Illustrators Drawing Illustrators: The Portrait!!

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Parisian Hair Clip
Dubai's Burj Al Arab and Burj Khalifa
Istanbul's Blue Mosque, Baklava, and Turkish Coffee
Paris' Eiffel Tower, Macaroons, and London Bridge

I can't believe it's finally here, the day of the 'Illustrators Drawing Illustrators' portrait post. For those of you who are just tuning in, on Dec 22nd 2010 I asked my fellow artist bloggers to submit their name to me in order to be assigned another illustrator's portrait to draw. I pulled each name from a hat which resulted in the following list. Today is the day we post, link, and marvel at the incredible talent on the portrait blog crawl. The recipient of my portrait is the beautiful Ana Simonovic of ShoeRA. She's an architect and blogger based primarily in Dubai.

Not only is Ana a style maven, but a true world traveler. I was determined to illustrate her worldliness, architectural background, as well as her appreciation for all things glamorous. I resolved to design a structured dress that encompassed snapshots of her trips through London, Paris, Istanbul, and Dubai. I used her very own photos as references from the hair clip, to the turkish coffee cup. I had a blast drawing from my own experiences in each city too. Ana, I truly hope you like what I've done and that I managed to capture even a fraction of your essence.

Now begin the portrait blog crawl here!!
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29 comments:

  1. ShaylaJanuary 10, 2011 at 9:54 PM

    You did an amazing job! I love how you incorporated what she doe's in her life into the artwork! The colors are beautiful along with her looking absolutely fabulous!

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  2. R OrozcoJanuary 10, 2011 at 10:34 PM

    The details here are AMAZING! Truly great work!

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  3. UnknownJanuary 10, 2011 at 11:44 PM

    Truly gorgeousnesssss work Meagan!!! And thank you for organizing this! I'm so glad I joined in the fun!

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  4. sfdJanuary 11, 2011 at 12:47 AM

    Wow, this looks amazing, I love it.
    I've posted mine now, I hope Sarah likes it: http://www.constantworkinprogress.com/notestoself/2011/1/11/illustrators-drawing-illustrators.html
    Looking forward to seeing what everyone else has done, brilliant challenge Meagan, thanks for organizing this :)

    Veronika http://www.constantworkinprogress.com

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  5. Maya • Fashion Illustration blogJanuary 11, 2011 at 2:31 AM

    It's great. My post is gonna be up soon as well, but not sure is it this good!:-)

    M

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  6. VanillaJanuary 11, 2011 at 3:58 AM

    Oh wow, this is amazing, I knew this project would result in some astounding work :) All of the attention to detail has really paid off and made this portrait into something magical!

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  7. Violet E.January 11, 2011 at 4:17 AM

    just <3

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  8. Johanna UrbanJanuary 11, 2011 at 5:42 AM

    Wow Meagan!!!

    Looks amazing and you really can see it's Ana!!! beautiful details!!!
    You are so talented, it's amazing!! Thanks for doing this, it's wonderful to be a part of this project!!!

    much Love
    johanna, sweden
    ART

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  9. Jill ZimmermanJanuary 11, 2011 at 5:46 AM

    Meag this is stunning. someday you'll need to do something like this for me...

    xx

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  10. Gaston JohnJanuary 11, 2011 at 6:46 AM

    Beautiful. I just love your work(s)!

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  11. MegJanuary 11, 2011 at 7:17 AM

    This is so stunning Meag!! Her face is so beautiful and I love how much thought you put into it with the structured dress, so cute!! :)
    Thank you so much for this project, it's been really fun!!! and so awesome to see what everyone has produced :)
    xoxo
    Meg

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  12. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2011 at 8:33 AM

    Meag u really did an incredible job for this project; I love the little details and the color is just fascinating!
    Again thanks for conducting such a fun project (sorry for posting up mine quite late); I'm really glad to be a part of this. (:

    Friederich

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  13. UnknownJanuary 11, 2011 at 9:22 AM

    Meagan's extraordinary talent, imagination, skill and enthusiasm astonished me the first time I landed to pages of this Blog. All that brought me to the project in the first place and inspired to join. You can only imagine how exited I was when she announced she'll be drawing me!
    Meagan, you're gonna be a big name and that makes me even more proud.

    Ana Simonovic - www.shoeRA.com

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  14. James SkarbekJanuary 11, 2011 at 10:36 AM

    Meagan this is a truly wonderful drawing! The colors are gorgeous, and I love how you incorporated everything into the outfit. The colors are great as well!

    much love xoxo
    Jimmy
    jamesskarbek.blogspot.com

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  15. KatieJanuary 11, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    Meagan, what more could I expect? This is such a sweet portrait, and it's apparent a lot of thought has gone into this. I feel you really captured the essence of Ana. Fabulosity!

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  16. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    What a nice idea this project! I just discovered it on Mayas blog. Beautiful painting!
    Priscella Manon

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  17. Sherry, Rachel, ShirleyJanuary 11, 2011 at 5:07 PM

    AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOUR WORK IS INCREDIBLE!

    -SHIRLEY-

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  18. { aggie }January 11, 2011 at 6:42 PM

    Hi Maegan!

    Thanks so much for the lovely comment! All the work I've seen on this project are really wonderful :D. Love the fact that this project is bringing illustrators together.

    Btw I'm following you back too ;)

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  19. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2011 at 7:37 PM

    Meag, I shouldn't have been surprised to see something this GORGEOUS because you always do such beautiful work! I absolutely LOVE this! What a great project to be a part of, complete success I'd say! Can't wait to do it again :)

    Kate

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  20. FASHIONABLE PRISJanuary 12, 2011 at 3:57 AM

    Wow! You are such a great drawer!!! I love it so much!!! Would love to have a drawing like that of myself some day!! WOWWWW!!

    Please visit my blog and follow me! Also you can enter my HUB giveaway if you like:)

    xxx

    www.fashionablepris.blogspot.com

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  21. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2011 at 4:06 AM

    Hi Maegan, thanks so much for your comments! Means a lot to me!
    I would love to join in next time, would be great, thanks for inviting me! I'll be following your blog and be waiting for the next project!

    Priscella Manon x

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  22. Super Healthy GirlJanuary 12, 2011 at 6:50 AM

    Meags this is absolutely gorgeous and so so cool, I love the blog crawl! Your illustration is beautiful, Ana is one lucky girl (still waiting on your illustration of me!) and the one Jimmy did of you is spot on, I love it!!! You should do this more often with other themes too!!! xoxo

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  23. NnennaJanuary 13, 2011 at 8:11 AM

    Wow, this is such a cool idea and I love your illustration!

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  24. MarinaJanuary 13, 2011 at 12:31 PM

    Truly great work! I love it!!!

    xx Marina

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  25. Rosa and Carlotta: Illustrated-MoodboardJanuary 14, 2011 at 6:39 AM

    sorry, we didn't have access to the interent when you emailed us about the project, we love how it turned out though! it was a big success :)
    we would definitely be up for a second round!

    xx
    fashion illustrations: Illustrated-Moodboard.com 

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  26. Death By ShoeJanuary 14, 2011 at 7:51 AM

    These are so beautiful!!! I especially love how you incorporated travel into the into each of them. My favorite is the Paris one with the macaroons - too cute!!

    -Danielle

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  27. Maya • Fashion Illustration blogJanuary 14, 2011 at 9:01 AM

    heeey, Johanna tagged me in pay it forward and I tagged you! :-))) It's in my post!

    M

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  28. UnknownJanuary 16, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    Incredible...

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  29. Meagan MorrisonJanuary 16, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    Thank-you everyone so much!! I'm so happy you enjoyed the project. It turned out to be such a success.

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