Inspired by Ping
Via Friday’s post on Design*Sponge I discovered the work of illustrator Ping Zhu, and I swear, I pored over every drawing in her portfolio. I luff, luff, luff it all.
Inspired by some drawings on her blog that used photos from The Sartorialist blog, I pushed the keyboard aside and spent the rest of my Sunday hunched in front of the PC with my sketchbook, using the Sartorialist‘s amazing pics as reference. My efforts aren’t even in the same ballpark as Ping‘s drawings, but here you go anyway:
I think the next one was my most successful sketch, and so I turned it into a more finished illustration with the help of Photoshop:
Matilda
Oh gosh these are totally fab. I love love love them!
Franziska
They are amazing! Does everything you do turn out that brilliant? Im really fascinated!
Cassandra
I especially like the last one in colour! Very cool!
Anne Schwankhart
Brilliant! Love them all!
JP
Hey Heather. I hadn’t popped by for ages and thought I would. Great to see what you’ve been up to. Twitter’s not really great for that sort of thing. The third drawing in the series is my favourite. You’ve got some skills there! Keep it up. BTW I still love your blog. I’ve just been uber-bogged down with work 🙁
skinnylaminx
Great to hear from you! I just caught up with all the fab finds on your blog, so thanks for that. hope the work bog doesn’t suck you in forever 🙂
xx
Janne
Fantastic!
Kylie
That last one in particular where you’ve added colour is brilliant!
Claudia
I LOVE these…beautiful color-choices and blocky illustrating in the last one especially…. 🙂 thanks for shareing these, this makes me want to get my long-neglected sketchpad out!!!
helen:)
I really love these!… especially Lee Redziwill sketch:) just super:)
Joni
Hi Heather – I’ve been a lurker on your blog for ages and thought I’d post my first comment 🙂 I think your work is absolutely fantastic. I’m a graphic design/illustrator too and love stopping by your blog every now and then for a bit of inspiration. Have a happy Monday!
skinnylaminx
So great to hear from you! Thanks for the happy Monday wishes. xx