Helen Green

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Helen Green is a freelance illustrator who specialises in portraiture pieces. She creates illustrations and drawings that are inspired my music and fashion cultures and icons. The drawings that Helen creates features various pop culture icons which include David Bowie and Lady Gaga. Helen specialises in portraiture and to create her illustrations and prints she uses biro and watercolours to achieve a simple but eye-catching pieces. Her unique style of drawing has been developed through studying art at college and practising different sketching techniques. Helen also creates small animation pieces and gifs that present time lapses of different fashion and music movements. She graduated in 2014 with first class BA (hons) in illustration. Her work is admired by Lady Gaga and her clients include Lady Gaga Born This Way Foundation, Studio Canal UK and Sky Arts. Helen sells prints of her work through posters, T-shirts and post cards.

Time May Change Me

http://helengreenillustration.com/Time-May-Change-Me
The Gif “Time May Change Me” is a piece inspired by the incredible career of David Bowie. The 29 illustrations reflect Bowies career from 1964-2014 and present his movement and development throughout his life. Also, the illustrations reflect Bowies influence in music and fashion throughout his career. The Gif also presents David Bowies personality and his characters such as Ziggy Stardust which was an iconic moment in his career. I find this Gif animation an incredible tribute to David Bowie because it reflects his personality, movement in music and fashion. This short Gif presents David Bowies influence in music and how he has developed from the start of his career to the end. I believe that the illustration presents David Bowies passion for music and how he has worked throughout his career. I think that this simple piece summarises his incredible career and how he has inspired generations. The piece highlights his iconic appearances by Helen using bold colours but also simple portraiture features.

Lady Gaga Evolution 2015

http://helengreenillustration.com/Refinery29-Lady-Gaga-GIF

The Gif was commission for Refinery29 which celebrates Lady Gaga most iconic looks. The piece was released a week ahead of her lead appearance in 'American Horror Story: Hotel'. The piece is inspired by Lady Gagas pop career and her movement in fashion. The piece is similar to “Time May Change Me” because Helen Green uses simple portraiture features and bold colours to express the icons personality, career and fashion. I find this Gif piece engaging because it presents all the iconic outfits that Lady Gaga has worn in her career so far. It presents how Lady Gaga has inspired a generation and how we can express ourselves through elements such as fashion.

Overall, I find Helen Greens work fantastic because she explores a variety media to express her portraiture illustration. She looks at a variety of fashion and music movements for her pieces which gives individuality to her work as she has interpreted these elements. I find it interesting how she has taken icons from different movements and created bold pieces that reflect the individual styles and personalities. I also like how Helen Green creates pieces of work which incorporate her choice of music and hobbies.

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