Last year, I took up a part time fashion illustration course to learn how to draw a perfect body, poses and of course the clothes. Armed with my 2B pencil, colour pencil and a layout pad, I learnt the art of translating my ideas into illustrations and designs.
While I'm still exploring and learning, I like to turn to these books that I bought a few years back when I was in Barcelona. These reference books and art cards show the illustrations and designs of the past. Though dated, its still inspiring to just flip through them.
The other source of inspiration is none other than the Internet. Google 'fashion illustration' and so many images and blogs will come up. The first of my favorite fashion illustration blogs is none other than Garance Dore, a fashion blog peppered with street style and fashion illustrations. Garance, who with her cute captions and pretty drawings, manages to capture carefree and stylish women around the world.
Paper Fashion is another recent blog that I found which has gorgeous illustrations using mainly watercolour. Katie Rodgers, the lady behind the illustrations transforms runway inspiration to whimsical art.
I hope these sources will inspire you to pick up a pencil and start drawing away too!
Images by myself, Garance Dore and Paper Fashion
♥,
Fal
