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DIGITAL FASHION SKETCHING on iPad…. how did I get from here….. (design on instagram by @by_natacha_baco) Natacha Baco website/ e-shop to here…. on the iPad? Find out, in the video, above or below! The actual slideshow with commentary begins at 4minutes, after my introduction. I use pencil, marker, and brush tools to […]
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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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Fashion Illustration, Fashion Art, Fashion Design and Drawing Coaching and Courses! MY SIGNATURE SUITE OF FASHION EDUCATION COURSES: Learn Classic Fashion Illustration and Design Techniques -online 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 pioneered
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Croquis books using Toned Paper make fashion illustrations “POP!” Whether a men’s fashion design sketchbook (video enclosed below), womens, costume/ eveningwear fashion illustrations (video enclosed below), sketching on brown paper bags (examples below) or children’s fashion illustration croquis, …if you love fashion design, fashion art, and / or sketchbooks in general, you are in for
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Using Procreate app for Fashion Illustrations Using Procreate app for Fashion Illustration on iPad I had resisted using Procreate app for Fashion Illustration on iPad for a long time. Why? I felt like it was too smooth and slick looking. While I first tried it a long time ago and definitely got it to the
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Rendering Special Fabrics: Surface, Weight, and Texture In celebration of the latest session release of FABRIC FORM AND FLOW fashion design and illustration online course,… Here is some pre-work. Let’s journey into textured and reflective fashion fabric rendering for eveningwear, special occasions and beyond. Today I’d like to share some insights into capturing special fabric textures
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Colored pencil fashion illustration isn’t something I always recommend! >>>>>>>>>>WATCH TODAY’S TUTORIAL VIDEO by clicking the images in the post. Actually, I discourage using just colored pencils to create fashion sketches because they can be so thin and dry looking. Everyone knows, I love vibrant, vital, fluid, dynamic effects in fashion illustration! Today, i was
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Fahion Illustration on Ipad Fashion Illustration on the iPad- Stella Jean Ensemble Naturally, I adore Stella Jean, an Italian-AFrican fusion designer who uses the ankara/ pagne/ African Print and Dutch Wax Print fabrics that I have loved so much for so long since I landed in Paris in 1992 and fell in love with African
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Everything you need in art supplies for fashion illustration! Watch the videos below for art supplies for fashion illustration IN ACTION as I build a whole fashion sketch. VIDEO IN THIS POST! Also, link to my art supplies cart : HERE’s a quick-reference link to the supply kit I use in Freedom Fashion. (It’s not
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How to Draw Glitter in Fashion Illustration Everyone needs a time to draw glitter in Fashion Illustration. Because even if it’s not in your clothes, it should be in the twinkle of your model’s eyes! This particular model’s eyes are closed, but she still sparkles ! In her mood, her smile and her eye makeup.
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