Nina edwards
Welcome to my website.
I am an award-winning fashion illustrator, graphic designer, and curator based in New York City. My work is rooted in a love for contemporary glamour with refined, elegant touches. I collaborate with fashion, beauty, and lifestyle brands to create modern, stylized illustrations for creative campaigns, editorial content, surface pattern design, branding, and more.
For near 30 years, I have worked across graphic design, advertising, editorial illustration, greeting cards, and social expression. My illustrations have appeared in major publications as well as advertising and promotional campaigns spanning the United States, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
I specialize in both digital and watercolor illustration, often integrating opposing elements—traditional and modern, Eastern and Western, art and technology—into cohesive visual narratives. I am continually inspired by beautiful details that nurture the soul, celebrate everyday moments, and elevate the simple into something meaningful.
In addition to my creative practice, I am deeply committed to education. Since 2016, I have taught Fashion Illustration, Creative Careers, and Projects/Portfolio Development at Pratt Institute. Internationally, I also teach in the Global Fashion EMBA program at National Taiwan Normal University.
Locally, I collaborate with secondary and professional arts institutions, including the High School of Fashion Industries and the Graphic Artists Guild. I also lead workshops and lectures in Fashion Illustration, Digital Art, Art Licensing, copyright, and greeting card design at universities and professional organizations in the United States and internationally.
Through both my artwork and teaching, I aim to empower emerging artists to develop their voice, refine their craft, and build sustainable creative careers.
During New York Fashion Week, I do live fashion portraits for the guests and fashion models during fashion shows, and she is regular fashion illustration contributor for the official New York Fashion Week magazine.
I was also invited by the Apple 5th Ave flagship store and Apple Store Upper West Side to demonstrate how to use sketching apps like Procreate, Paper 53, and Zen Brush to create amazing fashion illustrations, modify photos, and shared tips for creating a digital portfolio.
I am a mother of two lovely and active children, they are my constant inspiration!
I can be reached at ninahedwards@hotmail.com or IG: @metropolitanmiss for commission, licensing, live fashion sketch, and private art lessons.
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