'I think MyBodyModel custom croquis will be helpful to makers because it gives us all a realistic look at what our project will be. We can re-think details, drape, add and/or take away pieces that may look great on a average croquis but not on our actual bodies. I’m very curvy so finding a croquis that looked like me was hard to come. The Curvy Croquis Sketchbook SixthandLou. 5 out of 5 stars (1) $ 20.00. Favorite Add to Plus Size Fashion Figure / Curvy Croqui Templates (POSE #2) Background Less. A croquis is a simple sketch of the figure used mostly for clothing design. The word 'croquis' is French for 'to sketch.' The croquis is a means of communicating fashion and fashion concepts via an idealized fashion form. This form, which can be male or female measure nine to ten heads high. A normal human, measures seven to eight heads high. Feb 18, 2017 - Explore Keia's board 'Fashion Croquis of All Sizes', followed by 607 people on Pinterest. See more ideas about croquis, fashion drawing, fashion illustration.
Have you used a personal croquis? Last year I decided I was going to make one. This is one of my UFOs that I’m completing this year. If I’d had any idea of how much fun I would have, I’d never have put it off!
To me, a croquis is a basic drawing used to see how clothing will look on a body – in this case, on my body.
Adjusted Hourglass Figure
I think croquis are a great concept, except I don’t look like them, not even the hourglass ones. You almost never see a croquis with shorter legs! You definitely don’t see them with a little more padding than they need, or with curly hair! I found the image on the right online and played with it to give her shorter legs, more curves, and curly hair!
I have to say, I’ve been having fun with my curvy curly girl.
Digital Paper Dolls
Here she is trying on a couple of outfits.
Here she’s wearing the top from McCall’s 7538. The original is below for comparison.I’ve been wondering about this pattern because of the emphasis at the waist. There’s a fine line between defining a curvy girl’s waist and looking like Jessica Rabbit.
Here she is with the same pattern, but wearing one of the dress options.
I’m not loving this dress on her. It makes her hips look even wider.
However, this dress shape is from the same pattern. I can see right away this is a better shape for my curvy curly girl.
For all three of these clothing images, I copied the image from the web, played with it in Photoshop to remove the background, layered it over a photo of my girl, then adjusted the height and width to fit her figure. It sounds like a lot of work, but it only took a few minutes for each image. I found it rather fun. It really is like playing with digital paper dolls.
It was also very helpful in seeing how the dress design would look on my shape.
Beautiful Croquis
Gwen, a fellow blogger, goes beyond a simple croquis outline and does an illustration of herself in the garment she plans to make. I love it! Here’s an image from Calm Under Tension(used with permission).
Curvy Fashion Croquis
Isn’t this fabulous? I marvel at Gwen’s drawings as much as I admire her makes. Gwen is a fellow lingerie-maker, so I know you’ll love her blog too.
Personal Croquis
Where did this whole desire to make my own croquis even get started? I received an email with this video. This is a great tutorial that takes you through the steps to create a personal croquis. It’s on the Threadswebsite. The video goes through the whole process. I love seeing how something is done rather than reading how.
Making a croquis has been a goal of mine since this tutorial came out, so I finally did it. Here’s the beginning of mine.
In the video, the next step is to learn to draw your figure out, much like Gwen’s above, and draw the dress, or clothing on it. Here’s the final image from the Threads’ tutorial.
Yes, this is very much like what Gwen is doing. I may try it at some time, but I have to admit, I’m pretty happy playing with my digital paper doll and using the simple outline. It does exactly what I’m wanting as an outline.
Here’s my very basic croquis. She’s my measurements and my proportions, which I was quite surprised to find out were very close my curvy curly girl above. The curvy curly has a more exaggerated waist, and her legs are longer. I gave my croquis nicer curly hair, which resembles mine.
This last image gives me a really good indication of how that same McCall’s dress will look on me. I like it! Happy creating!
Last Friday I shared my rant on some men’s view of height to which a fellow writer replied with a quote by Johnny Depp in Don Juan DeMarco:
Update mac from el capitan. “One must see beyond what is visible to the eye…When I say that all my woman are dazzling beauties, they object. The nose of this one is too large; the hips of another, they are too wide; perhaps the breasts of a third, they are too small. But I see these women for how they truly are… glorious, radiant, spectacular, and perfect… because I am not limited by my eyesight… I search out the beauty that lies within until it overwhelms everything else.”
So I decide that next time I am confronted with such ignorance I plan to say “Oh, I see your limited by you’re eyesight. That’s a shame.” This rebut can and should be liberally applied.
That goes for you too Gals. If the quote above show anything we as women need to quit judging ourselves by the skin we wear. Let your beauty radiate.So as promised I have finished new basic croquis templates. My Wacom Tablet decided now would be the time to go on the fritz. i.e. quit working all together. Zoom install macos. So these babies are hand drawn. I had promised…. so there was no letting you down for the umpteenth time.
After posting my curvaceous croquis I got numerous requests for a back view. And Croquis Part II still remains my most read blog post. Of course revisit it if you want to know how to draw your own 10 head fashion figure. Recently Justine Limpusparish created a fabulous template showing you how to pivot your fashion figure. This will help you vary poses on the basics. And give you much more flexibility in your designs.
So I thought it only fitting that curvaceous be the first of my new and improved Basics revealed, perfect for all your plus size or curvy fashion designs. I’ve elongated her, fashion style, but this lady is still curvaceously delicious. Most people do not realize the average woman in the North America wears a size 14 and the average height is 5′ 4″. So most women would be considered plus size. That certainly is not reflected in our magazine images. However this week Canada’s first plus size magazine was released. Check out Dare– Thanks to Diana Di Poce. So without further ado here’s Curvaceous.
I have also redone the Basic Male and Female croquis I posted earlier. Hope you get good use of them. Please share your creations. I would love to see what you design.
This will no doubt keep you busy over the weekend. See you next week on the blog!
Blast from This Blogs Past
The Weekend Reading List
Curvy Croquis
- You, Passive Aggressive, I Would Have Never Thought ~ This one speaks for itself. From the blog When Pigs Fly.
- How To Communicate Your Needs in a Relationship ~ Wisdom from the Art of Manliness
- 6 Ways To Find Your Authentic Path ~ So if you actually read my blog you know I have pointed you Shannon’s way many times. Because honestly this woman is the bees knees. I can never get enough of her writes.
- The Greatest Fictional Feminist Icons~ ““I have a head for business and a bod for sin,”-Tess McGill (Working Girl)
Curvy Fashion Croquis
Something Extra
If you can watch this video and not want to dive in then I don’t know what to say to you. It’s just not possible. Makes me want to partially paint my croquis. hmmm…….
Maroon 5- Love Somebody