Hayden Williams, 22, is a London UK born British Fashion Illustrator & Designer.
He has been drawing since he was 3 and he revealed that Disney had played a fundamental part in his childhood and had been a strong source of inspiration for him. He said that the 1st character he ever drew was Cinderella.
Although He had no formal illustrative training, he did go to college and then university to study fashion design.
In 2009, he started posting his drawings online and currently have over 770 sketches and still counting!
He has vast following, which includes over 500,000 fans on media sites, like Vogue, Oprah, Beyonce and Naomi Campbell.
Most of his most popular designs are inspired by vintage fashion editorials and films.
He love the 40′s, the late 50′s and early 60′s because women dressed so impeccably and with such class. So he incorporate those classic elements and add some modern twist it in his work. He also gets inspiration from Pop Culture; in the media or music.
“I always want to portray women in a positive way that is strong, sexy and confident but sophisticated and classic too. Those elements make up the Hayden Williams woman and design aesthetic.”-HW
He also tends to draw celebrities, models, famous icons, runway collections, and adding his style together with their own styles and features.
He starts his drawings on papers with pen and markers/liners then scan them onto his computer.
He also revealed that it can take as little as 10-15 minutes to do a quick sketch, however one of his fully completed masterpieces with colour can take around one hour. He said: “I am a very fast worker and once I have an idea or vision in my head, I can translate it pretty quickly and in one take.”
And from what ive noticed, in this 5 years of posting his drawings online, his styles had changed quite a lot. From what i observed, now, he's more able to draw higher quality sketches and, the models, proportions and structures are more sharp, with his own sense of elements and style added to it, which make it more unique, like when you see his drawing, you can tell that it's his straight away. It is like his trademark.
My learning point from him is that,
-we need to be passionate about this industry
-must be consistent, focused & hardworking
-use what we have around us to help us like photoshop, social media, phones, etc to take down references, help us in our work, & to help us in marketing ourselves
Credits; taken/read from;
http://www.thearcadiaonline.com/
http://myfashioncogitation.tumblr.com/
http://haydenwilliamsillustrations.tumblr.com/
http://haydenwilliamsfashionillustrations.blogspot.sg/
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