Fashion illustration art: how to draw fun & fabulous figures, trends & styles

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From the clothes to the pose, here's everything you need to create fierce fashion illustrations. Create fabulous fashion moments! Drawing on 20+ years of fashion illustrating experience, Jennifer Lilya uses acrylic paint and black ink to show you how to draw the clothes, poses and attitudes behind runway-worthy art. Follow her expert tips, techniques and step-by-step illustrations to draw girls that rock the look, from flirty and fun to strong and sexy. Illustrated with tons of gorgeous examples, this guide covers everything from assembling your tools and mixing skin tones to the secrets.;Title Page; Special Offers; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Tools, Tips & Techniques; Painting Supplies; Color Theory; Color Mixing; Color Mixing for Eyes, Lips and Hair; Color Drop Effect; Plaid and Fur; Painting Highlights and Shadows; Skin Tones; Full Body Skin Tone Poses; Skin Tone Color Combinations; Chapter 2: Balancing the Figure; Anatomy Basics; Balance a Standing Figure; Natural Movement; Front-Facing View; Side and Three-Quarter View; Back-Facing View; Correcting Bad Balance and Proportion; Chapter 3: Gesture Painting; Action Lines; Simple Shapes; Spiral Sketches.