Hi everyone! Today I'm going to share with you something that is near and dear to me. Something that is a big part of my life, yet something I haven't paid much attention to in over a decade. That is fashion illustration.
Watch: Fashion Portrait n.1 in an upcoming series
HOW I GOT TO FASHION ILLUSTRATION
I studied fashion design and absolutely loved the amount of art that the 4 years of studies provided! I especially appreciate learning anatomy and how to draw portraits. That is something that has stayed with me. The whole fashion thing sort of fell off the table because I wasn't a good seamstress, and there weren't really any opportunities in my country for fashion designers, much less for fashion illustrators. So I kept art as my hobby, occasionally making some money doing custom portraits.
I also ventured into other areas, such as digital and vector art, but always seemed to come back to the traditional hand rendering. There is just something special about feeling the texture of the paper under the pencil, and same goes for the paint brush and watching colors blend into each other. Yet at one point I completely left all color and went after line art, and from there started creating primarily adult coloring books. (Those are available at My Amazon Store and you can also search my name on the DE site and others as well.)
Then I started sharing my artwork on my YouTube channel (my new channel's link below) and soon realized that somehow, full color looks better even to my own eye in a video format. So I went back to painting. Whether that was watercolors or creating the same effect with Tombow dual brush pens. And then after seeing some beautiful artwork on Pinterest I felt that fashion illustration is something I miss, but also decided to combine it with my love for portraits, and so create a series of fashion portraits specifically.
And so here we are. This is a fun project for me, taking me back to school but working with my skill now as it has developed more over the years. I will be sharing this series on my new YouTube channel. If you enjoy this type of stuff (and more art in general) please check it out and support me there! And when you subscribe and click the bell, you will be notified when I upload a new video again.
Thank you for stopping by to read. I appreciate it. :) Have a great day!
Kate Holloman
PS: It’s probably been years since I’ve joined last, but here we go: Paint Party Friday - hi everyone! :)
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