Hola, fashionista!
Hello fashionista!
I know I've been a bit lost from the community, because lately I've been a bit limited of time, however, today I bring you one of the last illustrations I did, inspired by the iconic red dress that Julia Roberts wore in the romantic comedy "Pretty Woman". I hope you like it a lot and here you have the process!
Fotografía de mi autoría editada en Canva / Photograph of my authorship edited in Canva
Boceto / Sketch
I started by making the sketch, drawing first a vertical line to start from there to make the head, place the shoulders, waist, hips and upper and lower extremities.
Here you can see how I did it:
Then I started sketching the dress, which is very long, with a sweetheart neckline and small puffed sleeves, I also added the accessories (necklace and gloves). At this point I didn't know whether to make a more casual version of the dress and so I omitted certain details.
I added texture to the dress, which was very important as it had a series of pleats from top to bottom.
As you can see, thanks to the folds I made, it's already taking more shape. I decided to make it long, because I wanted it to look a lot like the original or at least get some things right. I was really liking the way it looked up to this point, as it gave me that "Pretty Woman" vibe I was looking for.
Pintura / Painting
Clearly the base colour was going to be a strong red, so I started by applying a light, slightly diluted layer, making gentle strokes from the bottom upwards, always taking care of the shape of the folds.
As you could see, he was marking the areas of light and shadow at the same time. This is important, because at the moment of detailing, it is important to take into account in which parts to deepen the colour and in which others to dilute more.
In this second layer, I intensified the red colour in the areas that I felt needed depth, for example, the torso; as you can see, by adding depth in this area, the figure looks slimmer and therefore the bottom (hips) will look more voluminous.
I don't know if you have heard that some people say "if you want your torso or body part to look "slim", it is preferable to use dark colours rather than light", they say this because these colours (like black for example) tend to create an optical sensation of less volume.
To finish, I added more colour to make it look more saturated and the folds were done with a thin brush and not so diluted, as I wanted the colour to look more marked.
The final touches were made with a black pencil and I used it to highlight the creases and give a little shadow to the gloves.
Regarding the hair and accessories, I was a bit inspired by Julia Roberts' hairstyle and I didn't do the necklace exactly the same, because I wanted something simpler.
Gracias por leer y observar, espero les haya gustado mucho. Muy pronto les traeré mas inspiraciones!!
Thanks for reading and watching, I hope you liked it a lot. I will bring you more inspirations very soon!
Texto traducido en: DeepL