Fashion Illustration by Julia Stanescu
Drawing your own fashion designs can be as easy as picking up a pencil and paper, as long as you follow some pointers to get you started in the right direction. Following are a few important tips on how to make your illustrations right for the industry, whether you want to jumpstart a career in fashion illustration/design or you’re simply passionate about fashion and art:
It’s getting closer to Christmas and I have a lot of things on my wish list this year.
One of those many things is a new stylish fashion illustration to hang on my wall. Wonderwall.se is the perfect store to get beautiful posters from famous Swedish illustrators. So this is not only a great tip on where to buy your Christmas gifts, but it is also a big hint to all my friends out there:
I would love to find this amazing illustration by Lovisa Burfitt under the Christmas tree.
Most people think that I work with watercolors, but truth be told, I’m personally not a huge fan of them. I find that acrylics offer me more options when I work from my super loose washes, to really deep, thick layered color when I want more coverage. I also don’t have to worry that I’ll disturb what I’ve already painted. I like acrylics also because they are insoluble once they’re dry & that equals awesome.
Here is the process I work exemplified with one of my recent illustrations as an example.
The second edition of the bestselling visual book for fashion illustrators, The Great Big Book of Fashion Illustration is being released this September in the UK and October in the US.
Artists from around the world offer inspirational examples of every technique, from traditional watercolors, acrylics, and pencil drawings to cutting-edge designs using the latest technology.
Source: Fashion Illustrator Naja Conrad Hansen
Someone emailed me recently and asked me about an aspect “Does Graphic Designers and Illustrators have the same job?”
I believe that it’s essential for any illustrator to know the answer of this question so for those who are still confused I’ve made some research and decided to write a quick clarification. It will help you to promote your work better when you’re searching for freelance projects. Enjoy!
After I found Anna’s Artwork, I was completely in love with her doll world. I’ve talked with her about how she got into fashion illustration and how she started her business, why she draw dolls what art supplies she use to get her artwork done and a lot of other secret weapons through her creative world.
I want to bring a little spring time today to make the cold weather disappearing :), and like I was doing in my childhood in those rainy days, I started to draw early in the morning.
Today no digital drawing. I’m back to basics drawing techniques.
The result: I was visioning “The princess of Spring”
Dear friend,
If you’re in NYC and you want to learn from other illustrators some fashion drawing techniques, it definitely worth to attend this Fashion drawing session organized by Brandon Graham from Would You Rock This? fashion illustration community:
Fashion illustration Copyright Jennifer Lilya
I had a tremendous discussion with fashion illustrator and Graphic designer Bree Leman about her fashion illustration experience, her inspiration behind her artwork and of course about the tools and secrets behind her creations. Read the interview here.
I believe you remember Australian artist and illustrator Maryanne Oliver from my previous posts and from the Fashionarium Book where she collaborated with an inspiring tutorial on How to Paint Fashion Illustrations on your T-shirt.
Yesterday I was happy to hear fabulous news from Maryanne.
Endless inspiration and ”magic tools” for Catherine Parr ‘s brilliant fashion illustrations
Read a new inspiring interview on Secret Weapons.
Explore different approaches to finding ideas, coloring, sketching, mixing media and other aspects related to illustrating fashion.
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If you want to get in touch, please send an email to (julia at fashionarium dot com)
