Menswear Illustration - Richard Haines

After researching illustrations for menswear I came across Richard Haines and his blog 'What I Saw Today'. He lives in New York and basically draws people in the street who look interesting. I love his drawing style, it's sketchy and messy but creates a nice effect. I feel it captures the mood of New York, as laid back cool but also busy. I'm still working on my illustration skills however I'm finding the male body quite a challenge. I'll possibly post some of my drawings later on. See how they go.

CANDID

Here's a couple photoshoots from our magazine CANDID. The photoshoot with the white mask is in was influenced by the surreal shirts we made in the first semester. The second photoshoot was done in the Binniemyre B & B in Galashiels. It was really quirky and cute but hidden behind trees and it was up a small hill.

CANDID

One of the most challenging projects of the year has to be Fashion Communications. For this subject we had to produce a magazine. We had a basic brief but were generally free to include whatever we saw fit. My groups magazine was CANDID. The theme of it was hidden eccentricity in Galashiels. At first we dreaded making a magazine about Galashiels. How on earth are we supposed to make Galashiels seem interesting. But after researching and talking to a few locals it's not as bad as first seem. Our front cover is my favourite image from the whole magazine. It's bold, quirky and in your face. I do honestly think if that were on a shelf in the shop someone would as least pick it up and wonder what it was.