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Illustrating Clothes: Shirtsby ~klindicative

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There's a lot of artwork on DA of people wearing clothes, and I've noticed that a lot of artists, even really really good ones, have trouble drawing clothes.

There are lots of tutorials that will teach you about how to draw the folding of fabric on a body, but for me what's more important to a picture's realism is the construction of the garment. Does the t-shirt have shoulder seams? Side seams? Is the collar separate from the body of the shirt?

These are easy things to draw that people forget all the time, even people I know who study fashion. The button-down shirt in particular is one that often gets messed up, and it's shape is so familiar and dependent on tradition that it's quite disconcerting to me to see it drawn incorrectly. Knowing even a little bit about where the seams go on your shirt, how the grain/pattern of the fabric falls, how the collar lays, etc, can ground your picture really effectively.

Well, you know, these are just guidelines....Of course any of this is alterable. I just made a shirt myself that didn't have side seams (although it needed an open back to do it--I'll post pictures soon). But knowing these things and then breaking the rules is always better than just not knowing them at all.

This is the first tutorial I've really made, I think, so...be kind. I know it's a lot of words and not enough drawing.

I'd like to do one about pants next-- in particular, the standard 5-pocket jean.

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*Caraphae Apr 25, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

AH. MAY.ZING.

So detailed and useful! I cannot WAIT for the jean- no other garment is so common and so hard to portray!

(Side note! Women's shirts button oppositely for men because, long long ago, it was assumed laaadies would have someone else dressing them. The servant, facing the mistress, would then have the buttons on their proper side. That was never true for anyone but rich women, of course-- but they bought the most clothes, so designers built for it! Now it's just a weird holdover.)

*mawiisama Apr 25, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Ye gords, how wonderfully useful!! Thank you so much!!

~Marshmowllo Apr 25, 2012 Student General Artist

Oh, this is amazing. Thank you so very much for putting this together and sharing it with everyone.

~GunslingerDragon Feb 12, 2012

Useful. I've been kind of studying mine whenever I draw, but it's nice to see a big guide with everything in one spot.

~darazan Nov 28, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

This is a really great guide for shirts. There's a lot of little things that you don't even think of, like cuff openings and seams. I didn't even think about the button overlap until I read that! I actually own a couple shirts that have pointy ends in the front, but they're made specifically so they do that. The fitted look that they have is actually from a kind of "corseting" on the back of the shirt.

~idontspeakmuch Nov 2, 2011

^{this is realy helpful, but i'd suggest breaking up the word blocks next time. I KNOW, I KNOW--bigger file. it is, however, easier on the viewer's eyes and waaay less tedious-to-read-looking.}

~3greenfrog Oct 14, 2011

this is so helpful....o.O

i've been drawing shirt tails all wrong, its so obvious once you have pointed it out

i feel stupid

~usagiya Sep 16, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I draw collared shirts a lot, and wrong! Very much wrong! This is very helpful--I don't know a thing about sewing, you see... I shall study it closely! Thank you!

If you're still planning to make the next one about pants, I look forward to seeing it!

~Alchina Sep 5, 2011

This is so fucking helpful, because all I can do is draw dudes in these types of shirts, albeit very badly.
aaaa thanks for the awesome tut!

~KatetheGreat611 Aug 23, 2011 Student

I hope you do a pants one!

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