Illustrating the Fashion Figure in Motion

Action Fashion Figure I have already given you a chart for high fashion illustration on a tall model. Most designers like to sketch their illustrations on a tall (10 head) fashion model. The clothing looks great on the tall runway models. You will still count off the 10 heads as I suggest on the static illustration in the sketching lesson I showed you in the last post. In my action figure illustration you can see the the model looks like she is moving forward. Her back leg is away from the front leg and she does not look like she is falling over. This is because her weight is distributed between both of her legs. If that were not the case she would look like she is falling over. The simple rule of thumb is that from her earlobe to the floor will be somewhere between her legs, I have drawn what is called the balance line on this illustration.If the model is leaning against a pole or holding on to one you can break the balance rule. Again practice practice. Check out some of my other illustrations here and you can find the balance line, so they look like they are standing up straight. Taking a class in figure drawing is a good option to learn more about how to draw fashion figures Other options are to draw your garments only. in the industry we call these FLATS. I will post more information about how to draw posts. The must show all details about the garment including seams,darts etc. This will indicate as to how the pattern should be made.Backstage Fashion Show

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