Mixed-Media Fashion Illustration
A course by aassfgghhhh, Fashion Illustrator and Art Director
Joined April 2022
Create trend-led fashion illustrations for magazines and advertising using mixed media techniques
Joined April 2022
When art and fashion meet, it's like fireworks. The result of this flashy combination is fashion illustration, which gives us dazzling depictions of trends, styles, and outfits from the catwalk. In this online course, explore this glamorous world alongside Lucia Emanuela Curzi, illustrator and art director who has years of industry experience working with magazines and brands like Vogue, Vanity Fair, Christian Louboutin, and Tod's.
Lucia Emanuela teaches you to create fashion illustrations using mixed media techniques, from watercolors and ink to pastels and collage. Develop your personal style and create a series of pencil sketches of a current trend. Then choose your favorite and turn it into a clean illustration with color and details. Get ready to fuse art and fashion to spark your inner creativity.
What will you learn in this online course?
16 lessons & 16 downloads
What's included in this course?
Begin by getting to know Lucia Emanuela Curzi, illustrator, art director, and your teacher for the course. She tells you about her creative journey into fashion illustration and how moving to a new city changed her career, along with the influences that inspire her work.
Look at the materials needed for the course and the different types of media you can use to develop your own style. Examine key features like the eyes, mouth, hair, and face and learn to depict them is a stylized fashion with simple lines before doing a set of exercises with India ink to find your signature mark.
Next, Lucia Emanuela shows you how to break down the human figure into basic shapes and use them to create your composition. She also demonstrates how to build a pattern collection in your sketchbook.
Now it's time to work on your illustration! Pick a current trend and compile references into a mood board. Draw several pencil sketches to determine the angle and pose that best favors the featured outfit. Then bring your illustration to life with mixed media. Start with watercolors to highlight certain aspects, incorporate extra elements with collage, and layer in the finishing touches using pastels and black ink.
Finally, perfect your piece by adding accents in white acrylic. Lucia Emanuela wraps up the course by discussing different applications for fashion drawing so you can start making designs for publishing houses, advertising agencies, events, and other businesses.
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- 881 students
- 16 lessons (3h 17m)
- 16 additional resources (4 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Italian, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese
- Italian · Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Polish · Dutch · Turkish · Romanian · Indonesian
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Create a fashion illustration based on a trend of your choice using mixed media.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone, with or without drawing experience, who wants to explore this area of illustration. Depending on your level, you may want to spend more or less time on the exercises proposed throughout the course.
Requirements and materials
Some drawing skills are recommended, but not essential.
In terms of materials, you need:
*A sketchbook
*A3 and A2-sized paper
*A pencil and eraser
*Card stock and newspaper clippings
*Colored acrylics
*Watercolors and pastels
*Charcoal and black India ink
*Different sized paintbrushes
Reviews
aassfgghhhh
A course by
Lucia Emanuela Curzi is an illustrator and art director who splits her time between London and Milan. She studied media design and the NABA in Milan with a focus on art direction. She later discovered fashion illustration and decided to pursue it, leaving her job at a production studio to move to London and take a specialized course at the London College of Fashion.
She started finding success by collaborating with magazines, displaying her work at the Victoria and Albert Museum and Tate Britain, and winning a fashion illustration contest held by Hearst Magazines. Since then, her career as an illustrator has taken off and she has worked with magazines and brands such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, The Sunday Times, Christian Louboutin, Collistar, Acqua di Parma, Tod's, Yves Saint Laurent, Tiffany, Mac Cosmetics, Harrods, and Amazon.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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U2
Fashion Drawing: The Search for Your Style
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Materials for Your Project
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The History of Fashion Illustration
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Characterization of the Parts of the Body: Eyes and Mouth
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Characterization of the Parts of the Body: Hair and Face
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The Importance of the Line
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Form and Composition
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Patterns: Create an Archive and Experiment
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U3
Your Mixed Media Illustration
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Choice of the Trend and Creation of the Mood Board
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First Sketches and Framing
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Watercolor Volumes
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Add Items in Collage
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Ink, Pastels, and Pen
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U4
Finalization and Subsequent Steps
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Line, Points of Light and Final Touches
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Who to Work with as a Fashion Illustrator
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FP
Final project
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Mixed-Media Fashion Illustration
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FAQs
The course focuses on fashion illustration, blending artistic and stylistic techniques to visually communicate outfits, accessories, and trends. You’ll learn to create fashion illustrations using watercolors, mixed media, collage, and develop your own personal style.
This is an intermediate-level course: perfect for those with basic drawing skills who want to refine their techniques and style in fashion illustration. You don’t need to be an expert, but some drawing knowledge is recommended.
You’ll need watercolor paper, watercolors, brushes, watercolor pencils, black ink, pencils, magazines for collage, and optional digital tools. All materials are easy to find at art supply stores.
You’ll learn watercolor techniques, stylization, composition, pattern creation, collage, portfolio development, material selection, and strategies to find your personal style in fashion illustration.
The course offers exercises, experimentation strategies, and inspiration to help you discover and strengthen a recognizable style, boosting your creativity and standing out in the fashion illustration market.
Yes, the course includes both traditional techniques (watercolor, ink, collage) and digital methods, giving you a comprehensive and up-to-date view of fashion illustration’s creative possibilities.
You’ll learn how to select and showcase your work effectively, building a cohesive portfolio that highlights your skills and personal style—ideal for pitching to clients and magazines.
Corso interessante e completo, dona un approccio fresco e innovativo al tema dell'illustrazione di moda inserendo anche informazioni preziose sull'uso delle tecniche artistiche. Insegnante preparata e ompetente
Ayuda a desarrollar la creatividad, me esta gustando mucho.
Hasta ahora me esta resultando interesante y super entendible.
Excelente curso!
Corso interessante, creativo e ben spiegato lo consiglio.