I just had some press pictures illustrated by the awesome Nabila from House Of Beela. Her illustration work is beautiful and fun and colourful, so obviously I wanted to work with her. Below is some of her work and questions I had to ask her about her influences.
NIKKI: Hi Nabila, how are you? Tell me about your work and what influences it.
NABILA: Hello Nikki,
I am fabulous thank you! I hope you are good!
Well I am a free spirit, I do and go wherever the wind blows me! I am all about freedom of expression, and celebrating life.
I have been illustrating all my life, but I have studied it for two years in an academic environment, I am a graphic design student.
I love art and design, they make my world go round.
NIKKI: Describe your style of illustration...
NABILA: I love working on portraits. I am fascinated by faces, all faces.
They are beautiful. I love to experiment and create a new way of seeing, of feeling, I love to help the viewer escape from reality into a fantasy world.
I first ask myself "what if" and then it happens, I start to create the surreal.
In terms of style, anything goes!
I try not to restrict myself, I use whatever I can find as long as it has color, and I illustrate what my heart tells me to.
This allows me to create a lot of different styles, I usually don't know what I might come up with.
NIKKI: Who and What Inspires you?
NABILA: Fashion, nature, and art, everything inspires me, absolutely everything!
Dada, Surrealism and Pop Art are my strongest influences.
Andy Warhol has influenced me a lot, I love his work.
NIKKI: What's next for you and House Of Beela in 2010?
NABILA: 2010 is looking very colorful, and I am very excited to see what I will come up with. In the mean time visit my website http://www.ibeela.com/
