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JaneMereHow to Draw Cloth - The Basics

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Description Wow thanks for the DD! Thank you all!
The next cloth tutorial will come out in one or two weeks.

Here is the first tutorial of Cloth Painting, some basic ideas and important aspects while painting fabrics.
I've also recorded the procedure drawing the white cloth, see the video here:
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Welcome to comment and ask questions if something is not explained clearly. But please be sure that your question is not covered in the upcoming tutorials.


The upcoming tutorials will be:

T2: Various types of cloth,
including: wool/cotton, silk/satin, translucent cloth; the thickness and weight.

T3: How to use references, (since it's very important, I think it deserves a separate tutorial)
some detailed information about what kind of references to use, and how to observe them. An example of using tissue paper as a reference.

T4: Various kinds of clothes
tight: e.g. swimsuit
loose: shirt, frills
common shapes of the folds/creases around the body


●About copyrights of the photos used in this tutorial:
page 5: The Marilyn Monroe photo is in the public domain.
page 7: Elie Saab, Spring/Fall 2007 Ready to Wear, Fall 2007 Couture. source: [link]
homepage: [link]
page 8: from Corbis, gettyimages, and:
[link]
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All the copyrighted photos are the properties of the original authors. I'm citing these works only to explain the flow of cloth. No copy in any painting, or other commercial usage should be permitted without the permission from the original authors.

This tutorial is non-commercial, and the usage of photos are following the principles of fair use.
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Comments: 329

JaneMere In reply to ??? [2011-06-21 21:21:32 +0000 UTC]

What I meant in point 2 was: the length up and down seems different (because point 3 wasn't right), but they should be of the same length before folded.
When point 3 is right, the length up and down will appear of the same length.
So point 2 and 3 were in fact referring to the same problem.

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Individua In reply to JaneMere [2011-06-22 09:11:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!

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el-e [2011-06-21 10:14:27 +0000 UTC]

nice job:]

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anjolendario [2011-06-21 09:34:34 +0000 UTC]

great tutorial!! Thanks a lot!! ^^

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hamstergurl [2011-06-21 09:30:05 +0000 UTC]

wonderful~ <3

I learned new and interesting things~

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ollite20 [2011-06-21 09:15:31 +0000 UTC]

You have seriously thought about this! DD well deserved!

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whitetower-exe [2011-06-21 08:54:52 +0000 UTC]

amazing. I have always wondered, and tried (but failed) so many times to get this right. My drawings of cloth always look 2d and cartoony... Hopefully this will help.

THANK YOU, MASTER

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Basike-Crowolf [2011-06-21 08:40:46 +0000 UTC]

I learn every day something new and this the thing of the day for me...
THANK YOU

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DemonHand [2011-06-21 08:06:53 +0000 UTC]

This is a good study! Never thought about it this way... Thank u for sharing!

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LightLoveAngel [2011-06-21 07:25:56 +0000 UTC]

this is VERY helpful! thank you for making it i've been wanting to try to figure out how to draw folds/wrinkles/lines in clothes and stuff

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XiaoCrazy [2011-06-20 08:15:38 +0000 UTC]

thx for the tutorial~ i hv learn alot

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Yinamon [2011-06-18 12:58:48 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tutorial, I learned a lot of new things, thanks!

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deletingmyaccount [2011-06-17 18:41:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! You are definitely one of the best clothing artists on dA.
I definitely understand the principal, but I just don't know how to do it when I actually draw :/
This is very helpful! Love the clothing and art that you've included, I definitely love flowing fabric.

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XippyRin [2011-06-17 07:28:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much for letting in on the intricate process that is your artistic skill! <3 I will reference this frequently.

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bruubloo [2011-06-16 14:12:31 +0000 UTC]

This is really helpful, thank you very much.

Now all I have to understand is how you pick the right colours...

But anyways, thank you very much C:

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Frozen-song [2011-06-16 07:45:50 +0000 UTC]

Very lovely tutorial, thank you for making one ^ ^

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XtreamCrazy [2011-06-16 07:38:05 +0000 UTC]

I have been searching for the longest time for a tutorial with this amount of information on fabrics. Thank you so much for sharing your insight! I feel ready to tackle any sort of material! :>

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Chercitia [2011-06-15 22:16:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this tutorial, it's one of the most helpful that I've ever seen 8)!
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chee-qi [2011-06-15 15:57:08 +0000 UTC]

Wow~ Thank you so much >_👍: 0 ⏩: 0

tsurime [2011-06-15 12:43:10 +0000 UTC]

fantastic! this is one of the most informative tutorials i've seen. thanks so much!

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Raeikon [2011-06-15 12:02:15 +0000 UTC]

This is most amazing and complete tutorial on cloth I've ever seen! Thank You so much!

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Ameysha [2011-06-15 09:38:46 +0000 UTC]

thanks for sharing ! It's a n amazing tuto !

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DesiKaulitzNight [2011-06-15 07:21:12 +0000 UTC]

This is very useful! Thank you!

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Brave-Lights In reply to ??? [2011-06-15 07:03:41 +0000 UTC]

best tutorial so far for clothing

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sinapsys1 [2011-06-15 04:17:58 +0000 UTC]

Awesome

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PheiChi [2011-06-15 04:04:07 +0000 UTC]

Amazing! Thank you sooooo much for sharing!! TAT

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LastingDaze [2011-06-15 02:29:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much for this! You cannot fathom how much this is gonna help me X3

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metvies [2011-06-15 01:59:28 +0000 UTC]

Definitely helpful. o3o

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Always-Scheming [2011-06-15 00:31:56 +0000 UTC]

This is very helpful, thank you!

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Troyd-Straviouche [2011-06-14 23:33:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!! This very useful!

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scriptKittie [2011-06-14 21:45:03 +0000 UTC]

Great Stuff!! It's so hard to explain the soft vs hard shading variations to people-- I'll definitely be referring people back to this

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TypicalWatson [2011-06-14 21:23:21 +0000 UTC]

Great work So full of tips!

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BleachMyStrawberry [2011-06-14 20:58:33 +0000 UTC]

great Tutorial, I've been looking for something like this ^^

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Yuffu [2011-06-14 20:46:58 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome and very helpful. Thank you ^^

You make it look so easy : D

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Yuffu In reply to Yuffu [2011-06-14 20:48:20 +0000 UTC]

Why have my comments started coming twice? O,o

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Yuffu [2011-06-14 20:46:58 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome and very helpful. Thank you ^^

You make it look so easy : D

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MrPheenox [2011-06-14 20:29:35 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic!

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CamariCreations [2011-06-14 20:13:14 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome. I've always had issues with cloth. Thank you so much for this tutorial, it's VERY resourceful! <3

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Rafael-Domination In reply to ??? [2011-06-14 19:57:11 +0000 UTC]

This deserves a million more views than all the Hate Lists popping up out there.

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Nortiker In reply to ??? [2011-06-14 19:56:33 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely astonishing. This is deserving of a DD.

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shugokage [2011-06-14 19:51:20 +0000 UTC]

This was so very helpful and detailed! Thank you very much for taking the time to make it!

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mello-shaii In reply to ??? [2011-06-14 19:12:11 +0000 UTC]

It's wonderful! Thank you very much!!
It helped a lot : )

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bolorny In reply to ??? [2011-06-14 18:48:39 +0000 UTC]

amazing tuto *_*

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spgmania In reply to ??? [2011-06-14 18:46:13 +0000 UTC]

I will learn a lot from this tutorial thank you!

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Aquillic-Tiger [2011-06-14 18:43:36 +0000 UTC]

Brilliant! I don't know how to express my thanks other than to use this tutorial.

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TattyBudderfly [2011-06-14 18:27:20 +0000 UTC]

thanks so much for this informative tutorial, I often struggle with large garments (such as cloaks and dresses) and don't really know where to start in terms of folds and flow; the 'underwater' analogy of ethereal flow has really helped me see things in a different light in terms of drawing fantasy characters ^^

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Weidi92 [2011-06-14 18:13:56 +0000 UTC]

This is truly one of the things I'm really having a hard time with. Thank you so much!

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Youpi36 [2011-06-14 18:09:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Mihane-San [2011-06-14 17:57:20 +0000 UTC]

It's very useful, great job! (:

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lush-tul [2011-06-14 17:47:52 +0000 UTC]

USEFUL. O.o Ty

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