Here’s the replay of my talk from my book the Language of Fashion Design!!! Get inspired, Comment with any questions… grab your fashion design notebook/ sketchbook , and grab the assignment prompt too! Here’s the link to the video replay: I’m also excited to share the link to Freedom Fashion Design Sketching and illustration program …
INSTAGRAM for FASHION -LOVE! ( My instagram for fashion feed is embedded here at the bottom of the page using an awesome “instagram feed” plugin!) Scroll down to see my recent posts right here! My video loaded with everything I learned while I tripled my instagram following in a month while euphorically harnessing the many tricks and tools that beginners …
Instagram for fashion, design, and business- It’s a visual party! COME Read More »
MY LOVES!!! LET’S TALK about the role of CONTOURS in FASHION ILLUSTRATION TECHNIQUES! …..Edges, curves, textures, and lines. “Contours” are turning, winding edges. CONTOURS are something I refer to A LOT. Once you get into discussing visual arts and drawings, it is a vital word. Specifically, CONTOUR refers to outlines, and edges. For fashion design …
Fashion Illustration Techniques: Textures and Contours Read More »
Sketching Fashion Figures, or any figure, in profile, always seems to present unique challenges. There’s a video in this post, to help you with sketching profile fashion figures. understanding body anatomy and mechanics (above) and practicing them helps us sketch with flowy ease (below) We seem to have a “frontal” orientation to seeing things, as …
FASHION ILLUSTRATION CLASSES: what do I need? Hello Gorgeous Visionaries! A crop of new videos up on my YouTube channel: Informational and inspirational, I thought this week’s topics (fabric, paintbrush, message) might be really helpful for you if you are considering fashion design schools or courses for your design portfolio. I’ll release two a day until …
I eagerly unwrapped my review copy of the newly released Draping, the Complete Course by Karolyn Kiisel on Laurence King Publishing, a few months ago. (Hang in here, the juiciest part is at the end 🙂 It sure shows how many years have passed since I taught sophomore draping at Parsons in New York, 1997-2001… when …
I’m going to give you a little mother’s day gift today: A template for maternity fashion that you can trace over to design some Maternity looks for your favorite mother or expecting friend. Plus, some of my thoughts on maternity clothing and a few great maternity /pregnant looks. AND a link to my PINTEREST board for …
Childrenswear Fashion Illustrations and TEMPLATES for FASHION DESIGN (Yes, my last two year old was very chubby :0) and she’s the reason I’ve started my own business-and her brother and sister.) I hope using these templates will help YOU start YOUR own business too, so you can have more time with your family or doing …
Childrenswear Fashion Illustrations and Design- 2 fun templates for sketching now! Read More »
Fashion Proportions: That’s kind of funny. Me blogging in a few hundred words about a topic that could easily be a BOOK. Perhaps Naomi Wolf’s the Beauty Myth, for starters? People’s eyes get “used” to anything, if they see it enough. Yet we still haven’t gotten to see images that tell us that our bodies and …
What to consider when designing winter fashion: (BRRRRRRRR…………………) Not everyone is in this market I’m in, but I live in New York / Connecticut, and it’s FREEZING right now! So here are a few thoughts to bear in mind when you are sketching/ presenting/ designing a winter collection of clothes, based on my experiences with …
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