Fashion Illustration and Creative Design Learning Center
What to consider when designing winter fashion: (BRRRRRRRR…………………) Not everyone is in this market I’m in, but I live in New York / Connecticut, and it’s FREEZING right now! So here are a few thoughts to bear in mind when you are sketching/ presenting/ designing a winter collection of clothes, based on my experiences with […]
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from my stufdent croquis book, 1995, Laura Volpintesta “Don’t go changing, to try to please me…. you never let me down before….”-Billy Joel My kids are 4, 12, and 13 right now. The older ones, they tell me I have a song for everything, and every situation. They’re right! How could I not? I’m a
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Fashion Designing:Creative Process Hey TRIBE, How are you doing? Here’s some more vlog material from the series where I’m developing a capsule collection of dresses from this group of swatches: I gave myself the challenge of Fashion Designing with COLOR BLOCKING this collection: meaning, I decided to use a number of fabrics in different
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Choosing Fashion Fabrics for Design Collections (VIDEO lesson enclosed) Above, a fabric board inspiring a design collection before sketching. Every designer has their own aesthetic, voice and style. I tend to lean towards colors, textures and prints that are vivid , but your own sensibility could be radically different. .. What I know for sure
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Easy to find Art Supplies for Fashion Illustration I think it’s really great to know what you are looking for and talking about when looking easy-to-find- art supplies for fashion illustration and design sketching. Quality ones. I’m going to show you what you will find if you go to a local art store (if you’re in the
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Fashion Illustration Art Supplies!!! Grab your fashion illustration art supplies! Time to illustrate! It’s a new day…. one more opportunity to share your wonderfulness with everyone you come in contact with. Share your sunshine…giving is receiving. Let’s go get sketching. Today’s reminder is: TURN UP SOME GOOD TUNES WHEN YOU DRAW!!!! What I wanted to
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“Finding your style”….. (I’ve included 2 videos at the bottom: one about WHY we do what we do, and another aimed at those who want to design fashion but “can’t draw”. WHY you do it has a lot to do with how your style unfolds!) What does it mean to you? Please chime into the conversation below
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What are “fashion drawing proportions” all about? What does it mean to master proporstions for fashion drawing? A lot of people, especially in the old days when i was a student, believed there were rules about how much you had to lie about what a woman’s body can look to be learning “fashion sketch proportions”. This
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