October 2009
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The fashion designer survival guide
My book recommendation for the next week is for those who dream to start and run their own fashion business.
If you’re thinking about getting into the world of fashion design, “The fashion designer survival guide” is the book that you should read before diving head first into a pool with little water. It’s an in depth look into a very popular career choice, but it...
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Leave your feedback
My dear readers,
Since I launched my blog, I haven’t asked you to leave direct feedback about the content of this blog. Hearing what you have to say, whether criticism or praise, helps me to create a compelling blog with inspiring content for you.
Fashion illustration created by Iulia Stanescu.
This is the reason why I will always look to you, my readers, to tell me what is working and...
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How to succeed in the fashion illustration...
Kathryn Elyse Rodgers, a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University is the mind and movement behind Paperfashion. She has a B.F.A. in Industrial Design and after pursuing fashion and apparel design on her own, she realized it was her true passion. Kathryn is now eagerly pursuing a career in apparel design. She is currently working as an apparel designer for Reebok in Boston.
“I am a...
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Fashion Illustration Inspiration
Source: Youtube
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A book a week
This is the book I am reading these days …
… and I love it! It is my guide in fashion drawing.
“Contemporary fashion illustration Techniques” is a very useful book both for future fashion designers and for future fashion illustrators.
I recommend it to you because inside it you’ll find explanations and techniques of drawing, so that you will be able to master the...
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Thank you!
I would love to thank to all of you my friends, who voted my fashion drawings on Tabu Competition.
I would also love to thank to Tabu Magazine ‘s jury for choosing my creations as winner.
I think this is a step forward in accomplishing my dream.
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Delightful fashion illustrations by Sandra Suy
Continuing my exploration of the wonderful world of fashion illustration, today I bring you here the simply but sensational work of Sandra Suy, a very talented illustrator. She also has a shop on etsy where she sells all her work.
My friends, would you like to see on my blog an interview with this awesome illustrator Sandra Suy ? What did you ask her ?
I just want to live in her world....
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If photography were drawings ...
… fashion shootings will be like this
Fashion illustration created by Iulia Stanescu
I am curious to know if you can imagine yourself in a world without photography? How could that world be?
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Sunday Brunch in Milan
My dear friends,
First of all I would love to thank for everyone who gave me support for Tabu Competition “Tabu is searching for designer”.
For those who doesn’t know I am among the finalists and entered into the third and the last stage of the competition, stage it was preceded by an awesome workshop.
So, the week before, we had time to prepare the third and final sketch...
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Simplicity becomes elegance
Hello, my friends, How was your weekend? I hope it was just as amazing as mine. I had a happy positive attitude because I spent most of the time illustrate and improve my skills of fashion design.
I know, there has passed quite a long time since I haven’t posted photos with my work. So, this is the reason that today, I would share with you a part of my work from this weekend.
I should tell...
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Fashion drawing for beginners
In this video, fashion designer and instructor Tu-Anh demonstrates the fastest and simplest techniques on how to draw fashion. This video series is designed for beginners and includes an overview of the basic supplies for drawing fashion, how to choose the fashion figure from a magazine, and transform it into a fashion figure and how to draw a dress on the figure
Enjoy!
How to draw the fashion...
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Awesome drawing by M.C. Escher
Hand drawing by M.C. Escher
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Live Painting in Berlin
I found interesting and I would love to share with you this awesome and impressive mixture by the German urban artist duo Herakut who painted it live in Berlin!
Hera and Akut combine with their mixture of graffiti and contemporary fine arts the urban roughness of the streets and the natural richness of detail.
Source: Urbanartcore
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Christian Lacroix - The Costumier
Hard to believe that there are still people out there that haven’t seen the Christian Lacroix’ s exclusive exhibition from National Museum of Singapore. This summer the haute couture designer presented his splendid costume design work of 20 years for the ballet, theater and opera in an exclusive exhibition.
Photo sources: StorPhotography
If you haven’t visit the exhibition, it is...
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The story of Marc Warren's latest collection: “Le...
I found interesting and I’d love to share with you, dear friends, the story behind the new collection of Marc Warren:
“Music plays a huge part in my design/creative process. For this season I was inspired by the songs “Summer Madness” by Kool & the Gang, “Movie Theme” by Beck and “I Ran” by A Flock of Seagulls which further influenced the motifs present throughout the...
September 2009
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Fashion Illustration Media: iPhone Apps
It is probably one of the less known, talked or written about fashion illustration medias, but surely one of the most at hand and comfortable ones. I’m talking about the iPhone Apps. When using it you won’t need a huge bag to carry sketchbooks, pencils, brushes, paints. All you need is a pocket for your little, fancy iPhone. And every time a brilliant idea or just a casual one occurs to you, take...
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Illustrate, Photograph or Draw for Schon! Magazine
For the third issue of Schön! Magazine, they want you to illustrate, photograph or draw for them!
Schön! Magazine Volume 3 again will consist of creative work from all 5 continents, so they will be giving you the opportunity to create all the positive happenings in a continent of your choice!
They will need you to illustrate/photograph that particular continent in an exciting and positive way...