“What you focus on, grows…” What’s the relationship between creativity and focus? Let’s start with the blank page. The space of possibility. What happens as you start to fill the page… how do you feel? Ah, there’s so much to say, and how to bring it up in just a few words….. Have you ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFqaXcx5Brk Above and below, Fashions by Natacha Baco, Illustrated by Laura Volpintesta African Prints Fashion Illustration (video below) There’s not complicated story to this: I’m simply obsessed with African fashion. In 1992 I moved to Paris as a Parsons fashion student and though I was fascinated by the couture and Japanese Avant Garde presence and

What does Impressionism have to do with fashion design illustration? How do we define fashion design illustration? That’s a trick question. Here’s the answer. The truth is: It can go two ways. Fashion Design Illustration includes details, seamlines, pockets…. (Collars, zippers, print rendering, cuffs, pleats, gathers, etcetera…..) Fashion DESIGN ILLUSTRATION is what we study in

MODEL DRAWING MAGIC FIGURE DRAWING ODYSSEY  You love fashion, you want to create beautiful images and art, and “YOU CAN’T DRAW”, especially FIGURE DRAWING. You’re terrified. but, dear love, you haven’t had a chance!You haven’t had the support, you haven’t had any guidance or personal space to really unfold this way. It doesn’t seem fair!

PLUS SIZE Fashion Illustration Tutorial How do we define plus size fashion Illustration…I’m using the term  “PLUS SIZE” widely used out there, but: even the tall, skinny models are “plus size” compared to the way so many fashion illustrators and designers are drawing. “Plus size” is the overwhelming majority of figures and bodies, especially when

Procreate App Tutorial for  Fashion Illustration:  PROCREATE PROS AND CONS [PROCREATE APP VIDEO TUTORIAL BELOW) Are you curious to try Procreate app for fashion illustration? Everyone is always talking about Procreate app for digital drawing/ digital painting.! (even if you aren’t a digital fashion or costume sketcher, you’ll find the step-by-step walk through below useful,

Fashion Runway Diversity (and education diversity, and media diversity,…) I started my business years ago and became a designer LONG BEFORE THAT. Not only that, but before I even went to Parsons School of Design to become a designer, I had a vision. And it was very personal, and super-strong. I wanted diversity. I WANTED

IPad Pro Fashion Illustration (10 minute video lesson below) okay, this title is a little misleading, because you can create an illustration like this on and iPad mini or other digital device, but I did in fact create THIS ON on my Ipad Pro with my Apple Pencil, so why not just call it that?

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

  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