Laura from FashionIllustration Tribe

Laura Volpintesta BFA Parsons 1995, founded Fashion Illustration Tribe, an educational and community site for fashion design and illustration, after 15 years teaching Patternmaking, Draping, Sewing, and Illustration, Portfolio, Concept Development, Tech Design/Drawing and Model Drawing. Moved by a desire to "undo" the unrealistic proportions predominantly used in fashion art and to inspire fashionistas to get the skills to create their own images for fashion's future. Balancing technical and professional with creative, Laura's online courses and live workshops/ lectures inspire fashion designers from beginner to more experienced to look at sustainability, diversity, positivity and joy in their design processes, business models, images, and messages.

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Using Watercolor Wash with (Tombow) Marker for Fashion Drawing

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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High Impact Model Drawing Exercises for Fashion Illustration

ESSENTIAL FASHION MODEL DRAWING EXERCISES! Today I want to talk to you about one of my most high Impact Model Drawing Exercises for Fashion Illustration. REMEMBER: when you subscribe for my newsletter, you’ll get a welcome packet that includes a model drawing tutorial! The first weeks of teaching model drawing a group are always based

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WONDERFUL: Tayasui Sketches Number 1 desktop app for Fashion Illustration (video post)

After resisting digital art supplies for decades, since 2015 I’ve been shouting from the rooftops that Tayasui Sketches is my favorite app for fashion design illustration and sketching….. HANDS DOWN! And I usually use it on my ipad. But ometimes I have a student or client who doesn’t have an iPad. (I first used Tayasui

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