Learn the Soulful Arts of Fashion Design
Let’s explore fashion, beauty, cultura and history through the photography of Seydou Keita. Remember the Claire McCardell Museum Visit post? Remember the Agatha Ruiz de la Prada Museum Visit? Did you enjoy Tamara de Lempicka’s luscious paintings and carefully sculpted forms? I love a day at the museum, and strive to remember that fashion is, or can […]
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Digital Fashion Sketchbooks Now before I go too far, let’s make it clear that this post is about a digital fashion sketchbook, but that the layout, process and development in MOST ways is no different than for ANY kind of fashion sketchbooks! Because I did this work digitally (sketching freehand on my iPad Pro), I
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COPIC MARKERS for Fashion sketching: MARKER PAPER Before we can talk about your Copic markers for fashion illustration, we have got to set you up with the right paper. AVOIDING BLEED-THROUGH Marker paper is notoriously sheer, thin, and often bright-white and smooth. That’s why I stayed away from Copic markers and other markers for decades. I
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Fashion Sketching with iPad apps (videos) Last night I shared fashion sketching examples from my ipad created with Procreate app during my weekly live zoom group. Fashion Sketch Group is about drawing from OBSERVATION: drawing from something we are looking at. TODAY’S EXAMPLES ARE SOMETHING DIFFERENT– FASHION SKETCHING FROM OUR IMAGINATION Today’s fashion illustrations don’t come
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Drawing Fashion Flats for Design Learning to draw Fashion Flats for design is an essential part of the fashion design process, and you can learn the ABCs with me! I’m excited to tell you about my Fashion Drawing and Design course on Craftsy.com “Designing Fashion Flats”. You can click IMAGES on this page to view the
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https://youtu.be/DuEao5sk0HE?si=juDVP5r06vmnyTH0 Here are 10 reasons to learn Fashion Design Terms: How can we talk about fashion without fashion design terminology? ( i hope you enjoy the videos inside this post! one abvoe and one below, they will build your technical fashion design vocabuary). Whether we are fashion writers (like me), museum tour givers, running an
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ASYMMETRY in FASHION DESIGN MASTERCLASS Here’s the replay video of my workshop about Asymmetry in Fashion Design (and in design in general). It’s a specific masterclass lesson based on a chapter from my book. Asymmetry in action: fashion design sketches Asymmetrical dress design using ciruclar flare to create cascades on one side of a shift
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https://youtu.be/DwHEO1XOnYI?si=fHdIbwNPZeelKIJ2 Ankara Fashion Illustration…. If you’re passionate about African fashion and Wax Prints, like me, you’ll enjoy this. Remember that If you want a better look, zoom in close to see finer details. Digital fashion sketch, above. Marker fashion sketch, below Ankara Fashion illustration on iPad or Gouache The approach is the same whether
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Fashion Illustration, Fashion Art, Fashion Design and Drawing Coaching and Courses! MY SIGNATURE SUITE OF FASHION EDUCATION COURSES: Learn Classic and creative fashion illustration and design techniques with me, Laura Volpintesta: fashion author, illustrator, designer, and creative catalyst with 27 years teaching fashion design at Parsons School of Design in NYC and globally. I also
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Tayasui Sketches app illustration by Laura Volpintesta, Printed tiered dress and ruffled sleeves combo by Dress Designer and Model, Layana Aguilar 3 BEST FASHION ILLUSTRATION APPS I’ve hand- picked and meticulously tested a pile of digital fashion illustration apps for us. PRIORITIES: capacity for detail, mood, rich texture, reliability, flexibility and USERINTERFACE/ EXPERIENCE! I
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