Learn the Soulful Arts of Fashion Design
MY BOOKS (scroll down for course descriptions!) My book the Language of Fashion Design available Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and others. The Language of Fashion Design: 26 Principles Every Fashion Designer Should Know the Fashion Design Reference and Specification Manual co- author Laura Volpintesta FASHION PROGRAMS: Fashion Design INFUSION 8 livestream masterclass replays, from research, […]
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After resisting digital art supplies for decades, since 2015 I’ve been shouting from the rooftops that Tayasui Sketches is my favorite (mobile) app for fashion design illustration and sketching….. HANDS DOWN! However, I usually use it on my ipad. But sometimes I have a student or client who doesn’t have an iPad. (I first used
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Digital Fashion Illustration apps Today I’ll share with you a series of digital fashion illustrations I made with apps on my ipad over the past few months –of the fashion designer Layana Aguilar. (yes, I teach and coach on model drawing, analog and digital fashion illustration, and fashion technical design so make sure you join
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One FANTASTIC Fashion Drawing app can change EVERYTHING! (scroll to bottom for a video example) And for me, that’s Tayasui Sketches app. Oh, I could go on all day about it, and i WILL if you just give me a chance! I’ll try to give you just a few insights into WHY this app surpasses
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Fashion and Costume Sketching on iPad While today I’m here to talk about model drawing, figure drawing and my course enrollment opening today, I’m going to show you how Model Drawing is the foundation of Fashion and Costume sketching on the iPad or anywhere else. Tayasui Sketches app, as you all probably know by now,
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Whether you are a sketching, illustration OR fashion design student/ designer… -VIDEO BELOW You still want to know the names of things (like flares, gathers, seamlines, armholes, and all kinds of specific details). TODAY’s VIDEO is all about that good stuff of fashion designing! If you love fashion and fashion design, or are a fashion
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How to Paint and Draw Digitally with the best Art App on IPad, Tablet, Computer and Devices Yes, you can make fashion illustrations and freehand art on your iphone, android phone, ipad, tablet,or computer and still get natural, textural quality effects! (ART APP VIDEO TUTORIAL BELOW) You all know I’m a fashion illustrator and designer,
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VIDEO TUTORIAL: the Dress Forms for Fashion Designers You’re going to love today’s VIDEO POST– Let’s talk all about dress forms for fashion designers and students of fashion design. It’s one of the very most important supplies for any fashion maker! Do you own a fashion mannequin/ dress form for sewing/ designing/ patternmaking and draping
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I made myself this dress by cutting into folded fabric using basic patternmaking techniques….. so in a way, you don’t always need a pattern once you learn some of these skills! Patternmaking Basics: How to add simple Flares to the Basic Skirt Sloper Let’s dip our toes into the world of fashion patternmaking for design
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Let’s look at basic “dart manipulations. In today’s Vídeo tutorial, (click images to view) we use a 1/4 scale sloper (basic fitted pattern block with no seam allowance and one dart) … PS LEARN IT ALL IN MY ONLINE COURSE PATTERNMAKING DEMYSTIFIED And we’ll move the dart into the shoulder! Then we’ll turn it into
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