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MOVEMENT THROUGH FIGURE DRAWING PRINCIPLES IN FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS Fashion illustration, figure drawing, movement. What is it? What comes to mind to you when you think about the concept or FEELING of movement, motion, and emotion when thinking of figures and of clothing? Abdm what about when thinking of movement as a design principle? MOVEMENT is […]
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Using ADOBE FRESCO for fashion illustration Let’s look in to Adobe Fresco app for freehand fashion illustration on the iPad or any tablet is one of my favorite media for fashion illustration . It’s also simply one of my favorite art forms! I love fashion design and illustration (I graduated Parsons in 1995 and teaching
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Variety and possibility The purpose of today’s post is to expose the amount of variety of expression that can come out of just two hours of drawing, set aside each week. I do this every single week at a dedicated time in my Fashion Sketch Group for pure pleasure, over the past few years, and
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Watercolor wash Techniques using Tombow Brush Tip Marker Today’s post is going to look at some of the range and possibilities available to you when you explore watercolor wash with markers for your fashion drawing! This sketch above was a demonstration that happened in class session today- first. I sketched the model’s figure lightly in
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When we are drawing fashion design, what is our goal? Brush tip markers bring a rich drama to the page when we are aiming for drama, mood, texture, expressiveness, and definition. TOMBOW is a water-soluble brush tip marker, so you can’t paint over it when drawing fashion unless you’re planning on it running like a tie-dye
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Brown Paper Bag Fashion Sketching (VIDEOS BELOW) Brown Paper bags are toned paper- why not make use of them as such? In Fashion Sketch Group a few weeks ago I sliced up this paper bag into one long panoramic length of paper (with the handles on both ends) and sketched the model poses across it.
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Fashion Illustration Tools for quick fashion illustration and sketching? In my weekly Fashion Sketch Groups, we draw for 2 hours straight (does that sound long? ItGOES BY WAY TOO FAST!!!) and usually it’s a mix of poses from 30 sec to 1 minute to 3, 10, 15 minutes. Fashion Illustration Tools: Graphite So what kinds
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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 to a group or individual are
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YOUR INITIATION: Fashion Sketching TIPS for iPad Illustration! My iPad has become such a handy and essential, beloved and soulful tool for fashion illustration and design sketching for me, and today I want to share fashion sketching tips with you. The why and how…. I made it feel like HOME in SPITE OF MY RESISTANCE
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Discovering Adobe Fresco App CLICK TO VIEW TIMELAPSES all over this post– and discover Adobe Fresco app for fashion illustration on ipad- mimicking watercolor/ gouache and pencil sketching. When I opened Adobe Fresco for the first time, the new interface with so many little boxes and selections took me out of my artistic flow. It felt
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