The complete beginner’s guide to fashion illustrationfrom one of Japan’s leading designers!

This fascinating guide for budding fashion designers and illustrators shows youhow to draw human figures accurately with a full range of fabrics, garments andaccessories. It explains clearly all the techniques used by professionaldesigners and illustrators with hundreds of examples to study and learn from!

Author Hiroko Fukuchi, one of Japan’s leading fashion illustration teachers,shares insider tips and techniques to help you master the art of fashiondrawingfrom sketching realistic human figures to illustrating stylish outfitsand textured fabrics

The detailed chapters in this book present all the essential information youneed to know:

• Drawing the Human Figure: Master the proportions of male and female figures, including heads, hands, arms, legs, and torsos

• Drawing Fabrics on the Body: Learn to render various fabrics and textiles with folds, gathers, wrinkles and shadows and how to draw them draped over the body using different types of pens and media

• Illustrating and Designing Clothes: Learn to draw a wide range of individual garments as well as stunning ensembles and accessories, including skirts, dresses, shirts, pants, jackets, shoes, bags, bras, panties and much more!

• Getting Creative with Colors and Fabrics: Explore patterns, surface textures, and color palettes to elevate your illustrations with depth and personality

This comprehensive guide delivers all the foundational skills taught in topTokyo fashion schoolsperfect for self-study or supplementing a formal designcourse!

About the Author

Hiroko Fukuchiis a lecturer in fashionillustration and design at Sugino Fashion College in Tokyo. She also teaches atDressmaker Gakuin and Wayo Women’s University and creates illustrations forbooks and apparel designers. She has contributed to many fashion books includingModalina’sIllustrated Book of Fashion, Modalina’s Illustrated Book of Men’s FashionandHowto Draw a Suit. This is her first book in English.