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Fashion creative?

Discover Practical Techniques from the most talented fashion illustrator all over the world.

This is neither a recipe book, nor a collection of formulas. It's rather a source of inspiration for those who love to create contemporary fashion illustration.

You'll explore different approaches to finding ideas, coloring, sketching, mixing media and other aspects related to illustrating fashion. It's all about people and their uniqueness.

The book is available in two versions: as an eBook and as paperbac
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Style Sample magazine issue #8 is here!

Issue #8 of Style Sample magazine is ready to go and chock full of style: film noir-inspired fashion photography, shopping for a tropical vacation (or just hot and humid weather), colorfully subversive illustrations, packing for a stylish vacation in Madrid, and advice for hosting giveaways, in addition to independent designers, your favorite
(and future favorite) bloggers, and much more!

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The print edition of this issue features four pages of candid interviews with professional personal stylists
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There are three new entries.
Go to http://fashionengineers.com/ and see the final illustration in the Fashion Ant People Series, and two posts about what I used to illustrate them (the third post tomorrow, so don't miss it, subscribe to the RSS feed and check back!).
Say hello, Leave a comment, Don’t be shy!
You can now leave a comment on my Blog through Disqus, Facebook Connect, Twitter and Yahoo.
You can also bookmark and share on Digg, Delicious, Google, Newsvine, Reddit and a lot of more.
Elizabe
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Go to http://fashionengineers.com/ to check out yesterday's and today's posts. (scroll down for the Blog).

Don’t forget to subscribe to the RSS feed to keep in touch and be notified of updates at FashionEngineers.com.
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If you would like to hire me for technical or artistic illustrations, please email me at Elizabeth@FashionEngineers.com with the details of your project.
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Fashion Illustration Series 4 & 5- http://fashionengineers.com/
Did you miss yesterday's post? Go to http://fashionengineers.com/, subscribe to the RSS feed so it won't happen again!
Here are the 4th and 5th previews. See the entire images at http://fashionengineers.com/
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You can now leave comments on http://fashionengineers.com/ through Disqus, Facebook Connect, Twitter and Yahoo!
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LOOK, New Fashion Illustration Series- Part 1/6! http://fashionengineers.com/
For the full illustration, go to http://fashionengineers.com/ and scroll down.
Don’t forget to subscribe to the RSS feed to keep in touch and be notified of updates at http://fashionengineers.com/ . Lots of new things coming up to http://fashionengineers.com/ Don't miss them!
Say hello, Leave a comment, Don’t be shy!
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If you would like to hire me for technical or artistic illustrations
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Issue #7 of Style Sample magazine is filled with interesting articles: a
midnight romp with a Topshop visual merchandiser, surf-inspired
shopping, instructions on how to create a video blog and set up your own
YouTube channel, advice for writing professional reviews, independent
designers, fashion illustration and photography, and much more!

Don't forget to enter to win a $75 gift card to Shopbop.com before May 16th!

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I just posted what could be the beginning of an illustration- I haven't decided yet. Maybe you can give me an opinion? Should I move on or take the doodle further and see what develops? Go see it at http://fashionengineers.com/ (scroll down). Let me know, leave a comment, don't be shy! Oh, and subscribe to the RSS feed to stay in touch and get updates about all the fun and educational fashion things going on at http://fashionengineers.com/.

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If you read my first entry in this series you may remember I mindlessly doodled an image and pondered whether or not I should take it further. See the next step Pencil Portrait Doodle- Part 2 and check back tomorrow for the 3rd part showing color!

To see the whole blog, go http://fashionengineers.com/ (scroll down). Say "Hello", leave a comment, don't be shy! Oh, and subscribe to the RSS feed to stay in touch and get updates about all the fun and educational fashion things going on at http://fash

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Hi Everyone, Elizabeth here again, this time with a fun behind the scenes post about my HUUUGE drafting table! If you would like to see on what I do my Fashion Illustration work, and read tips on what to look for when getting your own table, go to http://fashionengineers.com/.
Please leave a comment and subscribe to the RSS feed to stay in touch and receive notices of more updates, fun behind the scenes fashion things and educational articles. If you're a designer or want to be one, there's a lot
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I’m in the process of updating the Flats section of my portfolio with 80-90 new flats!

Visit FashionEngineers.com and scroll down for blog post.

I welcome your comments.

Thanks for visiting.

Elizabeth

PS Don't forget to sign up for the RSS feed.

If you would like to hire me to do your fliats, specs, line sheets, patterns/ samples or artistic fashion illustration, contact me at Elizabeth@FashionEngineers.com

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Hi everyone!

I would like to introduce myself and tell you about the apparel services I offer.

My name is Elizabeth and I do flats, specs, line sheets, fabric cards etc, as well as samples and patterns for the womenswear sportswear market. In addition to technical illustration, I also do artistic illustration. I work both free hand and in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

I have a studio, complete with industrial sewing machines and equipment. I'm located in the US, on the border of NJ and NY and I

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I am planning on opening an Etsy shop of my work sometime in April. To
celebrate this occasion I am gifting one of my followers with a signed
limited edition print of the shoe illustration that appears on the
header of my blog and was originally published in Mirabella Magazine.
To be eligible, you need only be a "follower" by
April 30th. Beloved old and new followers will be treated equally and
randomly selected by an impartial four year old with an attitude. The
winner will be announced on May first.
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WouldYouRockThis.com is an innovative social network for designers to showcase their creativity, upload their sketches, share with friends and vote on whatthey like. UPLOAD YOUR SKETCHES TODAY. YOU MAY BE BETTER THAN YOU THINK.


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Autumn-Winter Preview & Designs

Three new designs for my Autumn-Winter Collection, with emphasis on darker colors and volume, for example the voluminous shoulder on the second design, and the puffed skirt. Critique & Comment, it is appreciated.

Trois nouvelles conceptions pour ma Collection d'Automne-Hiver, avec l'accent sur les couleurs plus sombres et le volume, par exemple l'épaule volumineuse sur la deuxième conception, et la jupe soufflée. Critiquer et Commentaire, il est apprécié.
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FIND OUT how you RANK as a FASHION DESIGNER.

See what people really think of your designs.
Upload your sketches, share with friends, and get instant feedback.
You might be better than you think.
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A Shoulder Slope To Cry On

Last week I had lunch with a former co-worker who is also a designer. Obviously the conversation touched on the industry and we got into a conversation about how easy it is to forget the fundamentals like draping and filling out a spec sheet. Funny thing, we both forgot how to measure shoulder slope. We knew the term, but couldn’t remember how to take the measurement. After talking about it and sketching it out on a napkin we figured it out. So just in case you too forgot, I re-sketched it for y
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Vancouver Fashion eZine

Web zines have offered the opportunity for a growing number of people to try their hand at magazine publication without the huge finanacial resources needed in the past. Different from a blog in that there is a scheduled release date and regular features, this medium requires commitment and structure to survive the test of time.One success story is Vancouver Fashion eZine. Conceived in July 2007 - with the first issue on-line September 2007 - this fashion magazine covering only the local scene r
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