Kelly Smith

Kelly Smith is an Australian fashion illustrator. She finished her BA in Fine Arts at Tasmania School of art in 2006. Now she pursue her carrer in both fashion and beauty illustration. Her drawings already featured by reputable magazines such as VOGUE, InStyle UK, Harper bazaar, ELLE girl and The (UK) Sunday Time's STYLE.

 In 2007 she started her blog called "Birdy  & Me" and luckily her illustration was noticed by V energy drink's V-raw and that was all about promote emerging talent . The company featured her works on their page and published it. After that she starts to mail her illustration to different magazines.

She uses pencil and water-color as her media to create a fantastic illustration and she has a fine detailed pencil work, also using a soft color into her illustration.

 The big highlight in her career was when she had a collaboration with Jo Scahill of L'avion  to illustrate scarves design. She also had a special project with jewellery designer Samantha Wills to make a stationery range. Other several brands that she has worked with was H&M, Valentino, Armani, Jenny Packham, Portmans, and General Pants Co.

She was approached by Laurence King Publisher to worked with them in a project that has a concept to re-inventing the idea of the old paper doll. It was about introducing younger girls to the role, when fashion has played throuh history and cultural differences. She has her own sticker book called,”Sticker Fashionista”. She also has published a book named, “ A Year in Fashoin”, it tells about how people should embrace and express themselves through fashion, when fashion is all about having fun and experiment in it. The book also gives you a chance to play with fashion through their over 200 stickers  and 40 outfits to gives its a  makeover.