Inspiration - Jessica Durrant

Today I came across freelance illustrator, Jessica Durrant, who specialises in fashion, travel and lifestyle illustration. I was intrigued by her work so I 'gave her a google' and found her blog. She'd answered some of her fans questions and I loved her answer to 'What inspires you?'

"Well I think the question is, what doesn’t inspire me? haha. Seriously though, I try to keep an open mind to whatever may hit me as inspiration. I love music, it puts visuals into my imagination. So often when I am creating…I am listening to music. I am also inspired by other artists-really when I see other peoples work…it just makes me want to create. I am inspired by people, nature, fashion, architecture, Japanese illustration, traveling and my life itself.  Creating art is like writing in your journal. My life has been changing a lot recently and some of my artwork has reflected lots of different emotions that I feel."

Her work has been featured in publications worldwide, including;  Target, One Kings Lane, QVC.com, Glamour.com, Westfield Malls, Country Living Magazine, Rue Magazine, UK's Livingetc Magazine, Matchbook Magazine, 30 Days of Fashion & Beauty New Zealand, The Little Green Notebook, ELLE Brazil, The Glamourai, IN London magazine, SHOP til you drop magazine Australia.

I love how she incorporates landscape into her fashion illustrations, it seems to add a 'haunted' feel to beautiful and elegant watercolour illustrations.