Hi my friends! It is March already! I hope everyone is having a great start of the year! I recently did a Facebook live with my friend Emily Merrell, the founder of Six Degrees Society which is a women-focused networking group that takes the guesswork out of who you meet while networking. During the live chat, we talk about how I get to start as a fashion illustrator. Tips and tricks for inspiring artists. Hope you enjoy the chat and more importantly learn a few and implement to your career!

By the way, feel free join my tribe where I share more tips and classes in the near future!

It is fashion week once again, a feast of creativity in fashion and art. Fashion designers, bloggers, editors, buyers, even celebrities from all over the world get together to celebrate this festival twice a year! I could not stop creating fashion sketches inspired by them. I told to myself, I will treat this season of fashion week as an experiment. I am gonna get outside o my comfort zone to try different styles, mediums, and compositions and only following my heart instead of over thinking. Here are a few samples that I created this week. Please feel free let me know what do you think? 

Inspired by SelfPortrait SS18 collection, I use four different mediums, including markers, watercolor, color pencils, gouache to create four different outfits from the collection. I use Vogue Runway as my references.  

Another one is for Anna Sui, she is one of my favorite Chinese American designers. Loving her bohemian style clothing so much! And the makeup was so pretty that I decide to do a piece that is more like a close-up collage. I use watercolor, paint pens to create and featuring GiGi Hadid, Taylor Hill.

Another painting is inspired by Marchesa. I sketch their collection every season since I started drawing NYFW back in 2014. Always love their extravagantly romantic style. I painted the model in gold to show a luxury feeling and use watercolors for the gowns.  I think watercolor always is my go to when it comes to illustrating very feminine materials. 

Now, what do you think? As an illustrator, I have often been told you have to have a unique style. But I don't always draw things using one style and I think it is a good thing. I go with what my instinct told me to use, depends on the objects, my moods and what I think maybe for a fun effect. I don't limit myself to one type of medium. And I recommend you to do the same. Explore yourself, there is so much potential in you! 

Stay tuned on what I create next on Instagram. PS, I will explore more of what I can do ;-)

Rongrong