When I decided it was time to follow a career in fashion illustration I thought I knew exactly what I wanted to do.

Well, needless to say… I was wrong!!

All I knew was to draw dolls (as my boyfriend calls them. I call them fashion sketches!)  like a little girl, no details, no shadings, no movement, and the list goes on!

I  also knew that it was going to be a learning process that required time to develop and by  now I think I’ve made some improvements. I’m finishing some illustrations for you to see on an upcoming post.

Not that I’m now a master but hopefully, I’ll get there

Well, getting to this point took me some time.

First I became frustrated, couldn’t feel inspired and everything I drew, I hated! So I took a break, stopped drawing and focused on work and my degree in marketing management. Anyway… that didn’t do any good because I felt even worse!!

It wasn’t easy, these kind of choices are easy to let go and make an excuse to do something else.

 

I found out that I was in a hurry to learn as much as could about fashion illustration and my frustration was mostly because I didn’t have as much time as I wanted to practice!

I was a mess and that was the day I stopped updating my blog!

But no more whining about that!

What happened next was that I found a whole new world in the illustration world! I discovered adobe illustrator, started googling  blogs from other illustrators,  and  illustrations from the people who know what they’re doing basically!

Oh, and thank God for tutorials

My advice to you if you’re also starting to think about a career in illustration:

- Practice as much as you can. There are a lot of great tutorials for you to begin. Just make sure to choose the simple ones first.

- If you have any doubts, remember that your answer is most probably on-line, because some questions are universal when you’re getting started

- Don’t give up!

See you soon