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Bil Donovan

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Artist/Illustrator/Educator sharing my passion for making art. For prints please visit our site in the link below.

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It was an incredible opportunity for us to be able to do a full feature and interview of master fashion illustrator @bildonovan , whose work we have long admired and that we featured on our issue No. 54 cover a few years ago. Bil’s story is moving and inspiring. He has come so far and become so excellent at what he does, through true grit and dedication, and has shared all he learned along the way with students worldwide. He tells about his childhood during which he had to hide his love of fashion, finding a best friend who loved it as much as he did in high school, almost getting kicked out of college, drawing like a maniac 24/7 for years to become the absolute best illustrator he could, making it big in Europe and then coming home to New York to find all his friends dying of AIDS, falling in love with the perfect guy, and falling in love with fine art and taking every class he could find for years to improve all his skills, and then eventually being discovered by @dior and asked to become @dior and @diorbeauty ´s official artist-in-residence. All his dreams came true even though it was a crazy wild ride the whole way. We just love this man. He is exceptionally generous, kind and talented. Thank you Bil for sharing your story, and so many exquisite illustrations with us. #bildonovanfashionillustrator #bildonovan #meerafoxphotography #meerafox @icon_mag #iconmagazine #art #music #entertainment #runway #editorial #fashionillustration #media #pr #press #news #fashion #photography #activism #philanthropy #travel #ecology #design #luxury #lifestyle

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When you dine with @bildonavan the artist who illustrates so gracefully and beautifully the calendar of @southcoastplaza I could not help asking him to sign the invitation of the dinner held at @republiquecafebakery celebrating the collaboration with @fidm

#bildonavan #artist #art #watercolors #drawing #southcoastplaza #womenfashion #signature #dinner #flowers #republiquerestaurant #fidm #highheels #rockstudshoes #valentino #valentinoshoes #luxuryheels #blackandwhite

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A number of new prints available, at bildonovanlimited, including the illustrations from the FIT exhibition “Designing Women and their Interiors.”Cheers Bil & Ken

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“Designing Women: Fashion Creators and Their Interiors” closes Sunday May 14, 2023.
With deep gratitude to Bil Donovan for his inspiring and beautiful illustrations.
#WomensFashionAndInteriors

ℹ️ Link in Bio! #MuseumAtFIT #FashionHistory #FashionExhibition #Illustration #BilDonovan @bildonovan

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Smling guys . . . with the great #BilDonovan at #ThierryMugler #Brooklynmuseum

#FashionIllustration #Couture
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“ It’s Out” Deluxe collectors edition @barnesandnoble #prideandprejudice #mrdarcy #janeausten #regencyperiod

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One of the best fashion illustrators of all time, Bil Donovan, graciously shared this watercolor with us to use as our cover for Issue #54, (also the back cover of #53 and inside back cover of issues 55&56).
It depicts the fist of his friend, photographer Dario Calmese, @dario.studio, clenched in solidarity for all people marching and speaking out and taking a stand for justice and racial equality. This is one in an ongoing series of fist images of the BIPOC people who most inspire Donovan. He offers to email a high resolution image to whomever makes a significant donation to BIPOC charities and causes (swipe left to see a list of good ones). “My goal is to continue to paint and raise awareness” says Donovan. @icon_mag salutes Bil, as well as all those making their voices heard on behalf of BIPOC causes, and everyone who has taken to the streets in protest of the recent and past atrocities of police brutality. We are powerful when we stand together. May this time be a point in history we look back on as the time when racial injustice began to be part of the past. Donovan used watercolor, ink, graphite and colored pencil on Fabriano Artistico paper to create this beautiful image.
#iconmagazine #music #entertainment #media #pr #press #news #fashion #photography #activism #philanthropy #ecology #luxury #lifestyle

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SPECIAL EVENT
Saturday February 1. 2020
11:30 AM to 3:30 PM at the Society of Illustrators.
In celebration of The Visionaries exhibition currently on view at the SOI, Sara Singh, Tobie Giddio, Carlos Aponte, Izak Zenou, and I will be sharing techniques and information about fashion illustration as we make artwork from live models posing. This is a unique and invaluable forum to garner insights into our thinking and working process from five illustrator’s renown in the genre of fashion illustration.
Don't Miss it! for more information and to purchase tickets: https://www.societyillustrators.org/events/fashion-out-loud

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Pure Style and Glam from @ronaldvanderkemp Inspired by makeup artistmaesto @silbruinsma1 photo backstage. @luxuremagazine #parishautecouture #fashioneditorials

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Come Draw With Me!!!! Be inspired by the Extraordinary collection of @raul_penaranda
Think Color, Glamour, Sensuality & Sophistication. 6:30-9:30 PM @soi128 128 east 63 street. Open to All!

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Today the legendary #FashionIllustrator #BilDonovan painted my portrait. DIOR’s in-house #artist. I thank my wonderful #DIOR and #NeimanMarcus friends for spoiling me 💕#AlwaysDIOR grateful @danmark1248 @carlynnatividad @jasonalexmakeup @alexbeautynyc #fashion #beauty #luxury #azadehCouture #SanFrancisco #DebbieHemingway

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