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!!

Challenge #1

Hello all! I have decided in this post to not only update you on what we have been learning in my illustration class but also offer up a challenge for you yourselves to try out :)

So here is what we have been up to!

Last week we focused on faces. I found this part both challenging and a lot of fun. I actually enjoyed learning how to properly draw faces. We discussed the proper proportions for the face and all the correct locations for things. This was all aided by creating a grid map similar to what we use to do the full body croquis'. So this is how mine turned out:

We started with straight on

And then we did 3/4 

I was pretty pleased with these since I truly am not an artist haha.

And now I offer YOU a challenge! To draw a face!

This is an example of the grid you should use as your base. Make 7 horizontal lines 1 inch apart, also put a straight line down the middle with 2 inches on either side. The 2 inches is how big your boxes should be. Label them 0-6. And now you have your base! Eyes go in the middle at like 3, mouth about at line 5, nose is in between. The hairline is around line 1 or a little below. 

I hope you give this a try yourself! Till next time :)