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20 Ways to Draw a Dress and 44 Other Fabulous Fashions and Accessories

A Sketchbook for Artists, Designers, and Doodlers
Series: 20 Ways
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20 Ways to Draw a Dress and 44 Other Fabulous Fashions and Accessories by Julia Kuo is an inspiring sketchbook designed to spark creativity in artists, designers, and doodlers. Part of the new 20 Ways series, it features 20 stylised illustrations for 45 different fashion themes, including black dresses, summery hats, stylish shoes, and faux fur coats. The book simplifies each item into basic shapes and forms, offering a fresh and modern approach to drawing fashion without step-by-step instructions. With space provided to create your own versions, it encourages playful experimentation and personal interpretation.
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This book is ideal for creative individuals interested in fashion illustration, sketching, and design. Suitable for both beginners seeking inspiration and experienced artists looking for a fresh approach to drawing fashion accessories and clothing.

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This inspiring sketchbook is designed to offer artists, designers, and doodlers a fun and sophisticated collection of illustration fun.

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This inspiring sketchbook is part of the new 20 Ways series from Quarry Books, designed to offer artists, designers, and doodlers a fun and sophisticated collection of illustrating fun.

Each spread features 20 inspiring illustrated examples of 45 themes - black dresses, summery hats, stylish shoes, faux fur coats, and much, much more - with blank space for you to draw your take on 20 Ways to Draw a Dress.

This is not a step-by-step technique book; rather, the stylised dresses are simplified, modernised, and reduced to the most basic elements, showing you how simple abstract shapes and forms meld to create the building blocks of any item that you want to draw.

Each of the 20 interpretations provides a different, interesting approach to drawing a single item, providing loads of inspiration for your own drawing.

Presented in the author's uniquely creative style, this engaging and motivational practice book provides a new take on the world of sketching, doodling, and designing. Get out your favourite drawing tool, and remember, there are not just 20 Ways to Draw a Dress!

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  • 20 Ways to Draw a Dress and 44 Other Fabulous Fashions and Accessories
    This inspiring sketchbook is part of the new 20 Ways series from Quarry Books, designed to offer artists, designers, and doodlers a fun and sophisticated collection of illustrating fun. Each spread features 20 inspiring illustrated examples of 45 themes - black dresses, summery hats, stylish shoes, faux fur coats, and much, much more - with blank space for you to...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781592538850

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 October 2013

Country: United States

Imprint: Quarry Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 254.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 314g

Pages: 96

About the Author

Julia Kuo grew up in Los Angeles, California, and studied illustration and marketing at Washington University in St. Louis. She currently works as a freelance illustrator in Chicago, Illinois. Julia designs stationery, illustrates children's books, concert posters, and CD covers and paints in her free time. One of her gallery shows featured paintings of street fashion shots from Face Hunter. Julia's clients include American Greetings, the New York Times, Little, Brown and Company, Simon and Schuster, Capitol Records, and Universal Music Group. She is also part of The Nimbus Factory, a collective of two designers and two illustrators specializing in paper goods. Her illustrations have been honored in American Illustration, CMYK magazine, and Creative Quarterly. www.juliakuo.com

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