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Rendering Special Fabrics: Surface, Weight, and Texture In celebration of the latest session of FABRIC FORM AND FLOW fashion design and illustration online course,…. Here is some pre-work. A journey into textured and reflective fabric rendering for eveningwear, special occasions and beyond. Today I’d like to share some insights into capturing special fabric textures with various […]
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Watercolor wash Technique with Tombow Brush Tip Marker Today’s post is going to look at some of the range and possibilities available to you when you explore watercolor wash with markers for your fashion drawing! *** PRO TIP: Even though I often start with pencil, that doesn’t mean I erase. I almost never erase! It’s
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YOUR INITIATION: Fashion Sketching TIPS for iPad Illustration! My iPad has become such a handy and essential, beloved and soulful tool for fashion illustration and design sketching for me, and today I want to share fashion sketching tips with you. The why and how…. I made it feel like HOME in SPITE OF MY RESISTANCE
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https://youtube.com/shorts/-F9J0VU9JbI?si=e3VT4OfBpHywM8jU CLICK TO VIEW TIMELAPSE– and discover Adobe Fresco app for fashion illustration on ipad- mimicking watercolor/ gouache and pencil sketching. I’ve been very open about how I don’t adore Procreate nor Adobe Fresco for fashion illustration on my iPad… (and I’m also very easy to articulate EXACTLY WHY- read on) and how sad I was
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My favorite digital watercolor app for fashion art Digital watercolor? EEEEEEEW!! How can you get textural, delicious paint effects on a piece of smooth, cold hard glass?? I love working with my gouache . Puddles of water, the smell of paint, brushes and palettes, paper towels and watercups, various textures of paper…. BUT WHO HAS
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Gaouche and Sharpie fashion illustrratino, original design and illustration by Laura Volpintesta, 1995 Today, a fashion illustration tour. Especially in fashion, but in all model drawing, we focus on…. the model. Of course! But, lot of the time this can turn into a figure just “floating” in the center of a white page. Once in
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How to draw sequins for fashion Clearly, it can be really daunting to think about how to draw sequins. All those tiny, shiny discs…. But what we THINK and NOW about sequins is way more complex than what it takes to draw them. SEQUINS is an EFFECT. IT’s a texture. And it’s totally doable. I’ll
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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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Azzedine Alaia Fashion Illustration (Scroll to the bottom of the page for 35 second time-lapse Azzedine Alaia fashion illustration process video!) Wow, it hit me hard to hear of Azzedine Alaia’s passing. Azzedine Alaïa is set so far apart from so many designers. Just thinking about him reminded me of the sheer power and
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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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Have you tried Digital Fashion Drawing yet? I resisted for a loooooooong time, and seriously, I really had no desire to switch over. But now I”m loving it! I’d love to get you started too…. Whether for life drawing, doodling (below, using Adobe Photoshop Sketch app) or for fashion illustration, ( both digital fashion drawing
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Fashion Figure Drawing – LIVE! So, here’s what happened on Periscope.tv/Lvolpintesta today. I created a fashion figure drawing from scratch, working from an image that I liked, then added in the fashion details so that it looked real and gave clear construction and design information, because I love to do that :0). I took an
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