illustration

12 Signs of the Zodiac-1

The tale of the Zodiacs is always mysterious and romantic. Since it had been finished for long ago, I would like to put them together and share with you! Illustration by Nancy.Z Featured by ELLE CHINA 

Ocean and rebirth.

   I did a crossover cooperation with the beauty brand LaPrairie, designed 2 illustrations for their Caviar series 25th anniversary. I tried old deco poster style this time.  The theme of it is ocean and rebirth ,which is so similar with my blog’s name,”The sea of…

The grace of Renaissance.

   The ancient Greek arts and legends had the farthest-reaching impact to western art histories. In the beginning of 15 century, Humanism started to be a ideological trend, European artists tried to focus on the human life topics more than religion topics and tried to…

Wings of desire.

  Wandering and alienation are always the theme of Wim wonders’ movie, it is aimless and endless, lonely but poetic. “Wings of desire” (1987) is his the most romantic story , an angel falls in love with a mortal circus beauty star, he could listen to her inmost voice,…

At the birch woods.

    Like I said before, 1920s flapper dress style was influenced by Jazz music, but it doesn’t mean ladies will only dress short flapper dress for the parties.  All you need is a piece of maxi dress for the ball, unless you are on the…

A spring with crayon colors

    Warm spring is the best season for listening to musics, drinking tea/ coffee, reading, thinking and enjoy this lovely weather. Those trees blossoms look like they are painted by crayon colors, all the lively colors are coming back. So why don’t we dress something…

Midnight in Paris-3

   Why do I love golden the age so much? Maybe because of Jazz, maybe because of those amazing illustrations styles, or maybe because of the elegant attitudes of the times. But the biggest reason is flapper style. I am not really good at dancing,…