Laura from FashionIllustration Tribe

Laura Volpintesta BFA Parsons 1995, founded Fashion Illustration Tribe, an educational and community site for fashion design and illustration. 27 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 fashion creatives 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, music, celebration, culture, community, and joy in their design processes, business models, images, and messages.

Fabric and Inspiration Creative Process for Fashion Sketching. fabric board. swatches. color palette

Fabric Inspiration: Fashion Design Process

https://youtu.be/d8CIbFOD5HQ Design Inspiration: Choosing   Fashion Fabrics for Sketching and Presenting Choosing Fabric and inspiration are absolutely integral to the fashion designer’s creative portfoio and design process.I usually ALWAYS sketch with fabric IN MY HANDS.I say it again and again and again and again: FABRIC IS YOUR RAW MATERIAL- there literally IS NO DESIGN WITHOUT YOUR […]

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SHADING FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS WITH LAURA VOLPINTESTA

Shading Fashion Illustrations

Not only in your fashion illustrations, but in life: When you finally allow the shadows to show themselves and speak up, your work and life become beautifully “round” , rich, dimensional and integrated! GRAB YOUR JOURNAL I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT SHADING AND SHADOWS! What a beautiful metaphor. And technique for fashion art, sketches, design

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fashion design with Laura volpintesta: draping flares

PATTERNMAKING TUTORIALS

YOU ASKED , YOU ASKED, I HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE A RESOURCE PAGE FULL OF PATTERNMAKING TUTORIALS FOR YOU! DIVE IN AND GET FAMILIAR WITH THE LANGUAGE OF PATTERNMAKING FOR FASHION DESIGN with video patternmaking tutorials Patternmaking tutorials Laura Volpintesta, founder , Fashioni Illustration Triibe FREE PATTERNMAKING TUTORIAL ( plus draping) links: FASHION PATTERNMAKING TUTORIALS:

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