Just Some Badass Up & Coming Artists

by: YEGA ( YAY-GAH ) | work here

Tonight it’s all about you guys !! And YOUR creativity.

I’ve been wanting to do something like this on The Skinny Confidential for a long-ass time. Basically the gist of my idea ( it came to me in the shower, HA! ) is to showcase what you guys love to create. Some of you are artists, some are bloggers/vloggers, some are graphic designers, some are entrepreneurs, ETC. & I want to share your work with TSC Community. This is a place to inspire.

Anyway, today’s the first installment of this “creative spaces” idea. Today’s theme is up & coming artists— each of them designed a very Skinny Confidential-ish piece. & honestly WOWZA, I can’t believe how amazing these phenomenally talented artists are, I was just shocked! They killed it. A bunch of these pieces are going in my office. All their bios/contact info is below.

Oh! If you are a creative, please share what you do so I can plan the next creative feature on TSC. Want to hear about what you guys do, what drives you, your passions…you get it. Leave your websites, Instagrams, whatever below too. You guys always support me, I would love to help in any way to support you =).

Ok, enjoy! First up, the bubblegum pic above:

+ Bio: Meet Yega— she’s a fashion and beauty artist based in Leicester, U.K. Having always drawn fashion figures from early childhood, she is endlessly fascinated by the human form. She finds beautiful fabric, people watching, and African art particularly inspiring. Her home studio is her creative space.

by: Susan Zienty | work here

+ Bio: Susan’s a student at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco working towards receiving her BFA in Fashion Design with a focus in women’s wear. She is motivated to pursue a career in design because of her drive to make a statement in the fashion industry and to improve the way women perceive and adorn their figures. Her clothing is a fusion between two contradicting qualities, marrying chaotic design elements with simplistic silhouettes. The clothing she designs is functional with an emphasis on comfort and simplicity while containing expressionistic elements that catch the eye and challenge the norm.

by: Brittany Morganti | work here

+ Bio: Brittany’s a “fashion forecaster;” her many talents include fashion design/illustration and fashion blogging. She graduated from Marist College in 2014 with a Bachelor’s degree in fashion design, & currently, she is a freelance assistant designer and illustrator for several fashion coloring books to be published in the next year. Brittany considers herself to be a “fashion extraordinaire” because she has the ability to predict upcoming fashion trends.

by: Kim Malachowski | work here

+ Bio: Best known for her whimsical fashion illustrations and unique Watercolor and Wine workshops, is the creative mind behind Laguna Beach based Ladyfolk Studio. Kim originally attended school in New York for ballet but an injury caused her to return home to California, where she switched majors and graduated with a degree in Illustration and Design from the Laguna College of Art and Design. Her goal throughout school, interning, and jobs, was always to be self-employed and after putting in long hours designing for brands such as Pottery Barn, she is happy to be working for herself now. Many things including fashion and travel inspire Kim, and her work is often described as p­ainterly, experimental, sketchy, intuitive, and colorful.

by: Nisha Btesh | work here

+ Bio: With a degree in textile design and her first women’s ready-to-wear collection having already walked the runways at New York Fashion Week, Nisha Btesh, 25, has returned home to San Diego to establish a vibrant housewares brand that will showcase her original boutique textiles for bed, body, and home. Her namesake line, Nisha Btesh Living, designs hand painted and screen printed textiles to create a tangible expression of you within your home, energizing intimate spaces through bold color and print. Speaking to who she is as both a woman and an artist, Nisha Btesh donates 1% of all Nisha Btesh Living product sales to support community-based efforts to educate our youth, empower victims, and end domestic violence.
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by: Ellie Benuska | work here

+ Bio: Ellie Benuska is a fashion illustrator hailing from Los Angeles. Armed with both an education in all things fashion, from a career at Vogue Magazine and a degree in Fine Arts from USC, she set out to merge her two passions. Art and fashion meet in her depictions of fashion’s elite, including Gigi Hadid, Karlie Kloss, Kendall Jenner, and Daria Werbowy. Since launching her illustration career in 2015, Ellie’s breezy watercolors and rich oil paintings have made appearances on Vogue.com and WhoWhatWear.com.

by: Melanie Ingram | work here

+ Bio: Melanie Ingram is a consistent student of the arts. Graduating from the University of Delaware with a degree in Visual Communication, challenging new methods is key to her artistic development. She combining both of her passions – fitness and fashion – allowing her to express a realistic touch in every piece. Melanie is her art, and her art reflects herself.

by: Kelcey Vossen | work here

+ Bio: Originally from a small city in the Canadian prairies, Kelcey Vossen first began exploring the world of illustration after a professor at Parsons School of Design in New York City suggested publicly displaying fashion sketches she had completed in elective classes. Although posting to social media first began as a hobby, it quickly grew into a small side business as members of the creative community expressed interest in and admired her whimsical fashion caricature illustration style. Inspired by fashion brands, photography, editorials, and marketing campaigns, Kelcey is often commissioned for lifestyle blog branding projects; her work can be seen on ELLE.com, D-Bag Dating, ELLE Canada, & Marysia social media, in addition to small campaigns for Lunya Sleepwear and Negative Underwear.

by: Jason Naylor | work here

+ Bio: Jason Naylor is an artist, illustrator, and designer based in Brooklyn. He believes that his art is driven by his subconscious, and his philosophy is that kindness is the key to success. His clients range from Xbox to Rihanna to MAC to Rolling Stone and he likes to hide messages of positivity within the zany world of his art.

I hope you guys enjoyed all of these up & coming artists. Insane, right?

Happy Sunday, x lauryn