How to Draw Fashion Illustration: Fashion Figure 101
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Today, I’m excited to bring you some easy step-by-step instructions to creating a fashion figure. As soon as you know the basics, creating a fashion illustration will be so much easier. Hope you’ll find it fun and helpful! And if you love fashion illustration as much as I do, check out my Fashion Illustration class on Skillshare where I share all the basics about drawing a figure, finding great poses and painting illustration with watercolor.
There is no THE RIGHT WAY nor THE ONLY WAY to draw a fashion figure. Every artist has his/her own particular style so don’t be intimidated by the variety of tutorials and different techniques. All you need is to learn the basics and choose the technique that works for you.
It’s important to first understand the human body, how it moves, and how it is shaped so you can create realistic looking sketches.
There is a big difference between real human body proportions and fashion illustration proportions. If you measure a figure in heads, an average female figure will be 8 heads tall (example below). In fashion illustration we change the proportions to make the figure look taller and it can become 8-10 heads. Every illustrator adds their own style. Some artists exaggerate proportions to make their sketches stand up and be recognizable.
Here is a simple formula that I use to draw a fashion illustration
Tools:
Paper, Pencil, Sharpener, Eraser, Colored pencils or markers
Step 1
Draw 9 inch vertical line -so it’s easy to divide it into 9 parts – it will be the balance line
Step 2:
Divide the line into 9 equal parts (each part will be the size of the head)
At the beginning you can use a ruler but after some practice you will feel pretty confident and will draw without itStep 3
At the top (part1) draw a head (egg/oval shape)
Step 4
Now lets find the lines for the neck, bust, waist, hips, crotch, knees and ankles.
1 1/3 heads -the neck and shoulder line
2 1/4 heads -bust line
3 heads – waist and elbow line
4 heads- hips line
4 1/4 -crotch line
6 heads-knees
8 heads -ankles
Step 5
Shoulders will be about 1 1/2 -2 heads wide
The waist is 1 head wide
Hips -1 1/4 heads wide
Draw the figure, don’t pay attention to rough lines, when the proportions are correct, make the lines smooth.
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Step 6
Draw the legs and leave the last part for the feet.
The thighs (from hips to knee) and the calves (from knee to ankle) are the same length
Step 7
Draw the arms-elbows are at the waist line (3 heads)
Hand starts at the crotch area and ends a little above the mark 5
Hope this tutorial was helpful, please let me know if you have any questions and what would you like to learn in my next post and check out my Fashion Illustration class on Skillshare
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Elena
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Hi friends, Today I want to teach you the best and easiest way to sketch fashion figures back. Follow these simple steps and learn how to draw fashion figures back in 3 minutes. Don’t escape this course because you will need to draw back pose for showing the garments back details. The fashion figures back proportion and segmentation are similar to the front pose. So if you haven’t yet studied fashion figures frontal pose course, study and practice it before starting.
To Do this course, you will need white bond paper A3, design board size A3, automatic pencil and eraser.
How to sketch Fashion Figures back
Blocking the figures back
- With a little space draw a vertical line form up to drown. Divide it into 8.5 equal sections.
- Draw the head, on the first section.
The head length is the figure’s body length measurement unit and head width is your figures body width measurement unit. Don’t forget just like frontal pose, the head width should be exactly 2/3 of head length. So try to draw it flawless. - Draw the shoulder-line, waist-line, and hip-line respecrively at the places 1.5, 3 and 4 in width 1, 1.25 and 2 head width.
- Draw basic shape of figures hands and feet exactly same as front pose.
The foot shape form back pose can be seen shorter than the frontal pose. So that, divide the lase 1/2 section into three equal sections. In the up 2/3, draw the foot shape into a small trapezoid.
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- From the back view, the neck starts slightly upper.
To determine the exact location of starting, divide the head length into three equal sections. The middle of down 1/3 is the starting point of the neck from the back view.
- Draw the necklines at a distance of 1/2 head width, on both sides of the centerline.
- Divide the distance between chin and bust into three equal sections just like the front view. Extend the necklines to the first 1/3.
- The shoulder slope in the back is slightly more convex than the front. Therefore draw the shoulder 1mm fatter.
- Indicate the spine a little lower than the shoulder-line to the waist-line.
You will need these markings, later in coloring fashion figure. - From the end of the second section, specify the shoulder blades on both sides of the centerline.
- In the figures back, the armpit just starts form below the shoulder joints. Draw the distance from armpit to near the bust line slightly fatter (1mm) than front.
- Draw a curve line a little inside, 1/3 up the waistline and 1/3 down the waistline.
- Draw the hip, slightly more circular than front view.
- To draw the hip, at first you have to specify the crotch. It is located a little lower than fornt pose. Do down about 3mm and mark.
- The hip shape is drawn in two cheeks that placed one on the other. Divide the distance between the waistline and hip line into three equal sections. A little lower than first 1/3, is the place that the cheeks start.
- Draw the cheeks as shown.
Figures Foot in Back View
- The foot crotch is seen as a hole. So draw feet to knee with somewhat distance of inside.
- Draw the outside parts of the feet form hips to knee.
- From knees to ankles, draw just like front view. The feet shape in back pose are similar to front pose but isted of drawing knee, draw _/ shape to indicate knee back.
- Draw the ridge of ankles bone and also feet.
How to Draw Figures hand
- Draw outside of hand with 1mm distance form basic shape.
- Form the back of the figure, parts of hands can’t be seen. Therefore draw the inside of hand slightly lower than the bust line.
- the hands from back pose are seen as a pinky finger, a part of thumb and the shadow of the other fingers. So draw the hands of the fashion figure and specify the elbow as a U shape.