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6/20/2021

The Sweet Spot: Fashion Illustrated Cartoon

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Welcome back to The Sweet Spot where we focus on all things Essential, Simple and Satisfying!

I’m excited to have something new to share in my artsy world!

A little back story is in order, to give you some context to my new venture. Last year I decided I wanted to learn how to draw a cartoon of myself. After many months of practice, I began adding this cartoon to my evening doodle dressed in my daily wardrobe pick ( the doodle consists of a word drawn in large letters that summarizes my day’s experience with fun designs inside the letters). I draw one letter a bit wider to make space for my cartoon, and I illustrate what the word means for me.

I started doing this months ago (not sure how many!) and an idea came to my mind in the spring to try my hand at illustrating fashion not in my wardrobe by referencing an image from a magazine and use my cartoon as a starting place, so she would be wearing it!
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Here is an example of my evening illustrated doodle cartoon. This one reads “Score” with the O filled with my cartoon showing two items I acquired with Kohl’s cash! Image copyrighted to Dawn Herring 2021
Even at a young age, I’ve always been fascinated by fashion illustration. I used to look at newspapers back in the day in the ARTS section to find them and copy them as practice. Now, Drawing my own wardrobe each evening on my cartoon is a fun way to incorporate my fashion focus in a doable format that is fun, colorful and satisfying.

So, when the idea came to me to use my cartoon to draw fashion from magazines, I thought, why not try it? It could be fun and doable as well. So I did! Below you can see the image of my first attempt at fashion illustration mixed with my cartooning. I’m excited to expand my artsy experience to include more of what I love and to stretch my skill and have fun doing it!
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Here is my first attempt at using my cartoon figure that I create each evening in my doodle and use her as the figure to illustrate fashion from a referenced image. Drawing copyrighted to Dawn Herring 2021
For this illustration, I simply started with drawing the head like I do with my doodle cartoon each evening. Then it was a matter of sketching the outline of the fashion piece in black marker (I use Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens in India ink). Once I had the garment drawn with as much detail as possible, I then filled it with color! I used a combination of Winsor Newton watercolor markers, Tombow markers and Pitt Pens as mentioned for detail. I love layering colors, which helps give the illusion of depth, transparency, and texture (oh, how I adore texture!!).

I wasn’t overly concerned with being anatomically correct with the figure itself; I just sketched my best and had fun. I’m super pleased with how this first attempt came out and plan to do more. It was fun getting in the zone with my illustrative focus on fashion, which never seems to get old, even as I get older!

I love it when I get ideas for trying something new to expand my artistic horizons, especially when they align with my overall goals as an artist, this case being illustration, combined with cartooning, fashion, and layering color and adding detail. It’s essentially a win-win-win!

What is Essential for you right now that brings Satisfaction and keeping it Simple at the same time? I encourage to pursue what you’re curious about and follow your JOY.

You’re welcome to share below in the comments what’s working for you to express yourself in a way only you can. Because your voice matters!

Wishing YOU All the Sweetness!


All images copyrighted to Dawn Herring 2021
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    Hi. I'm Dawn Herring. Here at The Sweet Spot I love writing about how I'm keeping it sweet with music, song writing, cartooning, doodling, watercolor painting, movie watching and book reading. My goal is to share what feels really sweet to me and why. Perhaps it will inspire you to do the same. 

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  • A TIME TO PLAY!
  • About Me
  • ART
    • Dawn's Art Demo Videos
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    • Dawn's Spiritual Music Videos
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    • The Art of Journaling Videos
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    • The Art of Journaling Prompt Play Book
  • FUN WITH FASHION
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    • A TIME TO PLAY
    • Going Gentle
    • Beginnings
    • THE WAY I SEE IT
    • The Sweet Spot
    • Refresh Daily Blog >
      • Your Authentic Refreshment Blog
  • The CAT's Meow!
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