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Tomo Koizumi is Crafting the Most Magical Ruffled Dresses You’ll Ever See

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Mark O
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If you’re a huge fan of whimsical, dreamy, and over-the-top fashion designs, Tomo Koizumi will rocky your world. The Japanese designer is rising through the ranks of the fashion world thanks to his magical, ruffled gowns.

It’s been less than a decade since Tomo Koizumi launched his fashion brand, and his very first runway show took place last year at the New York Fashion Week. Koizumi hasn’t been around for too long, but he has a clear vision for his designs and each of his gowns is instantly recognizable.

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Bright colors, bold silhouettes, and layers upon layers of ruffles make his dresses truly amazing. Koizumi is constantly improving his ruffling technique and coming up with new ways to combine different colors and patterns while paying homage to the Japanese culture.

His brand is still growing and he’s utilizing his experience as a styling assistant and costume artist to find success in the fashion industry. His dresses are true works of art and look like an explosion of ruffles. That’s exactly the reason why they attracted many beloved celebrities, including Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry.

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James Cook Is Using His Typewriter to Create Amazing Illustrations

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Amanda B
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Creative artists use all kinds of different tools they have at their disposal to create something amazing. In James Cook’s case, the tools in question are manual typewriters that he utilizes to create incredibly detailed illustrations.

Cook started this creative journey during his college years, inspired by the life story of a fellow typewriting artist Paul Smith. He suffered from severe cerebral palsy and was unable to hold a pencil or paintbrush, so he decided to use a typewriter to express himself and create amazing works of art over the course of six decades.

Smith’s journey inspired Cook to give typewriting drawing a try. His earliest works were unsteady and rough, but he now has a collection of 30 typewriters that he uses to produce his paintings.

“It was like learning a whole new language (literally) made up of punctuation marks, letters, and numbers. It was how I assembled these marks on the page that would reveal the image once you stepped back from the drawing,” he told Bored Panda.

Cook mostly draws inspiration from architecture, still life, and nature, and his illustrations can take up to 30 hours to make.

Graphic Designer Creates Alphabet Illustrations Inspired by Cartoon Characters

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Elizabeth N
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Many illustrators draw inspiration from beloved cartoons we all used to watch as children. That’s exactly the idea behind some of Tadeo Soriano’s viral alphabet illustrations that take the form of the popular animated characters we all know and love.

The Peruvian artist is best known for his amazing character designs, but he took things to a whole new level with his new series “36 Days of Type”. Designers all over the world are creating their own letters and fonts as a part of this challenge, and Soriano found a way to put his own twist on it.

The main idea behind this concept is to create alphabet letters and numbers inspired by beloved cartoon characters. To make the whole thing even better, Soriano often matches the characters with the letters based on their names, and the final result is really amazing.

SpongeBob SquarePants, Sesame Street, and Hey, Arnold! are only some of the animated series that served as inspiration for Soriano’s illustrations. In addition to looking great, his designs can be a great educational tool for parents and teachers trying to help kids learn their ABC’s.

Inez Janiak’s Sketch Tattoos Are Perfectly Imperfect

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Nikoleta P
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Some artists like to look for beauty in imperfections, and that’s exactly the case with Inez Janiak. The Polish tattoo artist made a name for herself with her sketch style body art, which will make you see imperfect and broken lines in a whole new light.

A lot of work goes into each of Janiak’s signature tattoos, yet they look unfinished at first glance. That’s because she adopted a special technique, giving her tattoos the illusion of charcoal sketches through her broken strokes and special shadowing technique.

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Janiak’s tattoos may seem rough and incomplete, but if you pay close attention to each one you’ll notice she’s very consistent with her work. She wants each of her creations to imitate the pencil sketch as faithfully as possible, and she’s definitely succeeding.

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Janiak mostly draws inspiration from nature, especially the animal world, but there are exceptions to this rule. She also happens to be a huge fan of bold themes and abstractions, and some of her tattoos are even inspired by popular culture.

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The Pantone Spring-Summer 2021 Color Palette is Here!

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Kate B
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Colors have mood-altering effects and there’s no doubt that the shade you choose to paint your living room or the hue of your t-shirt can brighten your mood. Each year there are certain colors that we tend to see everywhere and they’re influenced by Pantone’s color palette. These colors guide fashion designers as well as interior decorators when they create their new collections.

Pantone released their Spring-Summer 2021 New York Fashion Week color palette shades a few days ago and the colors this year include some stand-outs and classics that will add a much-needed brightness to your life.

Pantone Color Institute’s executive director Leatrice Eiseman said the colors give the opportunity to have fun and create cool combinations, “Here, we’ve got light, mid tone, bright and dark. What it’s playing to is this whole idea of more choices for people. The idea is that they have had so little choice in so many other areas of their lives in the last several months, let’s try to have some fun again. That’s what we’re looking for and fashion gives us that opportunity.”

Altogether, there are 15 shades with ten of them being standouts and including Marigold, Cerulean, Rust, Illuminating, French Blue, Green Ash, Burnt Coral, Mint, Amethyst Orchid, and Raspberry Sorbet. The five classic shades are Inkwell, Ultimate Gray, Buttercream, Desert Mist, and Willow.

We can’t wait to see all the new home decor and fashion collections that will be released soon and how they’re influenced by the new color trends.

New Designers to Watch at 2020 New York Fashion Week

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Mark O
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We’re currently in the midst of 2020 New York Fashion Week and designers are showing their Spring/Summer 2021 collections. While we’re sure you’ve been paying attention to the big names in fashion like Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, and Ralph Lauren, who actually weren’t on the CFDA official Fashion Week calendar, there are a total of 15 new American brands on the schedule that you should check out. These are the ones you should get to know.

Theophilio

Designer Edvin Thompson of Theophilio’s inspiration comes from Thompson’s home country of Jamaica. Throughout the collection, you can see bright colors, fringe details, lightweight fabrics like mesh and chiffon, and the use of upcycled materials.

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Frère

Davidson Petit-Frère, the designer behind Frère, left his job in real estate to pursue his love of fashion and he already has a celeb following that includes Jay-Z, Michael B. Jordan, and Chris Paul. He’s now launching a women’s line at New York Fashion Week and based on his Instagram page, the line features timeless, impeccably tailored suits.

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Maisie Wilen

Already a popular staple in the wardrobes of Camila Mendes, Keke Palmer, and the Kardashians and Jenners, Maisie Wilen created by Maisie Schloss, a former womenswear designer at Yeezy, features pieces that are eye-catching with bright colors, figuring hugging silhouettes, and luxury materials.

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Matt Stevens is Reimagining His Favorite Movies as Retro Books

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Amanda B
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Graphic designers and illustrators often find a way to combine several of their passions into one, and that’s exactly what Matt Stevens is doing with his viral “Good Movies as Old Books” series.

The founder of a design and illustration studio called The Design Office decided to pass the time in quarantine by reimagining his favorite movies as retro books. What started as a coping mechanism quickly transformed into a viral series that brought thousands of new followers to his Instagram page.

Stevens’ creative process is pretty flexible, and finished versions are often different than his original concept, but he usually starts his creative journey by focusing on a single film. “Inspiration comes at odd times, so I let the thoughts come and go and the actual idea usually comes unexpectedly. Sometimes I see a vintage book and a style that I’d love to try and try and find a film on my running list that seems like a fit,” Stevens told Bored Panda.

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Every movie buff will find something they like on his Instagram page. Some will stay in awe after seeing how he envisioned some of their favorite movies, while others will use it to discover new films they’ve never heard of before and add them to their watch list.

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Mallory Barton Creates Hilarious and Relatable Embroidery Hoops

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Elizabeth N
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Embroidery artists usually tend to stitch dreamy and delicate creations—and then there’s Mallory Barton. Her embroidery hoops also feature colorful botanical designs, but hilarious lines and quotes give them a whole new layer of meaning.

Barton fell in love with embroidery in 2017, while still working as an office administrator for an electrical testing company in her hometown of Richmond, Virginia. She’s completely self-taught, and she learned everything she knows today by watching tutorials on YouTube.

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Like many artists in this field, Barton usually starts her process by doodling a sketch on her iPad before transferring it to the fabric. Inspiration hits her at the weirdest of times, and she tries to repeat the ideas to herself over and over again until she’s able to write them down.

Many of Barton’s hoops feature colorful leaves and flowers, but that’s not what makes them special. Her embroidery page @ellucystitches went viral because many of her hoops feature hilarious, relatable, and passive-aggressive lines and iconic quotes from some of her favorite TV shows, including The Office.

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