Robb Report Editorial

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W Magazine: 40th Anniversary Issue

So thrilling and humbling to see Kwiat in W magazine, 40th anniversary issue. I used to rip fashion illustration ads from W and tape them up on my bedroom walls when I was a teen in Alaska. "W" will always be special to me :)

New girls

W Magazine, I heart you...

So honored to have been asked to work on the 2011 Alzheimer's Association Rita Hayworth Gala invite. The event is taking place tomorrow night at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. This is such an important cause I was thrilled to do any part to help support this amazing event. I wish them huge success.

New fashionistas

San Diego Magazine

What a fun project to work on my first piece for San Diego Magazine. They were super cool, I loved working with Gloria, a very talented designer there. It was a cover for a supplement piece, one of those inserts that gets bagged up with your magazine. I ran across the magazine at the airport - such a kick to see it in the real world :)

Vanity Fair Magazine

Vanity Fair magazine...somebody pinch me, I have an illustration in Vanity Fair magazine...and Cher is on the cover. I don't need anything for Christmas now...

Viva Las Vegas

What a huge thrill to see Kwiat images up in lights on the Las Vegas strip!

Departures Magazine

Ad in Harper's Bazaar

I happen to LOVE Tina Fey so I was over the moon to be the Harper's Bazaar with Tina Fey!

Robb Report Full Spread Ad

Full spread ad in Robb Report.
Lovely!

Museum Banners in Balboa Park, San Diego

Jen Cadam, an extremely talented designer who runs her own studio, approached me recently about providing some illustration work for the San Diego Historical Society for an upcoming exhibit, "100 Years of San Diego Fashion".
Here are some pix I snapped recently. I absolutely love Balboa Park, walking around all the museums. But seeing my work on such a gorgeous building, in the middle of the museum walk...wowie! That's a happy feeling :)

Banners for Balboa Park Museum, San Diego

How-to

I was contacted recently by a really wonderful agency in New York about doing illustration work for a hair product ad. They requested line illustrations showing: girl using curling iron, braiding, brushing and using rollers.
Just recently, in a mad cleaning frenzy, I chucked my set of big hot rollers thinking...when am I ever going to use these bad boys again? Well here's my answer. *#$@#@. Groan. Well thank God for google. I found some great images of big fat rollers to work from.
For some of the other images, I thought it would be funny to show my process. In many cases when I want something very specific, I art direct my family to get me the exact shot I need.
Angle it up a little...no...down...ok now back up a little.
(Surely nothing can be more fun than being art directed with a tiny point and shoot digital camera)
Here's a couple of shots, including my personal favorite, 'braiding a lampshade'.

So I print these images out on my little photo printer, and then I sketch from them. Here are the images I created:

And the ad: