Draw Fashion Illustrations

Drawing clothes is fun and easy once you get the hang of it. It improves your fashion sense and lets you practice your drawing skills.

Steps

Make a body template to draw on. If you will be drawing a lot of clothes, you won't want to draw the body every time- just the clothes. But drawing clothes without the body sometimes results in incorrectly proportioned results.
Draw a body. If you doubt your ability, simply trace one from a book or magazine or ask a skilled friend to do it for you. Make it the right kind of body- if you'll be sketching kids' clothes, draw a kid's body. More advanced fashion designers can draw the same body from different angles. If you want to draw a figure at an angle, make note that some parts of their body will automatically become bigger or smaller, and the head or torso may be slanted, so the clothing on the figure may also be slanted to give the 3D or live effect.
Scan your body drawing. If you have computer skills, put it in Photoshop or other similar application and make it so that there are 4-8 of the body on the page. Print a few sheets out. If you aren't a computer whiz, just photocopy the body.
Draw! Assuming you have ideas, this is the fun part. If not, you can start by drawing clothes you want, things you've seen that you liked, or how you would modify your own clothes if you could.
If you like the drawing, you can outline it in black and add color.
Make your favorite ones into clothes.