favourite eras of fashion

twenties
















sixties

the big eyes!!!



 - this a fave picture of mine as i love high waisted denim shorts with a casual tee..





Moschino 60s catwalk

fashion figures

If I want to get better at my fashion illustrations then I need to do some research to help my drawings improve..
Designers use fashion figure drawings to express their ideas on paper. Generally, each designer has a signature fashion figure they use over and over. This figure is generally lanky, with extremely long body and thin limbs.
I found this technique quite helpful..





there were other techniques and some inspirational drawings aswell..

Even though these are nice and perfect and all..
I like my drawings to have a difference to them.I think this started when I realised my weakness is drawing perfectly straight focused lines,and I work a lot better sketching,mostly squiggly lines.Drawings that are more abstract and fine art rather than perfectly thin shaped bodies..4

 

fashion illustration

Exisiting fashion illustrators i like..
Antonio Lopez
Antonio Lopez is the Picasso of fashion illustration. He captured the pulse of style from the 60s to the 80s, and is still revered as the most inspiring illustrator by today’s practitioners. He worked with a variety of materials including pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, watercolor and polaroid film. His work appeared frequently in Vogue, Harper’s bazzar, Elle.

for vanity 1983

andy warhol 1978

 for Karl Lagerfield

 Mademouiselle 

Jason Brooks..

 miss smith

FRANÇOIS BERTHOUD

David Downtown

paint

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRfe1skdQfA
 Chuck Close

frankzilla

Casting

This is heather when i cast her face using clingfilm around her face to protect her and her skin(VERY IMPORTANT) and using modroc and water to cast it..Weve done this before in the past and i loved it then too.Obviously not casting all around the face because then she'd be stuck in there forever..she trusts me enough not to do that..also leaving the nostril area open so she can breathe,obviously..

After the making of the modroc cast,we had then to make the solid block cast with plaster..

What happens is,first of all with some soft soap and a brush,lather the inside of your modroc mask in the soft soap with a few layers until it becomes shiny.This is so the plaster doesnt stick to the modroc mask and so the modroc peels off the plaster easily.

When that is done,before carrying on,make sure you're wearing protection for your clothing as heather demonstrates on the picture above..a face mask covering your mouth and nose because there is a big dust hazard,and gloves if you prefer not to have plaster on your hands.

With a clean working area and a clean bucket,pour water into the bucket only about a quarter full,then add the casting plaster,this is where the dust gets dangerous so make sure youre careful when adding it to your bucket,gently tease it in.

When thats done,start to mix the water and plaster with yours hands slowly,and it will gradually get thicker after a few minutes or so.When it gets to the point of almost like whipped cream,you can then apply it to the inside of the modroc mask,make sure to be quick but not rushed and for this to work the plaster has to be thick around the sides of the mask so it doesnt crack fall to pieces..

When it is dry after a few minutes no more,you can then peel off the modroc carefully,this is what i ended up with..

Body Casting

Artist Research:

Antony Gormley

I have looked at Gormleys work before in previous projects and i loved his work.Gormley uses his own body to cast for his work..

George Segal

Segal is a lot different to Gormley in comparison,as Gormley does more simple work as just his body cast in an average shape,still good and intriguing.Where as Segal uses more shapes in the body,more out there with his sculptures,he also casts the clothes on the people and makes them very realistic.each one of his sculptures are in different positions,either natural poses or very odd which makes me favourite segal slightly..