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Share art on social media- YOUR ORIGINAL art. Do you CRINGE when you see what your art looks like when you share it on instagram, Facebook, or twitter? You don’t know how two share art on social media yet… but you can learn! For my new students to get off on the right foot, here […]
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Tayasui Sketches App Fashion Illustration (video enclosed) Here’s an example of some of my Tayasui Sketches App Fashion Illustration. Everyone here knows I love paints and papers more than anything. I am convinced that every artists deserves the delicious sensory experience of getting messy in the studio. That’s part of my message. So, how did I
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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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Movement, color, action, energy, spirit, joy, emotion, art, power, message, feeling, culture, sound…. I love illustrating Musicians and Dancers! I am a musician and a dancer, so that probably helps, but even before I got deeper into those talents, I found myself attracted to figure drawing and model drawing above all else. And, when I
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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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Sketching fashion from scratch….. join me this summer and discover what you can do! SUMMER SESSION 2016 FREEDOM FASHION INTENSIVE! use the coupon code MEMORIALDAY through midnight June2 for half off the price! CLASSES START JUNE 8 click the image for info see the video below that to get a sneak peek at some of
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Fashion Design: The Language of Fashion Design is a book I wrote that was released in February 2014 on Rockport Publishers. It was a unique and challenging experience, that I was afraid to take on at first…. and I’m now so glad that I did! I’m also proud and happy to see that it’s been translated
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https://youtu.be/DwHEO1XOnYI?si=XgiB5RX4Zpx_HOrL African Print Fashion Illustration….. As a long- time lover of African Print Fashion and African fashions from all over the continent, (Plus: cuisine, people, music, dance, art, fashion, FABRIC……..) I thought I’d create a post just to share some of my favorite illustrations I’ve done lately incorporating “African prints”. Scroll down for more designs and
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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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LAURA VOLPINTESTA I’m a fashion design professor, author, designer and illustrator who helps creative and professional women everywhere and anywhere fully form the skills that fashion has called them to in a deep and playful, encouraging environment, My offering is take you through intentional journeys to learn art supplies, draping, sewing, patternmaking, fitting, sketching, fashion illustration, collection conception,
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