Laura from FashionIllustration Tribe

Laura Volpintesta BFA Parsons 1995, founded Fashion Illustration Tribe, an educational and community site for fashion design and illustration, after 15 years teaching Patternmaking, Draping, Sewing, and Illustration, Portfolio, Concept Development, Tech Design/Drawing and Model Drawing. Moved by a desire to "undo" the unrealistic proportions predominantly used in fashion art and to inspire fashionistas to get the skills to create their own images for fashion's future. Balancing technical and professional with creative, Laura's online courses and live workshops/ lectures inspire fashion designers from beginner to more experienced to look at sustainability, diversity, positivity and joy in their design processes, business models, images, and messages.

High Impact Model Drawing Exercises for Fashion Illustration

ESSENTIAL FASHION MODEL DRAWING EXERCISES! Today I want to talk to you about one of my most high Impact Model Drawing Exercises for Fashion Illustration. REMEMBER: when you subscribe for my newsletter, you’ll get a welcome packet that includes a model drawing tutorial! The first weeks of teaching model drawing a group are always based

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Adobe Fresco App for Fashion Illustration by laura Volpintesta

Adobe Fresco for Fashion Illustration

https://youtube.com/shorts/-F9J0VU9JbI?si=e3VT4OfBpHywM8jU  CLICK TO VIEW TIMELAPSE– and discover Adobe Fresco app for fashion illustration on ipad- mimicking watercolor/ gouache and pencil sketching. I’ve been very open about how I don’t adore Procreate nor Adobe Fresco for fashion illustration on my iPad… (and I’m also very easy to articulate EXACTLY WHY- read on) and how sad I was

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tayasui sketches desktop app fashion illustration laura volpintesta

WONDERFUL: Tayasui Sketches Number 1 desktop app for Fashion Illustration (video post)

After resisting digital art supplies for decades, since 2015 I’ve been shouting from the rooftops that Tayasui Sketches is my favorite app for fashion design illustration and sketching….. HANDS DOWN! And I usually use it on my ipad. But ometimes I have a student or client who doesn’t have an iPad. (I first used Tayasui

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drawing without fear- creative self expression on paper and healing the inner critic. Love the process and the journey

Drawing without Fear

CREATIVE SELF-EXPRESSION: Drawing without Fear [VIDEO SERIES ON THIS PAGE]   It’s as-yet unthinkable experience of creative self-expression for many …to draw without fear. BUT NOT FOR YOU! NOT ANY MORE. WELCOME TO DRAWING WITHOUT FEAR!  I’m Laura Volpintesta. I’ve been successfully guiding creatives and aspiring designers to DRAW without FEAR for almost 3 decades

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