Mixed-Media Fashion Illustration
A course by user10284595 surname10284595 , Fashion Illustrator and Art Director
Joined April 2022
Create trend-led fashion illustrations for magazines and advertising using mixed media techniques
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
- 100% positive reviews (34)
- 698 students
- 16 lessons (3h 17m)
- 16 additional resources (4 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Italian
- Italian · Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Polish · Dutch
- 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
A course by user10284595 surname10284595
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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The course is truly engaging because it teaches a new perspective on drawing with an extremely creative look at the world of fashion illustration. The teacher is very good. Advised.
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Very interesting and well explained.
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very good
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A fantastic course, one of the best!
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I'm really enjoying the course and the freedom of strokes and painting. Very creative.
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