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!