FASHION ILLUSTRATION STYLES
Realism, semi-realism, decorative style, flat and minimalism, grotesque, “vanish” technique, fashion doll, quick sketch - let’s learn to understand the styles of fashion illustration together!
- Realism
- Semi-Realism
- Decorative style
- Flat and Minimalism
- Grotesque
- “Vanish” technique
- Quick Sketch
REALISM
Realism requires great skills and technique, and of course lots of practicing.
If this style is relatable to you, and you want to work in it, then you need a basic knowledge of human anatomy and proportions, as well as constructing objects, perspective and chiaroscuro.
Academic and life drawing help a lot to sharpen all these skills.
SEMI-REALISM
That means drawing in a pretty realistic, but stylized manner.
The style is preferred by artists who mostly draw portrait illustrations, looks from fashion shows and those who like detailing.
It can also include surrealistic or fantasy illustrations with more or less realistic features.
Learn to draw in different styles with courses from Fantasy Room Online. On the course “Profession of a fashion illustrator: from beginner to professional”, our students will work in the most such painting techniques as watercolor, alcohol markers, gouache, ink, collage. And also in the program of the course: a lot of fashion images, we will learn how to convey the texture and texture of the fabric, draw faces of different races and illustration of fashion accessories.
And on Fashion Illustration in Procreate, we will draw in the Procreate program on the iPad. We will also go through the basics: a figure and a portrait, learn how to convey the textures of different fabrics, we will stylize our illustrations and create animation.
Learn to draw in different styles with courses from Fantasy Room Online. On the course “Profession of a fashion illustrator: from beginner to professional”, our students will work in the most such painting techniques as watercolor, alcohol markers, gouache, ink, collage. And also in the program of the course: a lot of fashion images, we will learn how to convey the texture and texture of the fabric, draw faces of different races and illustration of fashion accessories.
And on Fashion Illustration in Procreate, we will draw in the Procreate program on the iPad. We will also go through the basics: a figure and a portrait, learn how to convey the textures of different fabrics, we will stylize our illustrations and create animation.
DRAWING HUMAN
ANIMAL SKETCH
DECORATIVE STYLE
That involves realistic drawing of some elements and flat color filling of others.
Usually such drawings are supplemented with floral or any other decorative patterns.
It is suitable for magazine and book illustrations, and requires precision, knowledge of anatomy and such skills as color combination and lining.
Alphonse Mucha is considered to be the father of this style!
FLAT AND MINIMALISM
Some objects of the illustration can be represented by just a line or a colored spot and occasional texture adding.
The style is really neat, which means there is no place for sketch sloppiness.
It is very popular in magazine illustration and is often used by web and motion designers!
The style can be combined and complemented with others, such as grotesque, naïve and decorative realism!
GROTESQUE
This art style is based on the distortion of a depicted object or of the whole picture.
Main features here are highly distorted, hyperbolized or deliberately reduced proportions of objects and perspective.
For such, it is extremely important to keep the balance in composition, plasticity and stylistics of the whole illustration.
The style goes well with both minimalism and decorative style! It requires experience, knowledge of form and plasticity of figures, great lining skills, and don’t forget about your rich imagination!
“VANISH” TECHNIQUE
This style is usually used for drawing portraits and fashion show looks and includes great face detailing and portrait similarity, but on the other hand intentional incompleteness. Images seem to blend in the background, faces are overly bright, or with just a half of the face clear and the other partially missing, some body parts are underdrawn. Lining and clothing look is stylized, with occasional colored spots.
Such illustrations seem light and sometimes unfinished, but this impression is misleading!
They look really bright when done in watercolor, ink, markers or pastel, but digital works well too!
QUICK SKETCH
The main task here is to recreate the look without overly detailing it. It is important to convey the overall impression and the essence of what you are drawing!
To master this technique, you must set yourself a specific time frame, like 5 to 10 minutes for each sketch.
The models don't have much time to pose long in front of the artist at fashion shows, it is necessary to capture the image as quickly as possible, so you can finish drawing some smaller details afterwards!
This style is better done in digital, but traditional marker, pencil and watercolor techniques work great if you're good enough with those!
LET’S SUMMARIZE:
Search for new inspiring references, check other illustrators’ works and current trends, and raise your watchfulness.
It is important to understand that a unique style is not formed in one day or one work, that means restructuring of your perception and practicing new skills.
Search for new inspiring references, check other illustrators’ works and current trends, and raise your watchfulness.
It is important to understand that a unique style is not formed in one day or one work, that means restructuring of your perception and practicing new skills.
