Adding Ears

Adding ears

Thank you anon! l made some small examples of how l do folds and I’m going to try my best to explain it as best as l could.

When drawing clothing, it’s best to use a cylinder as a guide on how the fabric would look being wrapped around it. The folds of the fabric should be following the same direction of the cylinder’s form with round strokes. The first mistake from the example below, straight lines can takes away the form and leaves a flat unnatural feeling. Remember to think 3D!

Creases and folds should be drawn on tension areas, as in when the fabric gets tighten or fold together. Think of the direction on where the tension is going or coming from. The more tension there are, the longer and straighter the crease is. When the object bends, fabric tends to make a oval-ish looking hoops with overlapping folds (Do not over do them or it will look tedious).

There are more to it for drapery, this is just the basic idea of what to look out for when drawing clothing. BUT most important of all is USE REFERENCE!! I know it’s the most used excuse, but for sure use it because it will be super super helpful! 

Ancient wooden church, Krasnaya Lyaga, Russia. It was built in 1655.

Shading complex shapes

cell shade study

Shading spheres with different values