Drawing: 9 Steps

Hey guys today I'm going to he talking about what I do before and after I draw and how it helps me because I think it's always good to plan what your going to do before you draw.

1. Inspiration
I look for inspiration to inspire me and motivate my drawings because what I really dislike is when i've got a piece of paper and i'm sitting there for about 10 minutes saying ''What should I draw'', so  before I draw I look for inspiration and what to base my draw on. I look at things such as:

Art

Social networks

Humour 

Outside world 

Culture 

Celebs 

Sports

Colours 

Home decor

Animals 

Music 

Photography 

Science 

Music 

Nature 

Words&quotes

Cars

Books

Magazines 

Holidays and events 

Kids 

Films 

And the list is endless

2. Category 

Choose your category. If your familiar with fashion categories you would know that the three fashion categories are haute couture, ready wear and mass market everything else that falls underneath, examples are:

Emo

Casual

Scene

Modern

Bohemian

Proffessional

Preppy

Beachy

Tom boy

Goth

Chic

Swimwear

Bridal

Continental 

Colours 

Indie rock

Edgy

Punk 

All American 

Alpine 

Art noveau 

Aztec 

Biker 

Classic

Country 

Cowboy 

Disco

Gangster 

Geek chic

Glamour 

Gypsy 

Hippie

Industrial

Latino

Native American 

Pop

Rave 

3. Research&Colours 

Research your category if you don't know it well. Research what kind of the style it is and whether it has a colour theme or not. After that choose your colours according to the colour wheel. Remember - BLUE AND GREEN SHOULD NEVER BE SEEN.

Step 4: Scruffiti (Optional)
Sometimes I use this technique when I want to create patterns. You really just scribble on paper without taking your pencil off the paper. Then you highlight the shapes that you like and can consider using them on your designs.

Step 5: Introspect
What's important to you? What are you feeling right now? How may you translate that into an image?

Step 6: Collect all your inspiration - Mood Boards
Collect all your information and make a mood board to refer to while your designing. If all your inspiration is on your phone/laptop I suggest pinterest where you can make boards online and pin your favourite things and also follow other boards.

Step 7: Draw, Colour and Label
Draw the design, colour it with whatever media you feel like and when your done attach a piece of paper to it talking about it's materials.

Step 8: Design specification
This doesn't have to be longer than a page, simply just talk about the dress and what it's made out of and the target audience. I'll make a post on how to write specifications next week.

Step 9: Broadcast
This is my favourite part, show it off put it on your blog, twitter, facebook, instagram and so on. 

So, that's it for this post and I hope this helps.

Laurey xxo