Drawing People In Cute Outfits

Fashion Inspired Illustration

What you’ll learn
Draw stylized characters in clothes inspired by fashion or your own imagination
How to simplify the shapes, fabrics, folds, and shadows so you create cool outfits that will make your characters stand out
About proportions, silhouettes, and character poses
Techniques of how you can work with real-life references and translate them into your stylized character design
Requirements
Comfortable with being inspired and trying things out on your own
iPad supporting Procreate & Apple Pencil or other supported stylus
Know illustration fundamentals
Description
Learn to draw people in outfits using simple shapes.Drawing characters in cool outfits is always fun! It can add a lot of personality and stories to your illustrations.If you want to feel more comfortable drawing stylized characters in clothes inspired by fashion or your own imagination, this class is for you!In this class. we will go on a journey of designing stylized characters in outfits using simple shapes, fun colors, textures, and details, so you get more comfortable and have a strong foundation when drawing characters inspired by fashion trends and your own imagination.We will be practicing with fun exercises, to make the whole experience more delightful!You will learn:How to simplify the shapes, fabrics, folds, and shadows so you create cool outfits that will make your characters stand outAbout proportions, silhouettes, and character posesTechniques of how you can work with real-life references and translate them into your stylized character designYou will gain solid skills for developing your character design style further.By the end of the class, you will make one or more character fashion illustrations and you will have a bunch of ideas for even more fashion designs, expressing your fashion design sense and ideas!To help you with the exercises, you will get access to the following freebies:Templates with references to drawing fabrics, and posing the charactersCheat sheet for character proportionsFigure template to style your charactersAnd a bunch of photo references to prompt your imaginationI will be using Procreate, but feel free to use any other drawing software or medium you prefer.Let’s get started with expanding your horizons and drawing awesome characters!See you in the class!© Copyright Iva Mikles | All Rights Reserved | Class content & structure for educational purposes only

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 About the class

Lecture 3 Class project & resources

Section 2: Theory and practice

Lecture 4 Hanging fabrics

Lecture 5 Shadows on the trousers

Lecture 6 Practice 1: Simplify the folds

Lecture 7 Practice 2: Style the shadows

Lecture 8 Practice 3: Sleeve

Lecture 9 Practice 4: Stylize the sleeve

Lecture 10 Silhouettes

Lecture 11 Proportions

Lecture 12 Poses and proportions

Lecture 13 Proportions and styling

Section 3: Character illustration

Lecture 14 Inspiration

Lecture 15 Setting up

Lecture 16 Character sketch

Lecture 17 Color blocking

Lecture 18 Texture and adjustments

Lecture 19 Details and effects

Lecture 20 Extra character inspiration

Section 4: How did it go?

Lecture 21 How did it go?

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