Perspectives and Visions

Instagram for fashion, design, and business- It’s a visual party! COME

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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 …

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Fashion Sketches with Fabric Swatches, laura volpintesta Fashion illustration tribe.

Fashion Illustration Techniques: Textures and Contours

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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 …

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African print fashion illustration about Laura Volpintesta

Breathe more LIFE and MOVEMENT into your fashion illustrations

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How do you breathe more LIFE and MOVEMENT into your fashion illustrations? Everybody asks “how do I get the stiffness out of my drawings?”. I’ve got 10 FABULOUS TIPS for you. Let me know in the comments below if you have any game-changers from this list! HELLO TRIBE! I’m definitely biased towards lively, moving drawings….. …

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Illustrating fashion in Gouache: a walk-through

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 Illustrating fashion designs in gouache: Do YOU GET NERVOUS approaching the blank page? That’s normal. I thought I’d share a few photos step by step of myself illustrating fashion design from a photo/model/dress/design/fabric  that I just loved by KachiDesigns, (who I discovered through AfricaFashionWeek (AFW) and follow on Instagram). My remedy for “blank page freeze-up” is …

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Awesome! Pencil for Fashion Design and Illustration

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( go deeper! –MODEL MAGIC ONLINE MODEL DRAWING BOOTCAMP SIGNUP CLICK HERE–) Today: 7 key tips Ode to the pencil for fashion design and illustration: psssss…JOIN MODEL MAGIC ONLINE BOOTCAMP NOW ENROLLMENT IS OPEN Yes! I love those felt tip pens! Oh, the china marker!  Charcoal! Colored pencils! Watercolor pencils!  Design markers, felt-tip india ink, …

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