Iris Luckhaus // Illustration + Design

Neben einigen wunderbaren neuen Projekten, über die ich hier noch nichts verraten darf, habe ich im letzten Monat mal wieder angefangen, mit neuen Styles ganz jenseits meiner üblichen, sehr zeitaufwendigen Outlines zu experimentieren. Hier habe ich mit einem alten Märchenmotiv angefangen, das ich seit Jahren mal wieder überarbeiten wollte.

After writing a bit about research and reasons in the post about my Queen of Hearts I made two weeks ago for the 52 Aces Reloaded poker deck by Zeixs, I would now like to show some of my decision boards and part of the evolution of this card. (more…)

It’s a great pleasure for me to introduce you to my Queen of Hearts! I illustrated and designed this card for the amazing “52 Aces Reloaded” poker deck by Zeixs – Books for Designers which will be published later this year. I look very much forward to that! Right now, Zeixs are showing a preview of the cards on Facebook, and  it’s exciting to see this fantastic deck grow with different styles. (more…)

I’ll take part in this years sedcard campaign by the Illustratoren Organsation again, in the advertising department. The card will be sent out by IO and also available at all the fairs, exhibitions and events the IO participates. On my card you can see one of my all-time favourites: the supergirl I developped, illustrated and designed as 11 colourful panels for the jewellery chain SIX in cooperation with Hochhaus agency. The Sixgirl is used in various ways, for advertising and decoration.

For my IO Sedcard (s.o.), I renewed the old costume designs I made for the Sixgirl, in order to be well recognicable in a very small format. (more…)

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The Celebrity Imposters just got published! Last winter, I illustrated a fragrance packaging for Parfums De Coeur in cooperation with Neil Davis Design that’s now available in American Walmarts and online. – Thank you for the great cooperation!

Last winter, I illustrated a fragrance packaging for Parfums De Coeur in cooperation with Neil Davis Design. – Thank you for the great cooperation! (more…)

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Recently, I’ve been working out a fresh drawing style and a very exciting new project – more about this later … (more…)

I just finished a great and very inspiring illustration project I’ve been working on since November – containing girl characters of various ethnicity in different scenes, some glamourous and colourful dress patterns, and many tiny details. The illustrations will be published next fall, and I look forward to that and to show them on my site then as well!

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Sixgirl is ready: A real supergirl mit with bewitching superpowers as a shopdecoration for SIX Accessories Cologne. Soon she will fly through 3.000 shops all over Europe! After character and costume design, posing and layout, I vectorized a colourful tryptichon of 230×230 cm and 10 smaller square panels. Thanks a lot to Carsten from Hochhaus and to Michael, Susanne and Carla from SIX for the great cooperation!
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Development of a Supergirl character and various poses for SIX Accessories / Beeline c/o Hochhaus.

Development of a Supergirl character for SIX Accessories / Beeline c/o Hochhaus.

Character and costume design for a girl with some very special superpowers – and a small example of how I work… first of all, some rough sketches. (more…)

Development of a Supergirl character for SIX Accessories / Beeline c/o Hochhaus.

First character designs for a children’s / youth book… more coming soon. (more…)

Now, Miss Pearlie Mae flies for her beloved online shop, the marvellous Labelsuite, through Frankfurt and the world! (more…)

Patterns for Pearlie Mae (more…)

“Normalerweise immer alles, aber nie normal” – Styling for the Frankfurt Zeilgalerie. Agency: Headlab, Photographer: Raffaele Chiucchiu, Outfits: Zeilgalerie, Hair & Make-Up: Tuba und Iris, Models: Katahrina, Nadja, Peter und Andouc. Thank you very much! (more…)

“Normalerweise immer alles, aber nie normal” – Styling for the Frankfurt Zeilgalerie. Agency: Headlab, Photographer: Raffaele Chiucchiu, Outfits: Zeilgalerie, Hair & Make-Up: Tuba und Iris, Models: Katahrina, Nadja, Peter und Andouc. Thank you very much! (more…)

“L’on trouve en ce pais des Dames fort actives / Qui s’cavent menager chaque moment du jour,
Car de peur de rester oisives / La chasse les occupe apres le jeu d’amour.”
– Subtitle of a caricature called L’Europe [anon., um 1680]

You can now order the theory part of my Hunt Fever Diploma about the historical development of ladies’ hunting apparel and the history of huntresses for reimbursement of expenses, just by contacting me. >>

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