Bajadera (fashion illustration of the day/ modna ilustracija dana)

Hello dear readers! In this post, I'll show you how to get creative with fashion illustration by decorating it with scraps you can find at your home, such as golden fold from candy or chocolate wraps. The fashion illustration that I'm sharing today was inspired was a runaway look. I can't, for the life of me, remember the runaway look that was the inspiration behind this fashion illustration of mine. I admit, I forgot it. 

Often I draw from imagination (i.e just use my head to get ideas), but I'm pretty sure this one was inspired by a particular runaway gown, I just can't remember what that look was.  If I manage to remember it, I will let you know. The medium is watercolour (and pencil) on paper. I made it on the same day I made most of the illustrations I've been posting lately, for example those shown in this post  or this one. My energy levels must have been pretty decent that day. 

Later on, I did play a bit with this illustration and experimented with collage, as you will see if you scroll down. For the collage I used wraps from one very popular Croatian candy called Bajadera (here you can read more about the legendary Bajadera- the making of the brand). It is always good to recycle, right? 

* This post has been updated. Some of the photographs in the original post were a bit dark, so I brightened them a bit. Now, scroll down to see and read more!



#fashionillustration #modaodaradosti #modnailustracija #akvarel #watercolour







Croatia has a wickedly delicious chocolate industry and let me tell you, sometimes the temptation to indulge in all those amazing chocolate brands is nearly impossible to fight. There are a lot of Croatian traditional candies and sweets that I absolutely adore, but for health reasons, I try to stay away from them. It is not a good idea to eat a lot of sweets and sugar if you have an immune/incurable/ chronic disease like I do. 




flatlay #fashionillustration #modnailustracija #akvarel #watercolour









an artist's desk #flatlay #modaodaradosti



USING CHOLOCATE WRAPPERS TO GET CREATIVE WITH FASHION ILLUSTRATION! 

See how I used this pieces of golden foil to create another dress and design on the top of the fashion illustration I made. 

haljina od bajadere #bajadera #omotbajadere #modnailustracija #akvarel #watercolour


Year 2017 is slowly coming to its end. It means a lot of us will be putting ourselves into a meditative mood. What did I learn this year? - It will surely be the question many of us will ask ourselves. And why not? It is good to take a moment and revaluate our choices. A bit soul-searching never killed anyone. 



Hopefully, I did learn a thing or two from 2017. The first thing that comes to my mind as a lesson learned is, ironically, that I should use my mind a bit more often. 

Be more rational perhaps. Work on your critical thinking skills. 

That it doesn’t matter how smart you are if you are stupid enough to let your heart decide everything.

 Not that we shouldn’t sometimes listen to our hearts.

 But we shouldn’t listen to them all the time. 


There is a pace and time for everything!

In matters of the heart, the head gets no saying. Perhaps in the matters of the mind, the heart shouldn’t get a saying either? 

There are situations when it is best to think with a cold head. There are times when we must let our mind do its job. We have brains for a reason. True, often they can get in the way. True, sometimes we must rely on our gut feeling.





 Logic is not an answer to everything. As our beloved Spock used to say: Logic is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom. I guess what I’m trying to say is that maybe, just maybe, it is all about finding balance. 


#fashionillustration #modnailustracija #akvarel #watercolour





Let's TALK illustration. 
Sometimes I illustrate items that I actually wear.
Sometimes I illustrate my own outfits. 
Sometimes I illustrate other bloggers.
For example, I HAVE ILLUSTRATED THIS LEATHER JACKET TWICE!  HERE & HERE



#goldengirl

MORE LINKS TO POSTS ABOUT FASHION ILLUSTRATING 
 DIGITAL RETOUCHING WITH PAINT 3D, 

 LADY IN A LILAC DRESS and BALL PAINT FASHION ILLUSTRATION. 

FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY: WATERCOLOUR PENCILS -IVANA'S FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY- FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY: INSPIRED BY COLOURS OF AUTUMN- A GIRL IN A RED GOWN: FASHION ILLUSTRATION OF THE DAY-CUSTOMIZING A NOTEBOOK WITH A FASHION ILLUSTRATION- FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY: ILLUSTRATING A BLACK DRESS FROM DOLCE & GABBANA COLLECTION-

#fashionillustration #modnailustracija #akvarel #watercolour


If you like this fashion illustration and would like to see more, you have a look these similar posts: DIGITAL RETOUCHING WITH PAINT 3D,  LADY IN A LILAC DRESS and BALL PAINT FASHION ILLUSTRATION. In this post you can see my creative approach to fashion illustration. I like to experiment with different materials and art mediums. My fashion illustrations are always evolving and changing.







#modaodaradosti


MOST RECENT FASHION ILLUSTRATION OF MY OWN OUTFITS  HERE & HERE

MY LAST RUNAWAY ILLUSTRATION POST- FASHION ILLUSTRATION TUESDAY: ELISABETTA FRANCHI SPRING SUMMER 2022

MORE INSPIRED BY POSTS- SEE HOW I ILLUSTRATE OTHER FASHION BLOGGERS!

INSPIRED BY SHANAZ & MARISA (MIXED MEDIA)

INSPIRED BY MICA, SHEILA AND BLAIR (COLOURED PENCILS)









 10 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR FASHION ILLUSTRATION SKILLS-I'm not a fashion illustrator, but I am a person who has managed to improve one's fashion drawing skills, so I feel I can contribute something to this subject. In this post, I shared with you how I did it.

 Learning more about fashion drawing is something I did for my own personal satisfaction, but I can't deny there were some other benefits. For example, I gifted a lot of my drawings and made some people happy in the process. I didn't know so many people like fashion illustration so much. A handmade fashion drawing is actually a great gift idea.

I even sold some of my fashion drawings, and getting better at fashion illustrations also provided me for additional content for my fashion blog, so that's been fabulous. It's been a rewarding experience on many levels. If you want to find out more, scroll down and read tips for improving one's fashion drawing skills! Visit my original post for a full guide on how I improved my fashion illustrating skills. 



Everyone knows that flowers make for a great prop, something very useful in these visual days. Moreover, in this time of social media, we are all looking for good photography props, aren't we? Bloggers, influences and what not, everyone wants to make their photographs pop. Flowers are a great way to do just that. Dried flowers are even better, because you don't have to worry about their expiry date. Dried flowers are also a great way to recycle (when you make your own) and preserve memories. I've been drying flowers for quite some time and there is really nothing to it. You can also buy dried flowers (or even fresh ones if you prefer). They are simply a perfect addition to flat lay photography.

Today I'll speak about creating 3D dresses on fashion illustrations. Now, you don't have to know how to do fashion illustration to try your hand at this. You can trace some of the fashion templates available online (be sure to make sure the author is o.k with that) or you can print them out. You can also print out some fashion illustration (again make sure the artists don't mind). Alternatively, you can also cut out a photograph from a fashion magazine and have fun with it. The point is that you try to create a 3D dress using dried or fresh flowers. This can be a fun DIY project. You can use it to make a card for someone. I'm not sure who first came up with the idea of mixing fashion illustration with flowers, but it's certainly a great idea. So, what do you really need? Visit my original post for a full tutorial on using dry flowers for fashion illustrations!

SOME OF MY OLDER WORK featuring flowers and fashion illustrations, here are the links!

As I said, this is not the first time I have done this. If you enjoyed this post and you want to see more of my work with flower fashion illustrating, you're welcome to visit my old posts:

1. What happens when fashion illustration meets flowers?
2. Creating floral fantasy with help of rose pedals
3. Fashion illustration of the day
4. Fashion illustrations of the day















Comments

  1. Silvia Negretti29 December 2017 at 09:25

    Bellissima illustrazione Ivana, il modello dell'abito è molto bello e, a giudicare dal colore e dal taglio credo he quello a cui ti sei ispirata faccia parte delle collezioni primavera-estate 2016...
    In ogni caso non ha importanza, tanto se un'abito è bello, è bello e basta a prescindere dalla fonte di ispirazione, ti pare?
    Il collage è molto originale, ma secondo me è un paccato coprire un così bel disegno! :)
    Ti auguro un meraviglioso anno nuovo, tesoro!
    Baci!
    S
    https://s-fashion-avenue.blogspot.it

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  2. Beauty Unearthly29 December 2017 at 10:54

    What a great idea. Gorgeous as always!

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  3. Amely Rose29 December 2017 at 12:35

    You are gifted with a hufe talent,
    Love this illustration.

    take a look at my BLOG and also INSTAGRAM

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  4. Mica29 December 2017 at 12:47

    Oh that's a beautiful dress, wherever you got the inspiration from! It's nice to see the reuse of the chocolate wrappers too! It would be fun to make more designs from this, fun way to use something you'd normally discard.

    I'm so pleased I dropped by and saw you were blogging again! Hope you are well and you had a wonderful Christmas and are having a great week! It's hard to believe there are just a few days left in 2017! A happy new year to you.

    Away From The Blue Blog

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  5. Unknown29 December 2017 at 15:56

    Hi, Ivana! <3 It was good to hear from you! I appreciated it, thank you! Beautiful illustrations, by the way. I hope to be able to sketch that well, someday. I have a drawing book that I haven't even had a chance to open and study. Ugh. Never any time. One day. :P

    - Anna

    www.melodicthriftychic.com

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  6. FASHION TALES29 December 2017 at 19:29

    Very nice! The dress with the golden wrappings are fun and creative. I hope you have a fantastic 2018, wishing you peace, and happiness.

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  7. Keit30 December 2017 at 05:36

    I love the golden wrappings and how artsy they look, almost can imagine the dress with these, I hear mathematical figures will be trendy this year :D
    As for the heart mind issue I know what you mean. I always make this mistake, since my heart is much more stronger than my mind, I am so weak when it comes to realing on your brain and trying to think cold blooded, especially when it comes to men :D Otherwise I'm good :D

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  8. Jennifer Behrs31 December 2017 at 00:42

    oh my, this dress looks so beautiful - i wished i could wear it!!! specially i LOVE the colour of that dress - rose tone, so wonderful stylish!!!

    i like all your lines after "What did I learn this year?" - this is a very nice look on your life. i´m very thankful for sharing this!!!

    hugs
    Jennifer
    http://jennifer-femininundmodisch.blogspot.de/2017/11/mein-5-schuh-fehlkauf-my-5-shoe-bad-buy.html

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