Getting Started with Fashion Illustration

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In the latest issue of Style Sample magazine, Maddie of Sprinkle Diary interviewed the three talented fashion illustration students behind xAZD Design. If you're interested in trying your hand at fashion illustration, here are some resources to get you started:

Books

• Stylishly Drawn:Contemporary Fashion Illustration showcases the work of 29 of the world's top fashion illustrators.
• Fashion Artist guides you through key drawing and design techniques.
• Fashion Sketchbook provides a comprehensive course on sketching the fashion figure,fabric shapes, and garment details.

Online

• In How to Work with a Fashion Illustrator, blogger Danielle Meder addresses illustration projects from the artist's point of view.
• Fashion Sketches offers a step-by-step guide to drawing a fashion sketch, including tools you'll need.
• Fashion Lessons blog offers basic video tutorials as well as step-by-step instructions.

Video

• Drawing Garments for Fashion Illustration
• FIT grad Tu-Anh Nguyen created a Fashion Drawing for Beginners video series.

Inspiration

• Designfeedr posted a collection of 80 Excellent Examples of Mixed-Media Fashion Illustration
• Final Fashion is a wonderful resource for all manner of information and inspiration.

 Illustration by Kate Yan