Ricardo Fumanal - Illustration

Ricardo Fumanal from Madrid, Spain has some obvious skills with a pencil. Taking inspiration from fashion magazines, he manages to re-create flawless skin, fabric and hair textures with the most subtle and controlled shading. The magazine covers are from a while ago, but he has recently updated his blog with more resplendent works and here they are.

Anne Hathaway for Mert & Marcus and Interview Magazine

This is hands down the best editorial I have ever seen from Anne Hathaway, the gothic styling is amazing and she actually looks sort of interesting. Obviously it was shot by Mert & Marcus because everything is these days.

Freida Pinto for Mert & Marcus & Interview Magazine August 2011

When you are photographing someone as gorgeous as Slumdog Millionaire actress Freida Pinto it is pretty hard to take a bad photograph, especially so if you are Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot and the shoot is for Interview Magazine.

Freida looks timeless, in this beautiful, high contrast shoot for the August 2011 issue.

Michelle Williams & Mikael Jansson for Interview May 2011

I am in love with the bleached out colour palette in this editorial starring Michelle Williams and photographed by Mikael Jansson for Interview Magazine May 2011.

Styled a bit like a Scandinavian schoolgirl in Fendi, Nina Ricci and Prada by Karl Templer, Williams manages to bring a very delicate and seductive purity to the spread.

Craig McDean & Tom Ford for Interview Magazine February 2011

I am becoming such a huge fan of Photographer Craig McDean without even realising it. Every time he does something new I find myself loving it before I even realise it is by him.

This latest shoot featuring Tom Ford for Interview magazine, February 2011 is no exception. He always manages to take things further than just a standard fashion/editorial shoot and the post production effects here are great.

As usual Tom Ford 'gave good interview' here are a few choice quotes from his interview with
John Currin.

"I'm an equal-opportunity objectifier. Because I make the detachment I'm capable of objectifying a beautiful woman but that doesn't demean her in any way."

"My expression of beauty is something I do naturally. I love the human body—the female body, the male body...I'm very comfortable with naked bodies."

"Gay men make better designers."

"When I come home...I wear no clothes until I leave. I eat naked. I do everything completely naked."

More info and a video here.