Learn the Soulful Arts of Fashion Design
So you spent an hour or two at your fashion sketchbook. Or stayed up all night in a frenzy of inspiration.. Chances are, you look at it later and you have mixed feelings. There’s a lot that you love, and there’s a lot that feels like it’s “falling flat”. DON’T GIVE UP ON YOUR WORK! […]
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Biggest Mistakes in Drawing Fashion Faces! This post isn’t only about drawing fashion faces, but that’s what most of my students use it for, so let’s go! NO matter WHAT you are drawing faces for, IF and I mean IF (you don’t have to) REALISM is part of what you want to incorporate into your
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Gaouche and Sharpie fashion illustrratino, original design and illustration by Laura Volpintesta, 1995 Today, a fashion illustration tour. Especially in fashion, but in all model drawing, we focus on…. the model. Of course! But, lot of the time this can turn into a figure just “floating” in the center of a white page. Once in
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body positivity is the celebration of beauty. POSITIVITY is a key word to bring to all that you do as a creative in fashion design, fashion illustration, and life itself
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are you looking for a fashion illustration app? (6 minute video below of my current favorite fashion illustration app!!) Gouache and pencils make up my classic, favorite fashion illustration tools. Adobe Draw app for fashion illustration mimics these pretty beautifully, as you ‘ll see in today’s video. Get the full download of my ABOUT FACES
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https://youtu.be/00AzdAIL1sQ It’s one of the very first questions, always, how to draw sheer fabrics??? There are variables. Some fabrics are VERY SHEER. Some fabrics are BARELY sheer. What I love about teaching and learning fashion design and illustration is that there are thousand-million-bajillion possibilites. Buy you can always learn a framework that is “digestible” and
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How to draw sequins in fashion illustration Clearly, it can be really daunting to think about how to draw sequins. All those tiny, shiny discs…. But what we THINK and NOW about sequins is way more complex than what it takes to draw them. SEQUINS is an EFFECT. IT’s a texture. And it’s totally doable.
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PIGMENT MARKERS are one of my favorite discoveries of last year. When I was hired by Lord and Taylor to do live fashion illustrations in their stores, they sent me a sample of the branded paper they wanted me to use. (I love live fashion drawing and doing live, in-store evens, Especially because the models
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Art supplies for fashion illustration! Watch the videos below for art supplies for fashion illustration IN ACTION as I build a whole fashion sketch. VIDEO IN THIS POST! Also, link to my art supplies cart : HERE’s a quick-reference link to the supply kit I use in Freedom Fashion. (It’s not an affiliate link, it’s
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Digital Watercolor Technique? Digital watercolor technique??? Watercolors aren’t digital!!!!!!! Digital devices can’t even get wet!!!!! I worked with gouache for decades before I tried digital apps for fashion illustration on my iPad. To start, I downloaded a few recommended apps on my iPad mini and played with them. My favorite approach to digital painting, digital
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Laura Volpintesta, founder, FashionIllustrationTribe.com
