Life Drawing Fashion Croquis

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This quarter of Life Drawing was my first real experience drawing the body from life or otherwise besides drawing fashion croquis. To say that any previous attempts to draw the body were unsuccessful would be a major understatement, so I was both excited for and dreading this class. During the first several weeks, I doubted that I would be able to even complete any of the projects- with or without time restrictions- and certainly not complete them to the standard that I am used to producing. Both fears proved to be well-founded, as I struggled with both meeting deadlines and producing work that I would not be too ashamed to turn in. I cannot say that I am necessarily proud of the work I have produced so far, but I am happy to see my improvement …show more content…

I will need to create beautiful, well-proportioned illustrations of clients in my designs in order to give them an idea of the finished product, and to give myself an idea of how their bodies move and feel and look so that I can design appropriately. The ability to draw the figure has already made me more aware of how people are built, even when I am not drawing. As that perception develops, I am hoping that I will be able to instinctually look at someone’s body and be able to “decode” it in a sense and quickly figure out what silhouette, print, fabric, etc. would be the most …show more content…

I will need to know how the body is constructed, moves, and attaches in order to know the same for any garment I create. I will need to know which parts of the body tend to be more muscled and toned, which are more sinuous, and which are fuller and softer so that when I am taking measurements and sewing a garment, I can picture where each seem, hem, and accent hit on the body so that the garment is flattering and comfortable. The body simultaneously acts as both the pedestal for and the vocal point of any garment, and I feel those two functions should work in equilibrium, despite the tendency of the fashion world to sway more towards the moving (sometimes barely moving) pedestal role. I believe that clothing should be conceptualized with the body as a foundation, instead of just being imagined as an independent entity that the body is then shoved into for display, so without understanding the foundation, any designs would likely crumble, no matter how incredible they look on paper. Colin McDowell wrote about this very relationship in The Anatomy of Fashion, which is an in-depth study of how each portion of the body has been adorned throughout time and what those methods of adornment say about the

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