Free Vector Clothed Fashion Sketches in Color & Black and White

Some great sketches done in both black and white as well as colored/patterned clothing!  Grab the vector file over here at Vecteezy!

Female Fashion Croquis / Blank Fashion Sketches

My determination to keep giving back to the Vecteezy community moves forward…here I share with you a trifecta of blank fashion croquis.  Add some clothes, turn them into paper dolls, or put them out there in their birthday suits!

How to Use Adobe Illustrator’s Pen Tool to Draw a Fashion Sketch

Adobe Illustrator’s pen tool is very powerful, and for me is probably the tool I use the most to draw.  It allows you to have extremely precise control over curvature and angle of your lines.  Watch this quick tutorial to show how you can use the pen tool to trace a hand drawn fashion sketch.  While you can do this via the Live Trace tool, I think it is still good to understand the fundamentals of the program and know how to create these by hand.  Additionally, depending on the quality of your scan, Live Trace may not give you the result you want and you’ll be doing so much darn “clean up” that it would have been easier to draw manually in the first place!

Free Fashion Design Brushes for Adobe Illustrator: Zippers & Stitching

I’ve decided to start finally giving back to the community that I take so much advantage of, vecteezy.com!  If you aren’t familiar with the site, check it out for awesome and FREE vector downloads.  The site is built by community contributions, and I can’t tell you how many downloads I’ve made over the years.  It’s about time that I give back!  Grab yourself some zipper and stitching Adobe Illustrator brushes and do some sketchin’!

How to Create a Technical Sketch from a Paper Sketch in Adobe Illustrator

This tutorial will take you through the steps to convert your handrawn paper sketch into a complete technical sketch.  Learn how to add specs, measurements and details so that factories will understand how to make your product.  Learn how to easily apply stitching lines to emulate top stitching and other garment details.