Learn the Soulful Arts of Fashion Design
Welcome to Fashion Illustration Tribe’s Suite of Online Fashion Design and Illustration courses, Coaching and Programs with Laura Volpintesta! Welcome to your home -and-hub for quality fashion online courses made with heart, soul, and loads of experience from my 20 plus years teaching at Presitgious Parsons fashion design program in NYC. Like you, I’ve always […]
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Finally, a fashion illustration course that addresses design, too. That is fun, friendly, not “cut-throat” or cold. A vibrant, diverse, creative space where you can let loose, unwind, and let that magic in you take flight once and for all! And a fabulous community, to boot. Welcome to Fashion Illustration Course Spring Semester sessions are
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Sketching African Print Fashion on ipad Here I use the Adobe Photoshop Sketch App on my iPad Mini using the 53Pencil stylus, to illustrate this beautiful ensemble by Stella Jean. ****ADOBE PHOTOSHOP SKETCH APP (a pixel based app) has been discontinued since I wrote this originally in 2015. Now the same tools have been moved
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Fashion Model Drawing Class! (check out the whole intensive program here!) Subscribe to website for free learning materials to get started fashion model drawing class: sketching AND designing. THIS FASHION MODEL DRAWING CLASS Webinar HAS EXPIRED BUT CHECK OUT THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS BELOW! SUBSCRIBE to my youtube channel to keep in the loop! Several video
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Want to join a Fashion Design Sketch community Online? Fashion Tribalistas Facebook Group is my free, online community for beginner to advanced fashion sketchers to share their sketches with a positive, supportive and diverse community. Just click the link and then “join” to be admitted to the group. Not a place for promoting YOUR fashion
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SHADING FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS Shading is what gives depth, dimension, and 3D form to your fashion illustraitons- it is easier on the eye, and by its very nature even adds texture, emphasizes details and layers. Also, shading won’t let you get away with drawing emaciated, super skinny distorted figures (skinny is fine, but not skinner than
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https://youtu.be/L5EuvTUVrnI?si=udiYh85nIW-Bl9DC OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING: 12 ACTIONABLE TIPSÂ to START GROWING AS A FASHION SKETCHER I don’t like to make any strict rules about things when I teach or learn or live. But I do know the best way to learn to draw fashion is by drawing what you see/ OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING. Â I’m an idealist Virgo who
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PENCILS FOR FASHION DRAWING- 7 TIPS Over decades teaching beginner and advanced fashion drawing at Parsons School of Design, I’ve learned SO MUCH that I am so eager to share with you. Let’s begin: WHAT KIND OF PENCILS? HAVE YOU TRIED: Charcoal pencils (white and brown, black) soft artist colored pencils such as Prismacolor Premiere
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https://youtu.be/CBzT7JZmzf8 Fashion Templates: TODDLER, GIRL, TWEEN, TEEN GIRL, TODDLER , Tween and Teen TEMPLATES for FASHION DESIGN and ILLUSTRATION l I hope using these fashion templates for toddler, girl, tween will help YOU start YOUR own business too, so you can have more time with your family or doing whatever it is you truly love
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Croquis figures drawn once can be dressed again and again as flats ,fashion sketches, or illustrations A dress form can also be a croquis template that you sketch your designs onto. several rotations also is helpful in working out your design ideas SCROLL DOWN(the men’s, women’s, plus size fashion, and girl’s croquis templates are below
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Dip your toes into everything we learn here at Fashion Illustration Tribe inside this content-rich learning bundle at a fraction of the price of my dedicated courses.Â
Exercises, resources, projects, tutorials.
Dive in, learn, explore, and create!
I can't wait to meet you inside.Â
Laura Volpintesta, founder, FashionIllustrationTribe.com
