How to draw fashion figure: Essential figure drawing techniques for women’s wear designers (Fashion Croquis Book 5) - Kindle edition by Ivanova, Irina. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading How to draw fashion figure: Essential figure drawing techniques for women’s wear designers. Definition: A fashion croqui term (originated from a french word “croquis” meaning “rough sketch”) in fashion design is referred to an outlined fashion sketch of a figure model in various poses that fashion designers use as a template for fashion sketching and drawing, to illustrate and present fashion designs ideas. Subscribe to my newsletter to get my FREE female croquis template, great for creating proportional flat sketches! Plus, you'll get quick lessons on drawing a flat sketch, timesaving digital design pro tips, and information (including discounts) on upcoming digital fashion courses. I Fashion Templates is a resource for fashion designers who are looking for ways to optimize their creative process & create better looking sketches. We offer figure bases of women, men, plus size & kids in various poses and view angles. By using our body templates the drawing becomes faster, easier and more fun. Save the struggles of drawing the croqui - design with joy!
Last Friday I shared my rant on some men’s view of height to which a fellow writer replied with a quote by Johnny Depp in Don Juan DeMarco:
“One must see beyond what is visible to the eye…When I say that all my woman are dazzling beauties, they object. The nose of this one is too large; the hips of another, they are too wide; perhaps the breasts of a third, they are too small. But I see these women for how they truly are… glorious, radiant, spectacular, and perfect… because I am not limited by my eyesight… I search out the beauty that lies within until it overwhelms everything else.”
So I decide that next time I am confronted with such ignorance I plan to say “Oh, I see your limited by you’re eyesight. That’s a shame.” This rebut can and should be liberally applied.
That goes for you too Gals. If the quote above show anything we as women need to quit judging ourselves by the skin we wear. Let your beauty radiate.So as promised I have finished new basic croquis templates. My Wacom Tablet decided now would be the time to go on the fritz. i.e. quit working all together. So these babies are hand drawn. I had promised…. so there was no letting you down for the umpteenth time.
After posting my curvaceous croquis I got numerous requests for a back view. And Croquis Part II still remains my most read blog post. Of course revisit it if you want to know how to draw your own 10 head fashion figure. Recently Justine Limpusparish created a fabulous template showing you how to pivot your fashion figure. This will help you vary poses on the basics. And give you much more flexibility in your designs.
So I thought it only fitting that curvaceous be the first of my new and improved Basics revealed, perfect for all your plus size or curvy fashion designs. I’ve elongated her, fashion style, but this lady is still curvaceously delicious. Most people do not realize the average woman in the North America wears a size 14 and the average height is 5′ 4″. So most women would be considered plus size. That certainly is not reflected in our magazine images. However this week Canada’s first plus size magazine was released. Check out Dare– Thanks to Diana Di Poce. So without further ado here’s Curvaceous.
I have also redone the Basic Male and Female croquis I posted earlier. Hope you get good use of them. Please share your creations. I would love to see what you design.
This will no doubt keep you busy over the weekend. See you next week on the blog!
Blast from This Blogs Past
The Weekend Reading List
- You, Passive Aggressive, I Would Have Never Thought ~ This one speaks for itself. From the blog When Pigs Fly.
- How To Communicate Your Needs in a Relationship ~ Wisdom from the Art of Manliness
- 6 Ways To Find Your Authentic Path ~ So if you actually read my blog you know I have pointed you Shannon’s way many times. Because honestly this woman is the bees knees. I can never get enough of her writes.
- The Greatest Fictional Feminist Icons~ ““I have a head for business and a bod for sin,”-Tess McGill (Working Girl)
Something Extra
If you can watch this video and not want to dive in then I don’t know what to say to you. It’s just not possible. Makes me want to partially paint my croquis. hmmm…….
Maroon 5- Love Somebody
The Fashion Croquis Books
Haute Couture
Fashion Croquis Poses
Fashion Illustration resourse book
Free Printable Fashion Croquis
How to draw evening dresses and wedding gowns
$19.95
How to Draw Women's Wear
A practical guide to fashion drawing for clothing designers
$24.95
Fashion Croquis Sketch Books
Fashion Design Sketchbook 1
Women's Wear Fashion Illustration Templates 1
9 heads full figure
$6.95
Fashion Design Sketchbook 2
Women's Wear Fashion Illustration Templates
Plus size figure
$6.95
Fashion Croquis Pdf
Fashion Design Sketchbook 3
Women's Wear Fashion Illustration Templates
12 heads full figure
$6.95
Fashion design sketchbook. Runway movement
Women's Wear Fashion Illustration Templates
$7.75
Fashion design sketchbook. Photoshoot Poses
Women's Wear Fashion Illustration Templates
$7.75
Fashion Portfolio Sketchbook 1
Standard figure drawing templates. Style Sabrina
$7.90
Fashion Portfolio Sketchbook 2
Standard figure drawing templates. Style Sabrina
$7.90
Fashion Portfolio Sketchbook 3
Standard figure drawing templates. Style Sabrina
$7.90
Minimalist Fashion Portfolio Sketchbook
Abstract figure drawing templates. Style 'Alina'
$7.90
Fashion Portfolio Sketchbook 3
Stylized figure drawing templates. Style Malvina.
$7.90
Project Books
Step by step fashion drawing
Fashion sketches, illustrations, and flats
8 womenswear layered looks (pencil and marker techniques)
$12.50