I was recently out during my daily walk and came across the most lovely poster pasted to one of many announcement poles that we have on our street – this one shows a current outdoor market and skating event being held in nearby Wolfsburg. I loved the illustrative style so I photographed it quickly with my camera as I was in a hurry to visit a friend.
Later that day, I googled the event and after much searching, I found their website and then an email and so I wrote to the organizer requesting the name of the artist. They so promptly replied to my email with an answer! Yay! (Thank you, Janna.) The illustrator is Mia Overgaard from Denmark and they found her via Pepper Cookies, one of her agents, in London. Here are some samples of her beautiful work.
Her bio is quite interesting because she attended fashion design school in Copenhagen only to graduate and realize that it was the actual drawing of fashion and models that she loved more than clothing design and construction. You can read more about Mia here.
The things you can find while out walking around — there is inspiration everywhere!
(images: autostadt (top), holly becker (2nd image), all others mia overgaard)
Tags: illustrator
December 2nd, 2009 at 6:13 am
very nice drawing! thanks for sharing!
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December 2nd, 2009 at 6:31 am
I love that poster! What a neat find – that poster would certainly make me want to go to the market.
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:16 am
I know exactly what you mean re inspiration … and I love her work too. No wonder you were so impressed.
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December 2nd, 2009 at 7:40 am
i like the softness of her style and the details. It kinda reminds me of a black and white poster and she chose to just color some sections in. It’s very original, I like it.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:37 am
ooh….gorgeous! So glad you tracked her down for us all to enjoy! Thanks hun!
xo
Melis
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December 2nd, 2009 at 10:37 am
WOW!!! Holly! This is amazing! I have never seen such pretty ad in the street! Thank you for sharing! I also love your photo…Germany is one of the neatest places in the world! Don’t you think so? :))
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December 2nd, 2009 at 11:25 am
What a talent!
I have to laugh because the first time I saw the photo that you took while you were out, I thought it was a poster on a water tower. Can you imagine?! haha I don’t know why I thought that was a water tower, but that would be a pretty spectacular sized poster. =)
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December 2nd, 2009 at 11:28 am
She has a very nice style!
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:54 am
just.. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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December 2nd, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Funny, I wrote to them too to ask that question! I saw the flyer at my parents’. My mother had kept it, cause she liked the illustration as well!
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Drawn with such imagination, and color. It draws you in.
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December 3rd, 2009 at 11:37 am
oh I love how she uses color so selectively within her black and white drawings…. gorgeous…especially like the second to last one.
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December 5th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Loved Mia’s drawings.
Thanks for sharing!
xoxo
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