Chicago based artist/graphic designer Ward Nipper, just sent us a group of his fashion illustrations to review and obviously we love them! In his bio Ward says, “When I grew up I was convinced that drawing was my destiny. I was good at it and was encouraged to draw by my parents and art teachers in school. But the true proof of my connection to drawing was being named Ward. D-r-a-w spelled backwards.” Pretty damn cute, no?
Nowadays graphic design takes up most of his professional life and illustration/drawing has become more of a hobby. His work definitely takes on a lot of similar characteristics to that of Egon Schiele, especially in the gesture and line quality, but he is first to admit his influences from portraitists in the 19th century. “This usually appears in the quality of the marks on the page and how they can quickly and loosely describe something specific about a face or a gesture. I love that part of drawing—the unconscious moments that result in something magical. I hope you can see at least a glimpse of this magic in the pieces presented here.”
May 23 13 @ 5:27 PM
ØDD Spring SaleMay 24 13 @ 5:40 PM
Yacht at Shea StadiumMay 25 13 @ 5:50 PM
James Murphy and Special Guests at Grand Prospect HallMay 26 13 @ 5:54 PM
Oneohtrix Point Never at Saint VitusMay 27 13 @ 6:01 PM
A conversation With James MurphyMay 28 13 @ 5:46 PM
Naoaki Funayama: X-don at Ouchi GalleryMay 29 13 @ 6:06 PM
Marina & The Diamonds and Charli XCXMay 30 13 @ 6:10 PM
Lee "Scratch" Perry at Le Poisson RougeMay 31 13 @ 6:15 PM
Azari & III at Highline BallroomJun 07 13 @ 10:42 AM
The Govenors Ball NYC Music Festival
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beautiful work! posters for posterity!2
I like it. And it grabbed your attention esp. if you posted a comment below. whether you love it or hate I don't see anything where it promotes violence or degrading women.. what i see is government taking away the rights of a citizen n the rights away from people. Failure to follow instructions will land us in prison like the model. Now if steven photographed the same concept with average shmucks would we pay much attention to it? i dont think so. it'd be just another political journalistic photograph.3
i agree4
Lovely inspirations <3www.whitebluebird.com5
Perfect inspiration for our soon to be flat : )6
This list is one of the best of restaurants around England.7
... Tilda is like kristen mcmenamy - magic in everything8
the tilda shoot is magic.9
Boring10
LOL this is such a frumpy campaign. Raquel Zimmermann looks so awkward dancing those bad bad moves. WWTT??? a.k.a What Were They Thinking?