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Happy to share a recent illustrated invitation for Condé Nast’s first global membership community. Vogue100 and Moda Operandi are hosting a New York Fashion Week event.

Lauren Santo Domingo and Vogue’s Chioma Nnadi will be in conversation about fall 2022 trends, their highlights from NYFW + models debuting looks from the runways.

More about Vogue100, “Spearheaded by Anna Wintour, Edward Enniful, and the Editors of American Vogue, an exclusive collective of impressive and inspiring people around the world.”

I loved culling through Lauren and Chioma’s street style photos and pulling style vibes to illustrate their portraits in their most iconic styles.

They went with the full figure portraits but I tried some close up illustrations too.

The Salon du Vintage will be held in March throughout France. I illustrated/designed the poster for each city. The Salon pays tribute to the art, film and nostalgia of the 70’s and 80’s presenting iconic pieces of fashion and furniture seen in classic films.

Select items on display include: Pascal Mourgue’s seats for the film “2001 Space Odyssey” by Stanley Kubrick, Azedine Alaia’s dresses that dressed the 80’s icon Grace Jones in the James Bond movie “Dangereusement Vôtre” with Roger Moore. Also, the costumes and furniture of “The Devil Wears Prada” and “A Clockwork Orange” etc.

I love looking at pretty clothing, conceptually interesting designs and controversial fashion. I don’t believe in a lot of parameters when it comes to art and find it scintillating when art creates a conversation. I was happy to illustrate for Brother Vellies during the Met Gala and then to lend the illustrations to this NY Times Style piece on AOC’s controversial statement dress.

@aoc’s @themetgalaofficial look by @aurorajames @brothervellies.

From Aurora, Brother Vellies founder/designer in the article:

“Listen, it would be a lot easier to go to the Met Gala and just wear a really beautiful dress and look really beautiful and have a good time. But that was not her intention, right? Her intention was to take a conversation that’s largely existing in working-class communities and bring it into rooms where that conversation might be a little bit more uncomfortable. It’s not easy to show up in a room like that, with a statement like that.

There’s a lot of people who gain access to rooms like that and are too afraid to rock the boat.”

I loved working on this fun holiday collaboration with Gucci X Goop featuring these fun archetype illustrations and accompanying gift guides.

What’s Your Holiday Style Archetype?

I was so happy to creative direct, produce and cast this campaign for the amazingly stunning paper company @dearannabelle known for luxury paper products and home goods for those who appreciate the art and soul of meaningful exchange.

Goddess photographer @annapalma brought her magic.

Brand:
@dearannabellenyc founded by @marciepantzer

Photography:
@annapalma

Creative Direction:
@samanthajhahn

Stylist:
@jillrothstein

Makeup:
@stephanierulez

Hair:
@destinyvenice

Props:
@veronicaolson

Models:

@shaderskavd

@jeniaierokhina

Very happy to share that I’ve been doing cover and title lettering for the past few issue of Shape Magazine. Above is the Sept. cover and below is a gallery of digital covers and the story openers in the issue.

Below, see the recent cover lettering for Shape’s Beauty Issue (October)

Below is the most recent cover with Vanessa Hudgens for the November issue.

I was thrilled to chat with Real Simple Magazine about the catalyst to launch Maison Rainbow during the pandemic.

I took an online test to see if I have synesthesia because I do get a strong visceral response to color. That said, I’m not a synesthete. Boo hoo. I did however fully enjoy illustrating these perfume visualizations as described by famed perfumer Frédéric Malle who perceives smells as an array of colors. I’d personally love to try Synthetic Jungle.

Check out the full story in the September issue of Allure Magazine.

Sarah Olin art directed!

I had fun working on these how-to illustrations for Allure Mag’s May issue. Face yoga seems absolutely manageable…no mat needed.

I loved working on this cover.

Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez @pxxlmxndxz is getting some great reviews if you’re looking for a good read.

Art direction by @emilymahon_covers (@doubledaybooks + @penguinrandomhouse).

I did a million drippy variations. It was fun but too much scanning! See some other iterations here.

Thrilled to have lettering on the cover and on multiple digital covers this September for the “Women Run The World” feature. Thank you Noah Drier for the amazing gig. See everything here and in the issue.

Photography @abdmstudio
Creative Director @noahdreier
Styling: Brit & Kara Elkin @elkin
Hair by Tony Medina @hisvintagetouch
Makeup by Eva Kim @eva_thediva_kim
Manicure by Jolene Brodeur @jolene.b.nails
Photo Director/Produced @toniloggia
Hand drawn lettering @samanthajhahn

From over 7,000 entries from 1,342 artists, art directors, publishers and agencies the @american_illustration_winners jury selected 426 images to represent the best pictures from 2020. The American Illustration 40 will feature 302 of the industry’s best illustrators. This illustration was selected.

Last spring right when everything started locking down I was curious what people were doing to carry on, to find the little moments of happiness that kept them going. I worked on illustrations featuring people and a little spot illustration of something they were doing. We chatted with designers, chefs and artists about trying new recipes, gardening, watching cartoons and everything in between.

Here’s the AI selected portrait of @museummammy that made the cut, originally for @thecut.