Week 23 - Clothes study

[wind ridge]

Welcome to Study groups!!
weekly study challenge to practice art fundamentals

for anyone who wants to join - here's reference!
Try to observe simple shapes, proportions and focus on drawing the reference accurately

WHEN POSTING INTO GALLERIES PLEASE ALWAYS ATTACH ORIGINAL REFERENCE WITH IT

general rules: use any technique, any medium and don't trace or over paint the reference!

this week study ends : <t:1757797200:f>

I will be here to help so feel free to ping me anytime
Have fun!

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here's my result!

timelapse + same study 2 years ago for comparison XD

• focus on overall shape first ( I did a sketch and then fill it with color, u can also start with blocking the shape right away)
• notice the values, avoid using only limited amount of values - notice how my old study has limited values showing only the darkest and lightest tones making everything equally important. for more depth check the reference and locate where are the lightest parts and which parts are more in shadows
• keep the edges of the overall shape sharp to make it more crispy. we are working with material that require lots of blending so in contrast to that u can pay attention to sharp edges to create some interesting areas
• notice how I've used smaller brush and shorter brush strokes only around upper part (torso), it's good way how to create focal point for your work (so not everything is too smooth out)
• the old work is for fun comparison only pls don't take anything from that one xd

[eager fern]

WUH

HUH

oh

I JUST NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE

[zenith cape]

woah.. i wanna join :3

[zenith fulcrum]

Augh I am going to try!

[lament kestrel]

This is hilarious timing cuz that's exactly what I wanted to look into 💔
Time to lock in

[lament kestrel]

Whoa -
Any tips on blending? 🥹

[zenith fulcrum]

[copper flame]

wrong channel

[honest sedge]

Love me folds
Love me lines
Simple as

[granite moat]

I only had a 3H and 6B is this alright, I didn't rly bother with the shoes

[honest sedge]

Wow

[frank harness]

I got to try this

[wind ridge]

Use brushes that blends together, for folds on lower parts I have used bigger brush, for upper parts smaller size for details and textures!

The skirt itself doesn't need that much detail, just notice shapes that the folds create!

[honest sedge]

E X T E N D

[dire hearth]

ok

[wind ridge]

use gallery channels for anything unrelated to this study

[inner moat]

heh

I think I can still render it more but I don't want to divert the focus from the dress

and it looks not as shiny as the reference

[gusty willow]

I NEED THISSSS NOWWW

Ima do a different reference though

[regal otter]

first time doing a fabric study!! its not that good but i had so much fun

[exotic galleon]

I just finished mines i used colored pencils and alcohol markers to smooth them

[gusty willow]

So pretty!

This is the sketch so far

[vagrant wagon]

I need to practice clothing folds, so this study group comes in handy !
I practiced shading simple shapes like cubes, cones and cylinders, but when it comes to clothing folds, everything seems to fall apart. If anyone happens to have some insights, that would be lovely. 😅

Thanks you yor for organizing this group, I had fun. 👍 ✨

[wind ridge]

helloo
practicing with simple shapes is definitely great idea for starting with clothes! I think the hardest part in drawing clothes is starting to think about it as 3d shape instead of flat surface. Once it clicks it get easier and u can see 3d simple shapes much faster! the skirt is a good example of using cylinders for creases and bumps so u can use shading of cylinder for each part of it

[vagrant wagon]

Hi 👋
That sounds like a great practice method, I can't wait to test this out ! 😁
Thanks a lot for the hints yor 🙏 ✨

[tribal tendon]

uuugh, i think i can improve the dress a little, any suggestions??

[tribal tendon]

i finished it, but think there is still a room for improvement, suggestions pls 🙏

[copper flame]

https://tenor.com/view/burger-eating-eating-burger-fast-gif-22115567

[wind ridge]

nice work!! keep in mind the direction of folds, some of them are almost straight lines + adding some hard edges would improve the overall look (rn it appear a bit blurry bcs of lack of hard edges)
but I would approve it as complete study so u can keep these in mind for next study and leave this one as it is if you want🫡 💯

[tribal plover]

I really think I over did it on the lower part but I wanted to put more values on the darker part but it was quite challenging but please provide some suggestions if I could improve on it I really enjoyed the process but I could not do anything creative from my part because I saw it that I have made it in more rigid way I wanted to add some creativity, please guide

[latent fractal]

I haven’t been here for a while but I saw “fold study” so ofc I’m back
Not finished yet but hopefully I’ll manage it on time!

[wind ridge]

helloo when I am starting with the study I like to notice 1) proportions and measurements (the ratio between skirt x torso, skirt x legs etc. to notice which part is the biggest/smallest to make my proportions accurate) and then 2) looking for simple shapes that I can draw without adding any details yet, for example when we break down skirt into simple shape it's easier to check for accurate shape!
with clothes study I think it's useful to check fold direction and try to follow that pattern, since every material behave a bit different and that makes it effective way how to depic it accurately. for example skirt on the ref has lots of straight lines and pretty big shapes between fold and your skirt has much less gaps between the folds so it looks like different, more flowy material!
for creative part in studies I think depends on your preferences, I prefer using my creativity in personal projects and focus purely on study in these but u can experiment with pretty much anything🫡

[tribal plover]

It was challenging tho but I really enjoyed it , awesome 😎, thank you soo much m really learning new things here

[wind ridge]

happy to hear that!!

[latent fractal]

Finished!
Decided to change colors and materials to fit my character better so I’ve made the dress velvet
If you have any criticism let me know<3

[wind ridge]

doing great!

[tribal plover]

I wanted to try this I already had blurry idea so I tried this what say

[gusty willow]

Im having a hard time doing the texture/folds any tips?

[tribal plover]

I would suggest jus try once no one is perfect if it's bad it's bad but it will only be yours jus do it

[tribal plover]

Next plz give two assignments first one compulsory and second one optional I wanted to draw something I could not find anything 😭😭

[wind ridge]

u can check #📅・daily-prompts too

[gusty willow]

Here’s it so far since I have home work :C

[upbeat frigate]

Ill probably end up submitting this last minute uh

[trim venture]

Hi! First time in the study here. This was my attempt, I know it doesn't look much like the reference, it's a bad habit of mine to draw what things without paying much attention to the ref, so my bad haha 😅. I'm not very good at drawing clothes (or anything for that matter) but it was fun, I'll accept any critique you guys have to give. Thanks for the opportunity, and thanks for reading!

[wind ridge]

hii nice work!
very good work with values, u said it yourself, check your proportions more next time and u will be fine 🫡 part of the study is practicing observation so drawing accurate proportions is good part of study, not only nailing material/colors etc