In this heavily illustrated lesson, I show you how to sketch a human figure from a wooden manikin. Manikins are wonderful models; they don't move, require no bathroom breaks, and don't talk your ears off!
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![]() FIDM's Fashion Club offers a free fashion sketch tutorial to learn how to draw the nine-head fashion figure. Gather your supplies. You’ll need a pencil, eraser, ruler, and sketchpad. Sit down at your desk with the open sketchpad in front of you. Now you are ready to let your imagination take over and fill the white space with your fashion sketches! The natural figure is typically rendered as an 8-Headed Figure. The 9-Headed Fashion Figure is longer than the natural figure. Throughout these sketching lessons, we will refer to your figure as a croquis. Croquis is the French word for sketch and refers to a figure outline used as a basis to sketch designs on. Get to know this word!
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A fun and easy to follow tutorial on how to draw a fashion sketch. |
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In this tutorial, you'll find out how to draw the different proportions for the heights of people. It explains the process of measuring heights in heads, the proportions of infants and children, and compares the proportions of adult bodies. ![]() One of the cornerstones of fashion school is learning how to sketch fashion figures. However, as fashion school students learn, there’s a big difference between proper body proportions in art and in fashion. In art, the body’s proportions are measured in heads. The average figure is about 7-7 1/2 heads, including the actual head, tall. However, in fashion, the body proportions are elongatedin order to better represent the models, who are above average in height. Because of this, the figures become 8-10 heads tall. Though the basic proportions of the fashion figure are about the same — give or take 1/4-1/2 of a head — every illustrator adds their own style to the formula.
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Learn how to draw fashion figure sketches. This is an essential start for any fashion drawings. The tutorial provides details on how to get body proportions correctly, how to draw a female body, and how to position it. |
A manikin is a great tool for practicing drawing the human anatomy without the hassle of trying to find someone to pose for you. This tutorial explains how you can use a manikin to sketch the proportions of the human figure.