Bella Pilar
TalkingWithTami: Bella Pilar is such a pretty name. When did you know you had a knack for drawing?
Thank you tammie! I really dont remember not drawing. I was always coloring and drawing as a child, and i never stopped.
TalkingWithTami: When did you started making greeting cards for Papyrus,tell us how that came about?
Ive been licensing my work to Papyrus for about 3+ years now. The initial booking came from my art agent, magnetreps.com
, presenting my work to them. They liked my style and licensed a small handful of images. and each year since the assignments have grown. And what started with just greeting cards, then evolved into gift bags and gift boxes, and most recently sticky notes and stickers.
TalkingWithTami: Your playful drawings are so pretty,what inspires you?
Fashion catalogs and fashion magazines inspire me the most. I have stacks of them and refer to them often when in need of inspiration. Girls and their poses, shoes and outfits, colors and patterns, its all there.
TalkingWithTami: Did you have any former training in illustration,or were you born with it?
I would like to think I was just born with it , but well never really know! I did go to art school, for many years. In grade school I always took weekend art classes. In high school i studied art at the High School for Music & Art in NYC (yes- the Fame school!). And then I continued on to art college where I majored in fashion design and studied a lot of fine art. All of the fashion sketching in my fashion classes is what i was drawn to most. And I always felt the most connection with the fashion illustrating over any other area of the arts that I had studied.
TalkingWithTami: Can you tell us where your artwork can be seen and bought?
If you check out the Shop page at
bellapilar.com you can see all the goodies. There is a lot of fun stuff you can buy with my artwork on it at PAPYRUS, and you can view most of that product on my site. And there are a lot of new PAPYRUS treats coming out this fall (journals, figurines, and more cards of course), so look out for it! Also on this Shop page you can buy my limited edition (signed and numbered) giclee prints of my favorite illustrations. These are a must have!
www.bellapilar.com
