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| Lucy MacLeod |
http://www.theskinny.co.uk/things-to-do/heads-up/london-calling-lucy-macleod-illustrator
Interview with Lucy Macleod by Ema Johnston
"Well, her super sexy illustrations have just landed in London's uber-chic Fashion & Textiles Museum as part of the Production Lines exhibition - and that's not all. Lucy already boasts an impressive client list, including the current British Airways campaign for BBH, La Perla, Smirnoff, Diva Magazine, The Independent, The Times, Channel 4, and Nylon Magazine. The list goes on." | 11 Jan 2007
"My weapon of choice is generally charcoal. Occasionally I'll use the pencil if I'm feeling a bit anal." Lucy Macleod
"I discovered illustration by accident." Lucy Macleod
What's tickling your fancy right now, in terms of icons or inspirations? Ema Johnston
"In no particular order: the baby Maisie, Fiodor Sumkin, Sam Weber, Jeffrey Decoster, Charles Anastase, Kustaa Saksi, the drawings of Alasdair Gray, the fashions of Dorothy Cotton, the music of Great Ezcape. And pom poms. They're rocking." Lucy Macleod
http://saahub.com/2015/11/lucy-macleod/
Lucy Macleod is represented by 'Lipstick of London'
Lucy Macleods thoughts "I was born and brought up in the suburbs of Edinburgh and following a short stint as a hapless 'rebel youth', I finally got my act together (ish) and applied for art college." Lucy Macleod
"After graduating from Edinburgh College of Art with an honours degree in drawing and painting, It was then I luckily discovered Illustration after a friend kindly gifted me their clapped out computer which happened to have a very early version of Photoshop installed on it." Lucy Macleod
"I found my own personal sweet spot by combining traditional hand rendered brush and line work with digital/collaged elements. I am now regularly unleashed upon fashion students, teaching a range of fashion illustration and graphics techniques."Lucy Macleod
"Amongst other things, I have created a music video, merchandise and record cover for Warner Bros Records, a billboard for British Airways, decorated Levi Strauss Ladystyle clothing, designed a promo christmas card and created live illustrations for Bare Minerals UK and my work has featured in many an editorial for the likes of Nylon Magazine, Elle, Marie Claire, The Indendent and The Times. I sell and exhibit originals and prints to private collectors and have exhibited internationally."Lucy Macleod
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| I like Lucy Macleod's work so much that for my 18th birthday my best friend commissioned a print of the two of us! Here she sent 2 prints, one as her first and another with a green twinge. One of these is now framed on my wall back at home. |
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| Here I posted a collection of all the screenshots of her work I had on my phone and posted it on instagram. I had a fan girl moment when she commented "So sweet! X" |
I really like the way that she uses line. She has a way of capturing just what is needed to represent things but in a stylised way which makes her work glamorous. The eyes specifically are a trade mark or hers i think, the roughness of the marks but also their intensity. Almost every portrait of hers the eyes look directly at the viewer which is almost evocative and seductive. This is due to the fact that she is a fashion illustrator her overarching aim (brief) is to portray people (mainly females) wearing clothes and looking glamorous and seductive. She also uses colour in an unusual way. None of her works use very many colours, mainly 1 or 2 bold colours. She also uses line to portray patterns in a sketchy kind of way because the face is normally the focal point and the clothes are not as important to the piece. She also uses a range of different mediums for example; ink, collage, pencil, paint, coloured pencil, charcoal and chalk which adds variety to her practice and its outcomes. I just think that all of her works are striking, glamorous and I find them extremely aesthetically pleasing.
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| Her artwork was also the first print I ever purchased by myself in a Flashprint sale. I really like this image because I love the contrast of the line work of the hair, amazing eyes and neck of the jumper to the loosely painted jumper and jacket. |
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/lucy-macleod-92141014
How Lucy Macleod feels she became an illustrator
Originally a painter, I stumbled haphazardly into illustration and it was like a beam of light shone down from the heavens and angels began singing a chorus. I realised then that this was my calling- God had a plan for me and that plan was to illustrate stuff to go with things to mainly sell stuff. Hallelujah! In recent years I have been teaching fashion illustration & graphics at university level, mainly to fashion students. Clients Include- BBH, British Airways, Levi Strauss, Nylon Magazine, The Times, The Independent, Marie Claire, Royal Mail.
"I like the way she use markers because she puts so much detail and effort into these illustrations. I love how she uses different colours for shading as well as making her illustrations sex, sultry and appealing to viewer’s." Jermaine Lyn-Shue
"I also think that Lucy’s illustration are very creative and sex filled to give that erotic filled effect towards viewer’s " Jermaine Lyn-Shue
"Lucy MacLeod has a ridiculous amount of talent. She seems to be able to draw from life with precision and ease, but then also has the creativity to spice it up. This is an awesome mix. What’s also nice is to be able to see every mark made. It feels hand crafted and passionate." Mr Kyri Kyprianou - March 23 2012
http://hartlepool.ccad.ac.uk/college-celebrates-the-world-of-illustration-with-visiting-artists-from-fashion-and-fantasy-art/
“Lucy’s drawings are so captivating, the energy and expression which she captures in her drawings really speak to me, and are an ongoing inspiration for me.” 22-year-old Alan Vest
http://hartlepool.ccad.ac.uk/college-celebrates-the-world-of-illustration-with-visiting-artists-from-fashion-and-fantasy-art/
“Lucy’s drawings are so captivating, the energy and expression which she captures in her drawings really speak to me, and are an ongoing inspiration for me.” 22-year-old Alan Vest
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