FREE fashion illustration tutorial

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I have prepared a free fashion illustration tutorial for you. Come on, reach for your sketchbook. I hope when you start drawing the repetitive lace patterns you will slowly start to feel more relaxed.
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Students who are enrolled in this course, have access to the video lessons to draw this illustration.

​You will need:

1. Bristol or other brand smooth paper. Media Applications: Smooth - pen and ink, mechanical pencil, air brush, marker
Or 
X-Press It Blending Card is a great surface to use when drawing with Copic or alcohol markers. It has a smooth, silky surface and is 250 gsm to help reduce bleed through and to allow seamless blending. The paper is acid-free 
2. Copic Ciao markers in shades: E11, E33, E25.
3. Black and light grey Pantone markers (you can use Copic markers)
4. Fine art line pen 0.1, 0.2mm and 0.4 mm
5. White gouache and a fine tip paint brush

Step 1. Prepare your fashion figure template. For this tutorial my fashion figure is outlined with a waterproof fine art-line pen.

​Step 2. Apply E11 shade as the first skin colour layer with a brush tip of the marker. Her figure has been fully rendered because she will be wearing a see through black lace dress.

Step 3. Once I applied the first layer, I let it dry for a few seconds and then apply shadows with another layer of E11 and then E33.

Step 4. Colouring hair. For this medium brown hair, I like to use the shade Caribe Cocoa E25. Let it dry and then reapply the colour in the areas of shading.

Step 5. Outline and colour her underwear. I am using a light grey Pantone marker for this illustration.

Step 6. When I sketch my designs, I start with a light pencil sketch. For this design I decided to draw two bows and a long lace gown with a beautiful floral-like pattern.

Step 7. In this step I will need waterproof fine art-line pens.
I use different sizes- 0.1, 0.2 and 0.4 mm. The finest tip will be used to design and draw the very fine lace details.

​Step 8. Use your creativity to come up with a lace pattern or draw from the fabric/lace swatch. In this step I will be using an art-line pen, size 0.1mm.

Step 9. Colour the shoes. Continue working on the dress.

​Step 10. Outline and render the bows.
Apply shadows with a black marker to create the illusion of depth in the lace fabric.

Step 11. The last and most exciting part of illustrating the design is embellishing it. I am applying a few Swarovski crystals to my finished illustration.

I hope you enjoyed drawing the lady in a black lace dress. 

When you join my online course, you will have unlimited lifetime access to the material.