way. His work is dark, ironic, striking and creative. It mixes various mediums, such as digital art, doodles/sketches, painting and more.

20) Kareem Iliya, based in USA

Kareem Iliya started his fashion career working with Giorgio Armani, and from 1992 also freelanced as an illustrator. His images are hauntingly full of grace and mystery. In addition to being an illustrator, Kareem Iliya is also a menswear designer. These watercolor illustrations are so inspiring. Great color sense… great everything, really.

21) Monsieur Z, based in France

You should probably came across Monsieur Z’s works lately, his works are widely mentioned in many fashion illustration book and website. His long and thin characters, architectural forms, humor and elegance are now evolving on other media, like animation.

22) Dolceq, based in Rome, Italy

Dolceq is formed by  Massimillano and Sonia. DolceQ is a sexy lovely world where butterflies, hearts, stars and women live together in a minimal, erotic futuristic style. The pair work across a huge range of projects, from music videos, art shows, designer furniture through to designer toys.

23) Montse Bernal, Barcelona, Spain

Montse Bernal is from Barcelona, Spain originally. The artist uses a variety of materials, ranging from dry media to painting, to even digital and some animations. Montse graduated in fine arts by the University of Barcelona. Bernal also is specialized in illustration in ENSAD of Paris.

24) Silja Gotz, based in Madrid, Spain

Silja Goetz is working for some of the biggest names in publication and product. Nike, Vogue, Cosmo, and Nylon tout her work among others. From portraiture and product integration to her more pensive personal work, her illustrative style evokes emotion and warmth.

25) Nice Lopes, based in Sao Paulo , Brazil

Nice has a distinctive style: sharp color, digital, collage of pattern. And she just publish a 2010 calendar which I love it so much!

26) Sandra Suy, based in Barcelona, Spain

Sandra Suy  loves drawing people , especially beautiful women with beautiful dresses.

27) Victoria Ball, based in Gloucestershire, England

Victoria has produced artwork for a broad range of clients and markets both in the UK and Internationally. She continues to enjoy illustrating for magazines, merchandising, advertising and packaging. Her mixed media style is achieved by digitally combining, through the use of Adobe Photoshop, hand drawn and painted elements with photography and sourced pattern.

28) Francois Berthoud, based in New York, USA

Francois’s early work has been published by Vanity directed by Anna Piaggi, and then in Numero, The NewYorker, Harper’s Bazaar, The New York Times Magazine, Mixte, V magazine, Amica, Uomo Vogue, Vogue Italy, Vogue Nippon, Visionaire.
His work has been exhibited worldwide in solo and group shows and has appeared in many reference books. Francois Berthoud lives and works in Milan and New York.

29) Montana Forbes, USA

Montana Forbes is a self-taught artist with a Graphic Design (BA degree) background.

Her objective is simplicity with a unique perspective, sensitivity to form, line and an intrinsic sense of colour inherited from growing up between the USA, Southern Africa and the U.K. Her work is featured on numerous book covers, in magazine articles and art books world wide.

30) Susan Burghart, based in Seattle, USA

Susan Burghart comes from a graphic design background but also recently studied illustration in London. Susan’s style is a mix of retro art — deco, nouveau, pop, and general 20th century nostalgia, though her goal is to keep the work new and interesting at the same time. Susan’s work has been featured by R.E.D. (helmet line of Burton Snowboards), Spunky Clothing U.K., Worth Global Style Network (WGSN) and Computer Arts magazine.

The fashion illustration is an unique art. You need to strike a balance between the whole drawing and the details of the garment. This is why it is very hard to master. Below, we have 30 illustrators you can drawn inspiration from. — PART 2 (updated 23 Mar)

1) Antonio lopez, 1943-1987, New York, USA

Antonio Lopez is the Picasso of fashion illustration. He captured the pulse of style from the 60s to the 80s, and is still revered as the most inspiring illustrator by today’s practitioners. He worked with a variety of materials including pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, watercolor and polaroid film. His work appeared frequently in Vogue, Harper’s bazzar, Elle.

2) David downtown, British

David downtown illustrations are interesting, one side its kinda trash and the other side its more sweet with nice curves! He also have a bunch of really cool celebrity portrait.

3) ISAO Yajima, Japanese

ISAO Yajima is the most famous Japanese fashion illustrator in the past decades.

4) Tony Viramonte, 1960~1988, Los Angeles, USA

He worked for magazines and fashion houses in Italy, France and Japan. He listed among his influences Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, Degas, Matisse, Egon Schiele, Picasso, Fellini and Tom of Finland.

5) Stephen Stipelman

6) Joe Eula, 1925 – 2004, Norwalk, Conn.

Joe Eula, an illustrator who caught the riotous curves of fashion from Dior’s New Look in the 1940′s until the end of Saint Laurent’s reign.

7) Roger Duncan, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA

There was a shape and feeling in Duncan’s dynamic brushstrokes and glowing gouache colours, which, coupled with his ability to capture a likeness in just a few lines, were much appreciated by American Vogue. They regularly commissioned from him both fashion drawings and portraits of elegantly dressed socialites.

8) Laura Laine, Finnish

Laura Laine style did what she feel like at the moment. Her work is so hauntingly beautiful and precise, especially gorgeous hair flow to life, flounce and fancy looks best when its swirly and swiveled, drawn in pencil by the most talented hand.

9) Cedric Rivrain, French

Cedric does a lot of fashion illustrations and I think he might have a crush on Kate Moss. I love the very classic drawing style combined with touches of colour.

10) Audria Brumberg

Cultivated by the creative atmosphere of her childhood, Audria Brumberg has grown to develop her own aesthetic expression and style within the art world.

11) Rene Gruau, 1909 – 2004, Italian

Mr. Gruau, whose posters often echoed both classical Japanese drawings and Toulouse-Lautrec’s sketches of fin de siècle Paris night life, was perhaps best known for creating the marketing images for Miss Dior perfume and for Rouge Baiser lipstick. But in everything he did, he evoked the glamour and style of the world of high fashion.

12) Stina Persson, Sweden

Stina Persson has lived, studied and worked in Tokyo, New York, Florence and Lund, Sweden, where she was born. She says her illustration style is basically about “finding the right balance between the edgy and the elegant the raw and the beautiful.” To achieve this, she uses ink, watercolor and gouache, as well as Mexican cut paper (used at ceremonies and festivals).

13) Sarah Hankinson, Melbourne

Melbourne Illustrator Sarah Hankinson creates feminine yet striking works which play off broken lines and occasional splashes of colour.

14) Johnny Cheuk, Hong Kong

Johnny usually blends computer graphics with watercolor, pen and ink to explore creative possibilities. His works have been published in various magazines, books, websites and exhibitions. This website showcases his works for clients and artworks for personal interest.

15) Jerry Seguin, Seattle, USA

Jerry uses both hand and digital techniques, and uses a variety of materials including watercolors, pencil, he also has formal training in art and fashion.

16) Jacqueline Bissett, UK

Freelancing as a fashion illustrator since leaving Epsom College in the 1980s, Jacqueline began working with many magazines along with jobs for design consultancies and forecasting companies.

17) Sarah Beetson, Toronto, Canada

Sarah graduated in 2002 from Falmouth College of Arts, Cornwall UK, and won the Pentland Prize for Fine Art that same year. She spent the next 4 years in London working in fashion, illustration and design in-house at Yellowdoor, Pop and The Face magazines.

18) Zoe More Oferrall, NY, USA

Zoe’s illustrations are heavily pen and ink based, whilst incorporating photography and screen-printing through much of her work.

19) Akari Inoguchi, Japanese

Akari Inoguchi is a graphic designer and visual artist working in a diverse range of media. She contributes illustrations to fashion magazines, television commercials, product packages and labels, t-shirts, and textile designs.

20) Annabelle Verhoye, German

Annabelle’s works seeks to create imagery on multiple dimensions that is at once true to its subject’s form, yet with an additional layer of interpretation. The resulting effect is one of elucidating both the scene’s objective nature as well as its inner essence and the mood it organically creates.

21) Petra Dufkova, UK

Petra dufkova illustrations are sketchy, inky messy & delicate!!!

22) Gary Fernandez, Madrid, Spain

Fernández’s intricate, retro-esque illustrations marry a liquid stroke with a rigid tension, which in turn projects an underlying seething mood and latent danger. He believes in the idea of illustration as a tool for showing the hidden beautiful side of the ordinary things.

23) Nadia Flower, New Zealand

Combining hand-drawn and computer-based imagery, Nadia works happily across a variety of visual mediums, from fine art painting to fashion and textile, as well as pure illustration for the editorial and advertising markets.

24) Masha Karpushina, London, UK

Although most of her drawings are black and white, Masha’s inspiration is drawn very much from the vast colours of the world around her.

25) Adam Lowe, UK

Adam’s illustration plays with and within the rarefied space that is fashions stylistic trump card, working the push/pull friction of surface and depth, control and impulse, line and shape, romance and sex.

26) Cecilia Carlstedt, Swedish

Cecilia has a tremendous style to her illustrations and has been commissioned by a solid list of clients, including New York Times, H&M, Bloomingdale, and Swarovski.

27) Monsieur Qui, French

Monsieur Qui or in English Mister Who is French illustrator / street Artist. His fashion illustrations are beautiful, as you can see in a lot of his drawings, Mr Qui likes to incorporate his hand made typography.

28) Sophie Griotto, French

Sophie’s focus is at the contemporary urban woman, and researches her accesories and attitude, which makes her personality a lot more original. Even though she doesn’t use much lines, Sophie compensates using lots of colours in her designs, what makes her work really stunning and vivid.

29) Peter Winnett, Canada

He’s been commissioned by DKNY and L’Oreal, to name a few and his work oozes raw sexuality with laid back playfulness.  With a use of his pen and some watercolors, Peter creates a fantasy world of gorgeously dangerous women.

30) Tanya Ling, Calcutta

Ling studied Fashion Design and Textiles at St Martins School of Art and after graduating in 1989 moved to Paris to work as a designer for Dorothee Bis and then for Christian Lacroix.

More to be in Part 2….