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However, please note that the picture below is for a 10-head croquis, and I am teaching an 8.5-head croquis, so not all of the numbers will be the same. Ten-head croquis are very similar, though, and are often used in high fashion illustrations because the figure’s legs are very long and exaggerated.
It’s time to add those small details – a face, hair, fingers, toes – that will make your croquis complete! (Besides clothes, of course!) Here are some example drawings and pointers that should help you with each.
Face
Lips
Keep it simple, and don’t put too much detail into the lips, especially since they will be so small. (So in other words, not as detailed as the ones above. I just put that picture there as a basic reference for the shape of women’s lips.) Feel free to play around with the shape, width, and thickness of the lips, as they vary from person to person and can create different stylistic feels.
Eyes
As with the lips, don’t make eyes quite as detailed as these, but these give you an idea of a variety of types of ways that you can draw (and later illustrate) eyes. Focus on the eyelashes and the arch of the eyebrows. The eyebrows can make a huge statement within you croquis. Old garageband free download for mac.
Croquis For Fashion Illustrations
Hair
Obviously, the options for styling the hair are endless! The style doesn’t matter, as long as you, once again, keep it fairly simple. Your don’t want to detract from the rest of you croquis, especially once you add clothing. Some fashion illustrators use hair to show movement. Whatever you choose, the hair should compliment and go with whatever clothing you end up putting on the croquis.
Fingers/Toes
The main point here is to keep the fingers long and elegant as opposed to short and stubby. Toes will obviously be a bit more stubby, but thankfully, toes are hidden in most shoes. Since the hands of croquis can be distracting if not drawn correctly, sometimes it is best that if you haven’t mastered the drawing of hands, or cannot get the hands looking somewhat realistic, keep the hand more stylized in one shape (representing all the fingers). Fashion illustration does not always have to be literal and is often stylized and/or tailored to the illustrator’s strengths.
Fashion Design Croquis
Now you have mastered the croquis. Let’s get to adding on some clothes!