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Sloppy Fashion Sketching (p.s. all of the images on this post were sketched on iPad using digital painting apps. They are all portraits. Peruse the site to see other samples of my work, make yourself at home with the menu in the header and the search box at top right!) I had a wonderful experience […]
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Adobe Draw App for Fashion- it’s time to check it out! Adobe Draw App for Fashion? How’s that? Here’s some background, and samples of what you can do with it from my portfolio. Hi! I”m Laura Volpintesta. I’m a fashion designer and illustrator, Founder of FashionIllustrationTribe.com and a 20 years faculty, Assistant Professor of
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Learn How to Draw Fashion on the iPad Pro? Wondering??? I got you covered! This example isn’t only for IPad Pro, actually these drawing tools are avaliable for you on Android, desktop Mac, Iphone and Android and tablets. In this video, I’ll use the Ipad Pro that i JUST got and use the same techniques
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Share art on social media- YOUR ORIGINAL art. Do you CRINGE when you see what your art looks like when you share it on instagram, Facebook, or twitter? You don’t know how two share art on social media yet… but you can learn! For my new students to get off on the right foot, here
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Fashion Figure Drawing – LIVE! So, here’s what happened on Periscope.tv/Lvolpintesta today. I created a fashion figure drawing from scratch, working from an image that I liked, then added in the fashion details so that it looked real and gave clear construction and design information, because I love to do that :0). I took an
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It’s time to take your ideas, your message, your feeling, your style… and bring it to life on paper…. Fashion School: Sketching Flats for Fashion Design In design studios, fashion flats are HUGELY important. Sketching illustrations with swatches in full color and posed models has its place and does so much to bring “life” into
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Of course you want to be able to learn to draw… You want to learn to draw both realistically, and creatively, and freely. You want to use color, paint, create the same kind of beauty that you see and appreciate around you in nature, art, design around you in the world every day. It moves
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INSTAGRAM for FASHION -LOVE! ( My instagram for fashion feed is embedded here at the bottom of the page using an awesome “instagram feed” plugin!) Scroll down to see my recent posts right here! My video loaded with everything I learned while I tripled my instagram following in a month while euphorically harnessing the many tricks and tools that beginners
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MY LOVES!!! LET’S TALK about the role of CONTOURS in FASHION ILLUSTRATION TECHNIQUES! …..Edges, curves, textures, and lines. “Contours” are turning, winding edges. CONTOURS are something I refer to A LOT. Once you get into discussing visual arts and drawings, it is a vital word. Specifically, CONTOUR refers to outlines, and edges. For fashion design
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Sketching Fashion Figures, or any figure, in profile, always seems to present unique challenges. The most common problem is that the figures become too thin when rotated into profile, and that we don’t understand what the anatomy is doing. I’m here to help you with that today. There’s also a video in this post, to
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FASHION ILLUSTRATION CLASSES: what do I need? Hello Gorgeous Visionaries! A crop of new videos up on my YouTube channel: Informational and inspirational, I thought this week’s topics (fabric, paintbrush, message) might be really helpful for you if you are considering fashion design schools or courses for your design portfolio. I’ll release two a day until
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