![]() ![]() Vector drawing means that the images I create in Adobe draw can be blown up infinitely in size! How cool is THAT? Not intuitive, not impulsive, not easy to learn. Many were annoyingly techy, clunky, with a ZILLION options to choose from for every little little action. So I started looking at apps for drawing, painting, and illustrating. ![]() WHY did I get into digital painting? I had been strugglingĪs I shared my artwork on social media, it lacked the brightness that I wanted to have when I showed up in newsfeeds. But this, I created on ADOBE DRAW APP, so…… what happened? ![]() That didn’t feel “BEAUTIFUL” to me! UGH! It was frustratingīecause while I was also a technical designer, in my illustrations I wanted to be expressive, impulsive, comfortable and immediate. The experience of drawing was like: Click- point- click- enter numbers in tiny little boxes–drag, point, click. My students at Parsons were using Photoshop and Illustrator to create images that I felt were flat, cold, and hard. I resisted digital fashion illustration FOR-EVER because I had taken Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator courses in the late 90s and knew it was NOT for me. I used to work exclusively in gouache, pencils, watercolor, ink pens. When you layer sheer colors over each other, the overlapping areas will give some nice changes in tone, like on her cheek. Notice there is only flat opaque color, and flat sheer color. Here is a squiggly sampler of it’s smooth lines and edges, and the variety of opacities and color.Īnd here’s a detail from an illustration I did of a mermaid (below). IT’S a WONDERFUL APP because you can use it FREEHAND! It’s officially called Adobe Illustrator Draw App. I’m an author, speaker, and performing artist who loves sparking creativity in others! SO I’m a fashion designer and illustrator, Founder of and a 20 years faculty, Assistant Professor of Fashion at Parsons School of Design. Here’s some background, and samples of what you can do with it from my portfolio. Adobe Draw App for Fashion– it’s time to check it out! ![]()
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