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Generally speaking, intricate designs all start with very simple shapes and are easy to create once you know how, but unless you know where to begin, it can prove to be challenging. This tutorial guides you through fabric movement and folds, continuing on to creating a few simple features of more intricate clothing design, which can then be used alongside each other to build up to a higher level of drawing clothing. This tutorial builds on the knowledge gained from my previous clothing tutorial , which was aimed at beginners. 1. Fabric Movement Example 1 When it comes to drawing fabric and clothing, the first thing you’ll need to consider is fabric movement, and how it will fall over the curves of your character’s figure. Before you start drawing any clothing, take a look at fabric around you – your own clothing, for example – and how that works and where it folds, and why. Below are a few examples, using my trusty green curtain, of how fabric folds, and the different shapes it makes, and where the light falls in ‘normal’ lighting. The first example is of the curtain just being a curtain, and it falls and folds vertically, the folds created by the bunching at the top. This example is useful should you wish to consider drawing long flowing skirts, dresses or cloaks. Example 2 The fabric here is folded to fall …

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How to Draw Complex Folds and Ruffles in Fabric and Clothing