Mariah Llanes

Illustration for The Girlfriend about an End-of-Life Doula's feelings about death.

Illustration for AARP's Sister Letter about being a Super-Helper.

Fashion Illustrations, 2023

Left is a drawn version of an outfit from Ambush's S/S 2023 collection

Portrait of Zico from the Freak M/V. Used the HeavyPaint app to get the rough textures and irregular colours.

I miss you, Tumblr. Glad you're still here, haha.

Illustration for AARP about elder abuse. The story was specifically about a young woman who was taking advantage of an older man. He paid for her schooling and was going to sell his house for her. Fortunately, his family stepped in and put a stop to this.

It's been a while but im doing editorial work again! This one is for The Globe and Mail: Globe Style Advisor about recent menswear trends on the red carpet.

It's very rare for me to get a big portrait project mixed with fashion so this assignment was a great one to come back with. I'd love to do more images like this!

Every year I like to list my top 10 kpop songs just for the hell of it. (See next post for the other half of the list) The first 5: Weekend - Taeyeon Hello, Sunset - Red Velvet First Time - Twice Moonlight - Twice Red Lipstick - Lee Hi(ft. Yoon Mirae)

I drew Seo In Guk! Such hard features to get right but very satisfying once you GET it, y'know?

I think he's one of those actors I've religiously kept up with.

For the first time in my life I actually finished an Inktober/Drawtober! Granted it was only 11 prompts but it was just as challenging. I can't even imagine doing 31 of these *phew. I did all of them with ink too! I've gained a new appreciation towards those artist that work mainly in black and white. I still have a lot to learn when it comes to making values via crosshatching or stippling.

The prompts are #cursedrelics2021 by albabbgg

I've been working on this on and off since November of last year and I finally finished it💀 I think this took me longer than usual because it's a little different from my usual style. This has a lot of contrast, a lot of shiny materials and It's been a while since i've used black! Needless to say, this was a learning experience and my entire back is crying right now haha.