KanaLili : Illustrations & Inspirations by Lilian Kan

2011年1月13日

Chloé Chloe

Drawn on Jan 13, 2011

There is always a secret voice in my head saying that my name should be Chloé instead of Lilian.

Due to the fact that my chinese name, Kwok-Yee, had similar pronounciation with Chloé.

And I always found this name seducing, but then Lilian had been my given name,

I guess I shouldn't fight my fate.

As seducing as her name, Chloé Fragrance is one of my favourites.

But it's not a scent for me,

because of the woody smell of amber and cedarwood,

my personality do not carry much of those strength, yet.

According to the perfume bottle designer,

the bottle is inspired by the delicate pleats on a Chloé blouse,

with a loosely tied bow, How lovely.

Another fact that made this name even more seducing, is the film by Atom Egoyan , Chloe(2009),
again, one of my favourites.

Amanda Seyfried looked extremely gorgeous in her blonde hair,
green eyes, coral lips, short neat red nails.
Pink is always adorable and sweet, but coral in a peachy tone,
is alluring as well as elegant. This, I must say, is a very delicate detail of this movie
to bring out the core message.

2011年1月12日

Cold Cold Weather

Drawn on Jan 12, 2011

It is so cold today, and some little accident happened to me made me hard to move...

so I choose to stay in and rest. And when I stay in, I have nothing to do but draw.

I flipped though magazine and found this picture.

But after drawing it I found I drawn her like Lady Gaga...opps!

2011年1月9日

Girl and Lace

Drawn on Jan 9, 2011

I encountered some computer problem and it cost me whole day long to

fix it, this drawing supposed to be kind of simple when compared with my others,

though I spend whole day on it.

This time I used a colour pencil approach to draw it,

the 'noise' made by the touch of colour pencil on paper are always delicate instead of disturbing.

The Lace is from a book I brought back in Hokkaido,

it included many types of different lace in eps format, which are very useful

for designers.

For lace, I always admired how bobbin lace are made,

they are pure hand creations, it is hard to imagine those fine lines are all connected by pure hands.

Although most of the lace in the market are made of low quality polyester or nylon,

and of course, made from machines instead of hands.

Still, I admire the little mistakes or defects caused by human mistakes.

2011年1月5日

Lily Cole with Frozen Yogurt

Drawn on January 5, 2011

Lily Cole is one of my favorite model, with her doll like facial features,

slender limbs andsignature red hair, she's just like a life size porcelain doll,

very adorable indeed.

I used a new approach to draw this illustration,

more oil painting like,

little bit old fashioned with the contrast of fashionable colour palette and polka dots.

By the way…..I love eating frozen yogurt : ) do you?

Scent

Drawn on January 4, 2011

I did mentioned that I recently changed my perfume did I?

Although it is not preferable that we change our scent frequently, anyway,

it's a gift from my mentor and coincidently it is very suitable for me.

It's Night Jewel by JILLSTUART.

Scent is something very personal, some prefer oriental, while some favour aromas of fruits.

I personally like floral bouquet with a touch of fruity aromas and vanilla, which add

sweetness to elegant bouquet.

The slogan of this perfume is ' Enjoy a dazzling aura, just like Cinderella',

well....can it be more suitable? Due to the fact that I always have to reach home

by 'Cinderella Time', which is mid-night. So Ironic.

2011年1月3日

Ophelia

Drawn on December 27, 2010

I happened to flip though a magazine and found a picture like this,
I have to draw it , I speak to myself.
Those desirable red lips and facial expression,
the colour palette, all so perfect.
So I spend like three days on it.
Not that the magazine imply anything, but I happened to found it familiar.

Like Millais's Ophelia, and Klimt's Danaë.
The composition and atmosphere.
Girl in water, dying, with floatings flowers.
while Danaë, is being visited by the golden shower of god Zeus.

P.S. Danaë is a character in greek myth while Ophelia is a character in Shakespear's play Hemlet.