Creative Fashion Illustration Techniques
Drawing the Pose
A course by Connie Lim , Illustrator and Designer
About the video: Drawing the Pose
Overview
“In this lesson, you will see my demo of how to approach the fashion figure. I will start drawing the figure explaining each part of the body including an explanation of the anatomy. I will also show you how to use a guide point on the figure for proportion and some tips on how to draw the legs. Once you understand the body a bit more, it will be easier to understand the dynamics of the poses and apply this to every figure you want to illustrate. This is a crucial part but keep calm, as I am here to show you how to do it! ”
In this video lesson Connie Lim addresses the topic: Drawing the Pose, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Fashion Illustration Techniques. Learn how to combine traditional drawing and collage techniques to create a dynamic fashion illustration.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to start the pose. So this is the pose I've chosen for the main body of the figure. I chose this pose because the legs are exposed, so it's easier for you to use as reference. And I quite like the angles she's making with her hips. swung to the right. So I thought it could be an interesting pose rather than standing straight. This next image I chose because I quite like the hair and the styling of it and her face is facing front. Which is what we're gonna illustrate today. In this next image, I quite like her outfit, so I'm going to use this as a ba...”
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Course summary for: Creative Fashion Illustration Techniques
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Collage, Traditional illustration

Connie Lim
A course by Connie Lim
Connie Lim is a professional illustrator and designer from Los Angeles, California. She has trained at prestigious universities including the Art Center College of Art and Design Pasadena (Illustration, 2008) and UAL’s Central Saint Martins in London (Fashion Design with Marketing, 2013). As an artist specializing in fashion, she merges her love of illustration and fashion design to create unique and striking images with a strong personal vision.
Her clients include Guerlain, Bulgari, Louboutin, Bielo, and Revlon. Her work has been featured in books like Martin Dawber’s Great Big Book of Fashion Illustration, Beautiful by Gestalten, and Taschen’s The Illustrator: 100 Best from Around the World.
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