Fashion Sketching: a Step-past-stride Guide to Cartoon the Basic Style Croquis with 9 Heads Proportions | For Beginners

Drawing the fashion figure doesn't have to be challenging. In this tutorial, you volition learn a simple method to create a professional croquis, one step at a time!

I've cleaved this tutorial into sections:

Part i: Creating guidelines
Part 2: Drawing the croquis skeleton
Part 3: Adding shape

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Video player with 9-heads fashion croquis tutorial

Earlier we get into it, let'due south answer some questions…

What is a style Croquis?

A Croquis is a drawing of a fashion model that you lot trace over to design clothing. You tin besides phone call it a manner figure or template.

Fashion croquis can be all unlike shapes, sizes, and styles. It all depends on the end use of your design and the demographic you are designing for. I've used dissimilar croquis throughout my career. Some were more stylized while others were super simple.

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The above image illustrates the difference between a realistic body (left) and a fashion croquis with 9 heads proportion (right)

The above image illustrates the departure between a realistic body (left) and a fashion croquis with 9 heads proportion (right)

What are the Proportions of a Style Croquis?

I will demonstrate how to depict a "9 heads" croquis. The croquis is ix heads alpine from the top of the head to the ankles, which is much more than elongated than the average woman. (The feet are excluded from the equation since they can vary in height depending on the type of shoes and heel elevation.)

A 9 heads model exaggerates the proportions of a fashion model to display clothes in an elongated and dramatic calibration.

Yet, style models can, and should, have diverse torso proportions, then I encourage you to evolve your croquis to be any shape and size.

This tutorial will teach you how to create the 9-heads croquis (with the proportions taught in fashion colleges) but y'all can adjust the proportions afterward to best fit your target demographic.

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What Does "9 heads" Alpine Mean?

The acme and width of the caput is used as an index for the dimensions of the rest of the torso.

In this image, you lot can encounter how the body is broken up into 9 equal sections from the top of the head to the ankle bone. The anxiety are excluded considering they can vary in height depending on the blazon of shoes and heel height.

It'south helpful to utilize the head as a bespeak of measure instead of an actual measurement because your paper size tin vary. From a tiny piece of newspaper to a billboard, you can map out the size and proportions of your figure by drawing 9 heads first.

If y'all are working with an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper, you tin have each head be roughly i" tall simply this measurement will change depending on your paper size.

Let'south Begin the Tutorial!

Before we begin, you volition demand newspaper, a pencil, and a ruler (or any directly edge.) Tracing paper would be helpful merely isn't necessary. Draw lightly with pencil so you tin erase easily.

Office i: Creating Guidelines

Pace one: Draw 9 heads that are roughly the same shape and size and label 1-nine (get out some space at the lesser of the folio for the anxiety.)

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Pace 2: Draw horizontal lines between each caput (make certain they are straight)

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Step 3: Add together a dashed line at roughly 1 one/2" and 4 i/4" heads

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Stride iv: Label beefcake every bit marked on this page

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Part 2—Drawing the Croquis Skeleton

Step 1: Draw a vertical line, perpendicular to the horizontal guidelines. This will be the middle line

Pace 2: Describe an oval for the caput

Stride 3: Depict a horizontal line for the shoulders (roughly two" heads wide)

Pace 4: Echo step 3 for the hips (the hips and shoulders are the same width)

Step five: Draw a horizontal line for the waist (roughly 1 head width)

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Step six: Connect the shoulder, waist and hips

Pace vii: Describe a guideline for the arms as pictured

Step viii: Draw a vertical line from the waist down

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Step nine: Draw a cylinder for the neck

Step x: Connect the neck to the shoulder

Step xi: Draw small ovals for the knees

Step 12: Describe small ovals for the ankles

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Part 3—Calculation Shape

After the skeleton of the croquis is established, nosotros can add muscular construction and shape. Take your fourth dimension and draw lightly so you can erase easily.

Stride 1: Draw ovals for the shoulder, bicep, and lower arm
Step 2: Draw ovals for the upper and lower leg
Step 3: Describe triangles for the feet

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Pace 4: Add together shape to the neck and outline the arm, using the ovals every bit guidelines. Echo on other side

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Step v: Outline the leg and foot as illustrated, using the ovals as guidelines. Repeat on other side

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Step 6: Add cervix, bust, and underwear line as illustrated.
Step 7: Add center line at each side of body equally as illustrated. This is chosen the "princess line."

* These seam lines are helpful guidelines when drawing clothes*

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Step 8: Edit the croquis as desired, adjusting proportions equally necessary. Then follow the below steps to complete the croquis.

Both sides of the croquis should be mirror images of each other for accuracy when cartoon clothes.

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