Fashion Illustration By Anik Pujiati

Anik Pujiati is an blogger who posts beautiful and creative illustrations of Islamic fashion. Her designs are always colourful and rich in detail .

She is working in a government agency, but he has a hobby and skill in creating fashion illustrations, especially the fashion for Muslim women. The illustrations are rich with color and detail.
Many people think he is a professional designer, but it is only self-taught.

There were several bids from entrepreneurs who want to cooperate with him, but apparently until now she still likes to work alone.

Check out her illustrations:

 

 

How to Draw Fashion Illustrations

 

1. Draw a body template. If you will be drawing a lot of clothes, you will not want to draw the body every time- just the clothes. But drawing clothes without the body sometimes results in incorrectly proportioned results.
2. If you doubt your ability, simply trace one from a book or magazine or ask a skilled friend to do it for you.
3. Scan your body drawing. if you have computer skills, put it in Photoshop or other similar application and make it so that there are 4-8 of the body on the page. Print a few sheets out. If you aren nott a computer whiz, just photocopy
4. You can start by drawing clothes you want, things you have seen that you liked, or how you would modify your own clothes if you could. 
5. If you like the drawing, you can outline it in black and add color.

illustration by Anik Pujiati

 

Originality is Important

Originality is important, because it would be characteristic of a fashion designer.

Most beginners have a good deal of inhibition about creating original fashion sketches. A few pointers will help to showing how simple it is to acquire originality.

First of all, don't worry about it. It will come naturally after thorough groundwork and practice.  For instance, take an authentic pattern pamphlet. Use the pose of one figure for your sketch and the dress of another (preferably a different pose). 

This changing of poses and dresses is an excellent exercise for the amateur.

Take your clipping file as a suggestion for a pose. However, the artist should never copy another sketch or pose exactly. 

If he is using a sketch for a suggestion, he should change some part of the pose If the model in the clipping has both hands on her hips, place one hand on her hat or down at her side, or turn the head for your sketch. 

Photographs offer another means of developing originality and are especially recommended for wash drawings. Nearly all fashion magazines reproduce pictures of smartly dressed women. 

Practise copying them, remembering to change the figure to fashion proportions.

The best method of all for creating original sketches is to have a live model pose for you. Let the model take her pose, and you study it. 

illustration by Sanny Puspo

How to Create Fashion Figures?

In fashion illustration you must retain the basic proportions of the human form from head to crotch, only add extra length to the legs to give dramatic stylised effect and give your designs more dynamic appeal.

In drawing your figure should be drawn long and slim with squared off shoulders and very unrealistically elongated legs. It will look extremely out of proportion, as the legs tend to be exaggeratedly long. The waist must be drawn very slender.

In drawing your figure, remember that the waist is one third down from the top of the figure. It is most important to show this important aspect of the figure, which will add to the elegance of your croquis.

illustration by Sanny Puspo

The Fashion Figure is not the same with The Human Figure

The Fashion Figure is not the same with The Human Figure
There is a vast difference between the fashion figure and the human figure. 

The greatest difference is in the height of the two figures. 

The fashion figure is always taller, more graceful and more seductive in line.

The variance in other ways may be summed up in a few words: the fashion figure is higher busted, broader and squarer shouldered, and narrower, very narrow, in the hips. The proportions vary from season to season to exploit more perfectly the current modes, but these are the general high points to remember.

The average human figure is seven and one-half heads tall, whereas a fashion figure may be from eight to ten heads tall, - in extreme mannequin types, as many as twelve heads. 

However, the height of the fashion figure should be governed by the length of the head and the width of the shoulders. This added height lends sophistication, grace and smartness to the figure - qualities that are envied by the majority of women and therefore enhance the appeal of an advertisement.

Fashion Illustration

Fashion Illustration is the communication of fashion that originates with illustration, drawing and painting.

Fashion Illustration is the communication of fashion designs through drawing. 

Fashion Illustration gives freedom to portray fashion as the artist wishes. Unlike fashion design, there are fewer boundaries in which you can express your artistic point of view opposed to your flawless sewing skills. 

The main focus is the fashion figure used for draping the clothing onto. The true female figure measures seven to eight head lengths in height; the fashion figure measures nine to ten head lengths, resulting in a move slender figure.

In fashion drawing the basic proportions of the human form from head to crotch are retained, while extra length is added to the legs to give dramatic stylised effect and give the illustrator's designs more dynamic appeal. The body is usually drawn slim with squared off shoulders and very elongated.

It is usually commissioned for reproduction in fashion magazines as one part of an editorial feature or for the purpose of advertising and promoting fashion makers, fashion boutiques and department stores.

Fashion Illustration gives freedom to portray fashion as the artist wishes. Unlike fashion design, there are fewer boundaries in which you can express your artistic point of view opposed to your flawless sewing skills. 

Illustration by Sanny Puspo