illustrations

Yves Saint Laurent Feminine Illustration

I recently meant with one of the fabulous stylist and creators for Saks Fifth Ave. She goes to great lengths to create beautiful visuals for their campaigns and social media accounts. Her style stories are iconic and flawless. All worthy of being sketched.   This deserves to be sketched. But I’m not perfect. It took […] Read more…

Prada The Iconoclasts

    Prada gives creative license to Milena Canonero bringing a marriage of filmic style and sartorial drama to their stores. She totally inspired me to paint.     Read more…

Hand Mixing Gouache with Kremer Pigments and Schmincke Binder

Did you ever wonder where Van Gohg, Monet or Renoir picked out their paint tubes? Well, they didn’t. They bought pigments and elements such as grounded stones, plants and charred bones, mixed them up with binders and solvents and created paint. There something awesome about mixing your own paint. Though it may be overwhelming to […] Read more…

10,000 Hours

It is said that it takes 10,000 hours to know anything well enough to be considered a master. That equals to ten years at 20 hours a week. I started what later became Elaine Biss Designs on the Summer of 2004. I put in long hours learning web design, conquering Illustrator and Photoshop and SEO […] Read more…

Bloomingdale’s Fashion Show

I The Bloomingdale’s Fashion Show was amazing! Between the models, the cookies with my image printed and the fantastic music, it was an a spectacular time. Here are some moments and illustrations from the show!! Pre-show moment I like to call “The cookie and me!” My handler for the day, Michelle Rene’! Some pieces ready […] Read more…

Bloomingdale`s x Elaine Biss Event

Bloomingdale`s is having a fashion show of their exclusive line from designers like Milly by Michelle, Clover Canyon and Tibi. Along with this fantastic fashion show, there will be treats and cookies printed with my illustrations. Illustrations of the look you purchase will be created on site, by me, on french Arches 300 lbs. paper. […] Read more…

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