Learn the Soulful Arts of Fashion Design
How do we even define “plus size” fashion model vs another? If, in the fashion design industry, sizing is unregulated and inconsistent across the board, and most sketches we see have distored body proportions…. In fact; in fashion schools, students are still learning —and teachers are teaching and illustrators often perpetuating the use of— proportions […]
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Fashion Figure Sketching FILES HELLO LOVES! How can you jump right into fashion sketching from a model when you don’t have anyone around to model for you? SKETCHING THE FIGURE FROM OBSERVATION As I watched the university cut fashion models out of the budget, my heart broke. They were replaced by digital software courses. BUT
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DESIGNING Fashion PrintED PATTERNS How can you create original art for fashion fabrics, exploring printed patterns for fabric in simple repeat? What is the theory involved in designing a tile that can be multiplied infinitely in every direction, creating a printed fashion fabric to wear? Scroll down to watch a full instructional video. MATERIALS FOR the PRINTED
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https://youtu.be/PpH4UDgQ0k0 China Marker for Fashion Batik Sketching (video on this page) There are many technical professional and creative ways that I use China Marker for fashion sketching. Usually I use it in fashion illustrations, but I also love how it works perfectly to create batik fabric effects by resisiting watercolor. CHINA MARKER as a sketching
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DRAWING FACES FOR FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS (VIDEOS ENCLOSED) https://youtu.be/1WaQIRMmLW8?si=YC142KNIXZY9Q-Ak I still remember learning to draw faces. It was a long struggle, and so uncomfortable because every time I drew a face that I didn’t like, it stared right back at me anyway, like it was mocking me! For this reason, to this very day, I LOVE
https://youtube.com/shorts/MRJQ-Pql69M?si=Q8zEjWCHR6aTA_wX Fashion Illustrators: Using Tinted Papers Today’s examples and videos show both analog and digital examples o fashion illustration wtih toned and textured papers.  It’s so exciting ot use a tinted paper, toned background, medium or dark ground for Fashion illustration. And I invite you to come and explore with me here on the blog
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 Croquis templates for sketching Fashion Flats! (videos in this post) Maybe you aren’t familiar with using a croquis to create your fashion flats. (see some below) WHY ARE WE USING A TEMPLATE?  If you have a body or garment “template”, that simply means that you have a body or shape that you can use as
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Caftans, Kimonos, Circle Skirts, and Dirndls Kaftans Kimonos Roots of Fashion Laura Volpintesta FashionIllustrationtribe FUNDAMENTAL sustainable CLOTHING PRINCIPLES Since (even before) the very beginning of my career, I’ve been fascinated by kimonos, caftans, saris, togas ponchos, and all sorts of “original” clothing created with minimal cutting of the cloth. THE ORIGINAL SUSTAINABLE FASHION. It’s zero
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Colored pencil fashion illustration isn’t something I always recommend! I often discourage my Parsons Fashion Design students from illustrating with ONLY colored pencil  because they simply never spring to vivid life on the page as easily as gouache. COLORED PENCIL with BLACK INK PEN Plus, it takes a LOT OF MUSCLE to make colored pencils
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FASHION DRAWING IN REAL TIME Since my first experience in a live fashion drawing model session with timed poses, I was HOOKED! Today, as in every week for over 20 years, (online only for 6) I hosted one of my beloved figure drawing sessions for fashion. EXPLORE YOUR ART SUPPLIES Fashion Drawing sessions are powerful
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