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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFqaXcx5Brk African Parisian Style. Above and below, Fashions by Natacha Baco, Illustrated by Laura Volpintesta African Prints Fashion Illustration (VIDEOs enclosed) It’s not that complicated– I’m simply obsessed with African fashion and African Prints Fashion Illustration! In 1992 I moved to Paris as a Parsons fashion student and though I was fascinated by the couture […]
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MODEL DRAWING MAGIC FIGURE DRAWING MASTERY COURSE You love fashion, you want to create beautiful images and art, and “YOU CAN’T DRAW”, especially FIGURE DRAWING. Perhaps you’re even terrified. but, dear love, don’t give up–you haven’t had a chance yet!You haven’t had the support, you haven’t had any guidance or personal space to really unfold
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Procreate App Tutorial for Fashion Illustration: PROCREATE APP’s PROS AND CONS [PROCREATE APP VIDEO TUTORIAL BELOW) Are you curious to try Procreate app for your fashion illustrations and creative sketching? Everyone is always talking about Procreate app for digital drawing/ digital painting.! Even if you aren’t a digital fashion or costume sketcher, you’ll find the step-by-step
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FASHION ILLUSTRATION APPS: a whole new world! (scroll down) to CATCH a time-lapse video below of Fashion Illustration Apps in action! I’m a fashion illustrator, teacher, author and designer who ALWAYS resisted digital drawing, digital illustration, and digital tools. I HATED THEM. Why? As a professor at Parsons School of Design, i often saw my
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Eveningwear Illustration: Form and Flow Fashion Design Illustration Online course is here! In my 25 years teaching fashion design and illustration portfolio on the college level, I’ve found there are generally two categories of students: Some of you like to design ready-to-wear, or street clothes, athletic, outerwear, weekend wear, casual, “ladies-who-lunch”, whatever…. AND THERE ARE
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FABRIC, FORM AND FLOW: Eveningwear Fashion Design Illustration Online course In my 25+ years teaching fashion design and fashion illustration at Parsons School of Design, I always found two distinct kinds of fashion students: There are the ones who like to design ready-to-wear, or street clothes, athletic, outerwear, weekend wear, knitwear, avant-garde, casual, “ladies-who-lunch”, whatever….
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https://youtu.be/DyXCPUW_Pk4 Laura Volpintesta, Fashion Educator, Illustrator, Designer, Author of the Language of Fashion Design and co-author of the Fashion Design Resource and Specification Book. Fashion Design Faculty Parsons the New School for Design since 1997. contact: info@fashionillustrationtribe.com Here are my TOP RESOURCES for FASHION STUDENTS! Thi slist is based on 30 years of teaching (and
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African Print Fashion Sketching can be the ultimate challenge. The samples I’m sharing on this page are all iPad sketched on my iPad mini using Tayasui Sketches app (which is also available on Google Play). But the videos at the bottom of this page show my process with pencils and watercolor… I teach both! (SCROLL
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Imagine a Markers course for fashion sketching https://www.youtu.be/dQ4v-M0fjWE Are you overhwhelmed by the types, tips (of markers), brands, inks and other choices? THERE ARE SO MANY KINDS of Art Markers, Design Markers. Art markers available for fashion design sketching. Alcohol markers. Watercolor Markers. Brush tip, chisel tip, waterPROOF pens and markers, pigment markers, permanent markers,
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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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