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Designing Sweaters and Sketching (3 videos here) It’s December…..There’s no time I’d rather be designing sweaters and sketching handknits, knit dresses and sweater-leggings! (even though as fashion designers we are usually designing the season far in advance!) There are three videos linked in this blog post, make sure you get to enjoy all three! I […]
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Watercolor Fashion Portrait Process The purpose of this watercolor fashion portrait is to get you excited to create. I hope it makes your fingers tingle, your heart beat, and your eyes remember that you have visions- and grab some paper or your iPad or anything, even a napkin and a ballpoint pen, and bring something
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Drawing Fashion Flats for Design Learning to draw Fashion Flats for design is an essential part of the fashion design process, and you can learn the ABCs with me! I’m excited to tell you about my Fashion Drawing and Design course on Craftsy.com “Designing Fashion Flats”. You can click IMAGES on this page to view the
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https://youtu.be/DwHEO1XOnYI?si=fHdIbwNPZeelKIJ2 Ankara Fashion Illustration…. If you’re passionate about African fashion and Wax Prints, like me, you’ll enjoy this. Remember that If you want a better look, zoom in close to see finer details. Digital fashion sketch, above. Marker fashion sketch, below Ankara Fashion illustration on iPad or Gouache The approach is the same whether
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HOLIDAY FASHION DESIGN SKETCHING COURSE EXERCISE: When you think of fashion design sketching for holiday parties, festivities and events, what do you think of wearing? Or, what do you think your muse wants to wear? What does she need, what does she dream of? How does she want to feel in your fashion designs? NOW:
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MY BOOKS (scroll down for course descriptions!) My book the Language of Fashion Design available Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and others. The Language of Fashion Design: 26 Principles Every Fashion Designer Should Know the Fashion Design Reference and Specification Manual co- author Laura Volpintesta FASHION PROGRAMS: Fashion Design INFUSION 8 livestream masterclass replays, from research,
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Colored pencil fashion illustration isn’t something I always recommend! >>>>>>>>>>WATCH TODAY’S TUTORIAL VIDEO by clicking the images in the post. Actually, I discourage using just colored pencils to create fashion sketches because they can be so thin and dry looking. Everyone knows, I love vibrant, vital, fluid, dynamic effects in fashion illustration! Today, i was
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Hi, I’m Laura Volpintesta mentor, author, educator, designer. coach, and founder of Fashion Illustration Tribe. I’m a fashion illustrator, author, designer (and mom and musician with a passion for Brazilian music and culture)). I’ve been teaching fashion technical design and fashion illustration at Parsons School of Design for over 27 years!! I founded Fashion Illustration
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Holiday fashion sketching Capture the height of the season through fashion sketching. Design a dress or group of dresses and launch it as a greeting card. Design a print for a unique scarf to send as gifts. From October (Halloween costumes) t0 November (Thanksgiving ), to Holiday parties in December, to New Year’s (I love
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Procreate App Tutorial for Fashion Illustration: PROCREATE PROS AND CONS [PROCREATE APP VIDEO TUTORIAL BELOW) Are you curious to try Procreate app for fashion illustration? Everyone is always talking about Procreate app for digital drawing/ digital painting.! (even if you aren’t a digital fashion or costume sketcher, you’ll find the step-by-step walk through below useful,
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