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Akiko Kato Ruiz is a fashion illustrator and live sketching artist based in Los Angeles, Orange County, CA area. Akiko has worked with many companies/brands such as Hermes, GUCCI, MIUMIU, Target and American Express to name a few.
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Hailey Bieber Portrait Illustration for Urban Decay 24/7 Eye Pencil Campaign

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I was honored to be commissioned by Urban Decay to create a portrait illustration of Hailey Bieber for the Urban Decay 24/7 Eye Pencil campaign.

For this special project, I created a beauty portrait of Hailey Bieber using the iconic Urban Decay 24/7 Eye Pencils as my drawing medium. I loved experimenting with the eye pencils to create the artwork and translating Hailey’s beauty look into my own illustration style while capturing the effortless, modern feel of the campaign.

As a fashion and beauty illustrator, it’s always exciting to collaborate with beauty brands and find creative ways to incorporate their products directly into my artwork. I especially enjoy illustrating makeup, beauty details, and expressive portraits, so using Urban Decay’s eye pencils to create the actual illustration made this project especially fun and unique.

It was such a pleasure creating this custom Hailey Bieber portrait for Urban Decay and being part of the 24/7 Eye Pencil campaign!

Hailey Bieber portrait illustration for Urban Decay Campaign by Akiko Kato Ruiz
Urban Decay 24/7 Eye Pencil Colors

Fashion Illustrations & Drawing Videos for Rebecca Taylor

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fashion illustration for rebecca taylor

I loved collaborating with Rebecca Taylor to create a series of fashion illustrations and drawing videos for the High Summer 2026 collection!

Inspired by the beautiful colors, prints, and feminine details of the collection, I created original illustrations featuring some of my favorite looks. I also filmed the drawing process to show how each fashion illustration came to life, from the initial sketch to the finished artwork.

As a fashion illustrator, I always enjoy translating a designer’s vision into my own illustration style while capturing the mood and personality of each look. It was such a pleasure creating these illustrations and videos for Rebecca Taylor and sharing the creative process behind the artwork.

Take a look at some of the illustrations and drawing videos from the collaboration!

Italian Château Wedding Invitation Watercolor Illustration

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wedding invitation watercolor drawing

I was honored to create a custom watercolor illustration of Villa Erba and a venue map for Sidney and Reed’s luxury wedding invitation box.

Their beautiful wedding took place at Villa Erba in Lake Como, Italy , and I had the pleasure of illustrating the iconic villa for their invitation. I also created a custom watercolor venue map featuring both Villa Erba and Villa Geno, where their dinner party was held the evening before the wedding.

It was such a special project to illustrate these beautiful Lake Como wedding venues and create artwork that became part of their elegant wedding invitation box. I loved capturing the romantic atmosphere and timeless beauty of this incredible Italian destination through watercolor.

wedding invitation watercolor drawing
lake como italy boat ride wedding

It was the most stunning invitation I’ve ever received and I was so excited to see my drawings in it. Thank you so much for including my art and inviting us to your beautiful wedding!

Live Sketch for AQUA x Ava Phillippe Launch Event at Bloomingdales CA

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I’m honor to live sketch for Aqua x Ava Phillippe’s collaboration launch event at Bloomingdales Century City in Los Angeles! I worked Ava’s team before the event and Ava created the stationery design (how cute!).
As the collection is fun yet so beautiful, all the customers were stocked to try them on and purchased.

Below are some of the portrait drawings I live sketched at the event.

fashion live drawing in Los Angeles, CA

Most of the customers I live sketched were wearing the collaboration pieces! Do you see I added their pet (dog and cat) on the portrait drawings :)

fashion live drawing for bloomingdales
fashion live drawing in Los Angeles, CA
fashion live drawing in Los Angeles, CA

It was such a fun event and I enjoyed drawing beautiful dresses! You should check the collection out if you haven’t!

Live Sketch for J.P. Morgan Chase Event

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live sketch event in Los Angeles, CA

I hope you are all doing well! I was in Japan for about two weeks and just came back about a week ago. Now it’s time to start working again here in Los Angeles, CA. The first live sketch I had was an amazing event for J.P. Morgan’s female business leaders in Woodland Hills, CA.

event live sketch drawing in Los Angeles, CA

I have several styles I can draw, and I drew an abstract face style this time to draw more people.

live sketch portrait for an event in Los Angeles, CA
live sketch portrait for an event in Los Angeles, CA

There were many business owners gathering at Casalena restaurant and I live sketched for five hours there. I’ve worked for numerous corporate events before, and always have a great time drawing professional individuals. Thank you so much for having me JP Morgan Chase and it was an amazing event!