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You asked, I answered! My experience with live sketching

April 27, 2017

Alessia Landi Fashion Illustration live sketching Piaget

A few of my followers on Instagram and fellow fashion illustrators asked me a lot of questions about my live sketching events lately. How do I find the confidence to draw a portrait in public in 5 minutes? Did I do any special training? How did I decide my rates? Different artists were asking me very similar questions, so I decided group my answers and write a post about it to share my experience (albeit still limited). I feel like…

The Lipstick Quest

January 31, 2017

watercolor ink lipstick fashion illustration beauty make up Alessia Landi Al Draws

I have recently entered a new beauty monomania phase: lipstick. It became an obsession because a good lipstick can actually make you look very cool with a tiny effort, but I just can’t find the “right colour”. It pisses me off like crazy. Somehow I never feel 100% comfortable when I wear lipstick. Either I feel too slutty, or too flashy, or one day my mouth is too big, one day my lips are too thin… What would I like?…

Fashion illustration Stories

In my skin

January 5, 2017

I have been on a diet most of my life. When I was a kid, because I was a bit chubby and my mom was trying to keep me healthy by keeping all sorts of snacks (the more unhealthy the more I loved them. Of course) out of the house to avoid I would reach for the Nutella jar while doing my homeworks. When I was a teenager, because I was desperately trying to look like all my skinny, pimple-free…

Fashion illustration Stories

Lesson learned (or “of Google and break-ups”)

January 6, 2016

aldraws fashion digital illustration girl suit breakup confidence

There is a lesson I learned the hard way, after my (in)famous break-up. And, after a conversation with my sister about this topic, I promised myself as a New Year resolution: never forget this lesson. But to tell you what this lesson is I’ll have to start from the beginning. So what is the main thing you do in the months days after a break-up? I’ll tell you: Google. It initially happens because you realize that your friends and family…

Beauty Fashion illustration Stories

Miss insecurity

November 6, 2015

aldraws fashion digital illustration girl lingerie lace

Lately I feel so ugly that every time someone is coming in my office to ask me a question I feel the urge to hide under my desk. My head lives in a constant bad-hair-day, I have horrible circles under my eyes and it looks like every pore on my face has decided to explode in a horrible pimple. And of course I’ve got nothing to wear. But my boyfriend still tells me that I’m beautiful, my friends still make…

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You asked, I answered! My experience with live sketching

The Lipstick Quest

In my skin

Lesson learned (or “of Google and break-ups”)

Miss insecurity

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