Collar to cuff: coloured designs

Here I have been trying out different media formats on my designs, this page has a mix of acrylic water colours and pencils. 

Here I have used acrylic for the shirts and skirt and water colour for the skin. Model three has a Robert best style face.

Heee I have only used acrylic and loved the colour on the skirt and on the hair.

 

A mix of pencils an acrylic. 

I've mainly used water colour for these. The hair was acrylic.  

I've used charcoal pencils for the first time here, and the model looks a lot like skeletor :/. 

By the time I had got to these designs I seemed to have got the hang of it. 

Charcoals again. 

I really liked these mainly because I had doodled a louboutin pump in the middle. I have used acrylic on all of these. 

A mix of acrylic and water colour.

               RANDOM PARROT :). 

My design boards are next, i need to add media to my final nine and arrange them on the boards. Then I will post an update. 

Collar to cuff: Anatomy construction.

When my draft garment was complete I moved on to producing best patterns that include seam allowance and are attached straight onto the fabric and cut around.

Then I had to complete my print. As the theme was anatomy I went with one of the most interesting parts of the body the human heart. It is a repeating pattern of white dye on black cotton. 

Construction was easy, as during the drafting process I made notes and on how I had made it. At first I thought i had made the garment too small but I was assured it would be fine once I had inserted the zipper. 

The finished article. I am incredibly pleased with the outcome even though I had put it on the block a bit wonky. 

And the back view, still wonk at this point. And severely in need of pressing. 

Collar to cuff. Realising my garment.

As soon as I knew what garment I would be making I drafted my pattern using a standard dress block. I then had to add the princess seam front and back and in my sleeves. My practice Toile has come out surprisingly good. I reconsidered the shoulder padding but here it is.

I've used a zipper up the front hook and eyes on the collar and cuff. There's no embroidery yet as I'm going to print a guide on to black cotton on the princess panels, collar and cuff. 

Here is the back view, don't be to harsh as it hadn't  been pressed here.