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!!