The Final Boards!

Hello all! So it has come the time that I have finally finished my final project boards for my Fashion Illustration class!!! I am really proud of how they came out and I definitely put a lot of work into them. All of the semesters work and practice has come down to these :) I've enjoyed being able to share the knowledge I have learned in class with the blog world so that others who aren't in a class can try and work on their drawing skills and do some illustrations. I hope my posts were at least slightly helpful :) I'm also glad that I can go all the way back to the first post and see my first drawings...i have come a long way haha. So here are my final boards!!

I'm so proud of them. In the top photo the croquis are HUGE! haha. They are about 15" tall. Basically we had had a portfolio project and I really translated my portfolio into the boards. And we also had to do a powerpoint presentation and I even translated the "look" to the powerpoint. I made so I even had the corner details on the powerpoint so it was all very cohesive :) I hope these posts help you to work on your drawing!!! Happy drawing!!

Textures!!

Hello all! So I don't have pictures for this post because I haven't gotten my textures assignment back yet but I still wanted to post about them :)

So rendering (drawing and/or coloring) fabrics can be kind of tricky. It really is about practice practice practice. There really are not too many techniques for "correctly" rendering fabrics. There are a couple tips and tricks but other than that you really just need to play around with it and see what works.

I'm going to give you a few examples of how to render a few fabrics.

Corduroy - you need to do vertical lines but as you draw them squiggle them slightly. This gives it a softer look to the fabric.

Linen - this one is pretty easy. It's basically cross-hatching, which is drawing close lines together diagonally in both directions.

There's a lot of fabrics to play with and try and render. I would suggest getting some fabric swatches or just looking at some fabrics you have in your closet and practice rendering them and just play with it. We got to practice a lot of different fabrics for an assignment. For example, sequins, animal print, herringbone, and fur just to name a few. It's a challenge to render fabrics but with some practice you can do it!! Have fun!!

More practice :)

Hello all! Sorry I haven't posted for a little while. Things are getting crazy ;) I have some examples of some more things we worked on a while back. Firstly we worked on different types of necklines. Something you have to remember when doing necklines is you need to "leave room" between the fabric and the body. There is always just a little bit of space because otherwise it looks like the garment is "suctioned" to the body.

Bateau Neckline

Sweetheart Neckline

Cowl Neckline (this was my favorite one to do)

Standing Collar

The first 3 we had a bank of necklines to choose from and the very last one we got to just choose an interesting collar we liked. I liked the standing collar because it was a bit different :)

Find a picture of a neckline and practice it on different turns on croquis. Start with straight on just to make it easier and then try turning the croquis and bit and practice it that way.

Then we got to practice jackets! Jackets can be kind of tricky. You have to be sure that there is room for the shirt that would be under it. Jackets always have to have more "room" when drawing them.

Dolman Sleeve. This is one of my favorite drawings. It looks exactly like the picture :)

Set-in sleeve. We also had to do one that was 3/4 turn.

Again, that first jacket is probably one of my favorite drawings i've done. Again find a picture and practice it straight on and then try doing a 3/4 turn to make it a little trickier. 

Coming up I'll start showing you what I'm working on for the huge final project :) Thanks for reading!

Flats, Flats, Flats

Hello!! Something we have been working on for a while now in class is flats. A flat is a flat sketch of the garment not on a croquis. The purpose is to be able to see ALL garment details. You just need to be able to see every little detail of the garment. So our first assignment with flats was to draw the flats of the garments we are using for our final project. We had to do 3 dresses, 3 jackets, 3 bottoms, and 3 tops to mix and match that will eventually make 5 outfits.

Dresses

 Tops

 Jackets

Bottoms

I kind of like doing flats. It's fun to pick a garment you really like and then just draw it straight with all the details. I took all of these from a website and drew them out. You should definitely try finding either a garment you have in your closet or pick something from a website. Just make sure you can see ALL the details. Also when drawing flats of tops be sure to add the back of the garment at the neck line (see my pictures to see what I mean). For example if you have a V-neck top you should see a shaded area that is meant to be seeing into the inside of the garment to it's back. Happy drawing!!!

It's all about the details

Hello all! So today the focus is all on garment details and fastening systems. Garment details are any "extra" thing that is actually sewn on the garment. For example ruffles, flounces, cuffs etc. And then fastening systems are anything used to open and close the garment for getting it on and off. Like buttons, zippers, velcro etc. So what we had to do was pick a picture out of a magazine/pattern book (I personally prefer pattern books) and draw the entire garment with all the details and fastening systems and then label off to the side what type they were.

Garment Details

Fastening Systems

One major thing when drawing buttons to NEVER forget...ALWAYS have the button hole!!! So go find a picture in a magazine or pattern book and practice drawing all the details. Even look up what some of them are just for the sake of being able to throw around that terminology. It's fun! haha. Good luck!

Clothes Finally!!!

Hello all! So I am excited to say that we are finally working on clothes in class!!! We start off really simply by just practicing basic silhouettes with out all the fancy details. This is how I would suggest starting out.

 Slim Line

 Soft Silhouette

Hourglass 

 Wedge

Full Volume

Natural Body

So these are the six silhouettes we practiced. I liked finally getting to do clothes. Of course you have to have the base of doing the croquis but I think the clothes are a lot more fun to draw :) Try this out. Get pictures of the different silhouettes and just do the basic outline. Don't get bogged up in all the details. Give it a whirl!!

Projects galore!

Hey everyone! How did that first challenge go!? I hope you tried it out and it was a success!

Well I can now show y'all what our assignments and projects were since I have since gotten them back :)

The first was just to maintain the shape and proportions of a torso. The arms, legs, feet, and hands are all just very symmetrical because at that time we hadn't learned how to properly draw them.

This is assignment #1

The next assignment was for the arms/hands feet/legs. They didn't need to be super detailed which is good because they can get complicated. 

Assignment #3

The next one, which is definitely my favorite work so far, was project #1 (yes there are assignments and then projects :)). We had to pick all the separate components of the body from separate pictures. It was pretty cool actually. So this is how mine turned out! :)

Project #1

Again, i really liked how that was came out. So looking to the future...right now I am working on drawing 12 flats that will get used in our final projects. Flats are straight on complete garments not on a croquis. They are just "flat" on the paper. But the purpose of them is to show every possible detail of the garment. So far it's not too bad ;) I like drawing the clothes!

I will update soon with more assignments and suggestions for your own drawing at home. For now, I suggest try taking a photo of a person and try copying it. That's how we've done all our assignments so far! Just go for it!!