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"This course has been transformative in many ways"

Elvi - Pose Masterclass Graduate
4 Modules (10h)   |   Online and at your own pace   |  Unlimited access for 12 months

My latest course about my favourite subject!

Pose Masterclass Pose Masterclass
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Posing Men vs Women

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Posing is the most important factor of a fashion illustration, and it’s the most commonly overlooked aspect of a fashion illustration.

Without a pose, your fashion illustration is just a garment on a mannequin.

A pose can make a boring garment interesting, can tell a story, convey an emotion, sell a design, exude energy, emanate an atmosphere, it can grab someone’s attention.

90% of fashion illustrations I see are runway poses, which has its uses, but if they were the strongest way to showcase the clothes wouldn’t all campaigns and editorials just be runway photos?

Runway fashion illustrations are the product shots of the illustration world, they show the garment as it is but not much else.

If you’re wanting to go deeper, tell a story, create something unique, then posing is what you’re going to want to focus on!

Six educational tutorial thumbnails with purple background, each showing digital art processes. Top row: 1) person drawing fashion figure on tablet labeled 'Easy ways to break away from drawing the traditional runway pose', 2) artist exaggerating figure for illustration labeled 'How to exaggerate a reference to create better illustrations', 3) reloading reference images for unique work labeled 'How to reclothe references to create unique work'. Bottom row: 4) tips on using references with sketch of a reclining figure labeled 'Tips and tricks on how to use reference images', 5) professional using reference images for figure drawing labeled 'Talk through how professionals utilise reference images', 6) merging four references into a new scene labeled 'How to merge 4 references together to create something new'.
Illustration of six fashion design tutorial images with titled banner 'Module Two: Garment.' The images include sketches, photos of models in garments, drawing techniques, and design tips, each with descriptive captions about fashion illustration and garment drawing.
Six instructional images on drawing human poses and attitudes, each with a purple background and descriptive text. Topics include creating dramatic illustrations, understanding masculine versus feminine poses, adding angles, illustrating attitude, conveying body language and emotion, and drawing limbs and extremities.
A presentation slide titled 'Module Four: Technique' with six images and their descriptions related to drawing and posing. The images include a person drawing a figure, a colorful illustration of a woman, a sketch of a person lifting weights, simple stick figure sketches, a dynamic figure drawing, and a colored illustration of a woman in red with flowing hair.