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iheartsendai — Tutorial: Draw Better Kimono
Published: 2011-06-20 21:09:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 98909; Favourites: 1724; Downloads: 617
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A quick, very messy guide that I hope is helpful anyway!
Those of you who know a lot about kimono will notice I glossed over a few things, but this is meant as an overview of the most common mistakes I see artists making when drawing people in kimono/geisha/etc. Cosplayers might find it handy too. Feel free to share your own kimono art or ask questions, and I'll help if I can.
Also! If you like kimono/traditional Japanese things, please check out my blog:
[link]
EDIT: Wow! O_O I had no idea people would like this tutorial this much. Thank you very much to everyone who has favorited it!
EDIT 2: NEW TUTORIAL! If you liked this one, please check out
"Tutorial: Real or Fake Kimono". (Only #1 is repeated information from this tutorial, but I figured it was important.)
[link]
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This is very interesting. I don't draw kimono myself or have chars that wear them, but I still found it a very delightful learning experience
~VelkynKarma
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Thank you very much!
(I actually just put a new kimono one up with pretty photos if you'd like to see more.)
[link]
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great tutorial.. details that matter!
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Thank you!
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Oh, this is great!
I've actually made these mistakes!
It's good to know~
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Thank you! I hope you find it helpful in the future.
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lol, this actually made me LOL really hard
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Uh oh, in a good or bad way? >_>
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Yay! Thank you very much.
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Thank you! Glad you found it helpful!
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Awesome tutorial, so simple and easy to understand!
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oooh!! thanks for this! :'D
very quick and easy to understand
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You're welcome, and thanks! I do educational panels so I ran through this like a summed-up version of a panel.
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Aaah, this is wonderful!
Open sleeves in back, but not in the front - no kiddin? And left side of collar over right...now I'll doodle profesionally! Thanks a lot!
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You're welcome, and thank you!
Yep! It's an easy mistake to make unless you've dealt with kimono firsthand. For the left over right, the easy way to remember is the collar should look like a "y" to anyone looking at the wearer.
Here are a couple of sleeve photos by the late but wonderful geisha photographer Onihide showing the closed fronts:
[link]
And open backs (seen as thin white lines):
[link]
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Awesome,
thanks again for the pictures
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You're welcome, and thank you!
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thanks!) very interesting and useful!
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You're welcome! Thank you for the comment.
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I've never drawn a kimono before, but this is interesting none the less.
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This is very helpful to me! I learned something new about Kimono! Thank you so much!
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You're welcome, and thank you! I'm glad to hear it's helpful.
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I love drawing kimono for my friend, but in a wrong way! 
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Aw, thanks! I love that icon.
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very useful and rare! thanks alot!
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Thank you! I know it's a topic most don't know a lot about so I hoped it'd be helpful.
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very very useful!!! :3 Thanks so much for correcting me on a few things. ^^ now i can draw them right!!
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Thank you! Glad you found it helpful.
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Even though I knew most of these things already, it would have been great to have before I had to figure all this out myself! (I didn't know #10 though. It is good I know now!)
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Thank you! That was sort of my thinking behind it: If I had to sum up for a non-kimono person all the big pitfalls I had to learn myself, what would I mention?
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Thankyou so much for this! I had no idea how may things I was doing wrong.
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Aw, you're welcome and thank you! Best of luck with your art.
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thanks, i was able to make this because of it [link] ^^
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thankyou :0 I couldn't have drawn it without your tips and facts
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i actually found this really useful! Many thanks
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Yay! You're welcome, and thank you very much! (It's horribly messy, but I hoped people would care more about the information than presentation.)
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too right, its the little details like those that make a picture all the better
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this deserves a DD for being so straightforward in attempting to fix a lot of common mistakes when drawing kimonos accurately. I enjoyed going through this
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Oh, wow. Thank you so much!
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I LOVE THIS. +10 Million points to Slytherin!
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Woo hoooooooooo! XD Thank you!
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