Essential Fashion Illustration: Color and Medium

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Rosa Bocharán

The coat is drawn with a soft

pencil. To create the guides

for applying color, the buttons,

the details of the belt, the

shoulders, and the sleeve

and the marks of the creases

formed by the position of

the material, are all drawn

in detail.

A wide-tip marker is used

to apply an even layer of

red, to provide the base color.

Some areas are left white

to give light to the garment.

With a black fine-tip marker

the lines of the tartan are

drawn, following the form

and movement of the fabric.

Marker

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Tartan Overcoat

Several layers are applied to

achieve the areas of shading,

which give the garment

volume. A darker tone can

also be used for this. The

black lines of the pattern are

completed and given detail,

and then the backstitches are

marked with a white marker.

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Rosa Bocharán

The figure is drawn in pencil

in the desired posture. Because

the leggings are going to be

illustrated, the most

recommended posture is one

with one leg in front of the

other to be able to clearly see

the design. The silhouette of

the leggings is marked, which

being lycra has no creases or

folds.

The geometric pattern is

drawn, taking into account

that the form of the body

and its movements must be

followed, hence straight lines

are avoided. An initial base

layer is applied with each

color, leaving white spaces

for the light and divisions.

Marker

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Lycra Leggins with a Sixties Pattern

To achieve darker tones,

several layers of each color

are applied until the desired

tones are obtained. Being

lycra, the color is quite even,

so only volume on the legs is

marked. For better definition,

the drawing is outlined with

a fine-tip marker.

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Rosa Bocharán

A flat drawing of the sneaker

is done without details, only

marking the main lines that

separate one color from

another. A soft pencil is used

in case anything needs to be

erased, and so that there are

no marks and the result is

clean.

Three colors are used for the

sneaker: red, dark gray, and

a very light gray to then

make the shading from the

white. With a wide-tip

marker a layer of each color

is applied, and, being an

opaque material, white

spaces are not left for the

highlights.

Marker

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