Sketch Your Amazing Style: A Body-Positive Guided Sketchbook for Drawing Dream Wardrobes -- Justine Lecouffe, Paperback

Graphic designer Justine Lecouffe and fashion illustrator Chloe Takahashi present an interactive guided sketchbook for all who love fashion and want to design and sketch their own unique and stylish outfits.

Sketch Your Amazing Style has a modern sensibility that includes body positive and racially diverse fashion croquis (figure templates) readers can use to start their own fashion doodles and drawings.

With more than fifty drawing prompts and challenges, the professional illustrator authors offer dynamic inspiration from both the world of fashion and street style looks. Guided spaces for sketching accompany the drawing exercises--and there is flexibility to swap in a template that better suits the reader's body.

With a style diary section to keep track of outfits readers have worn (or wish to wear), Sketch Your Amazing Style is suited to all skill levels, with easy-to-follow tutorials on figure drawing, hair and body details, and capturing garment styles and textures.

Author: Justine Lecouffe, Chloe Takahashi
Publisher: Abrams Image
Published: 06/25/2024
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 9.84h x 8.65w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9781419774645

About the Author
Justine Lecouffe is an illustrator, designer, and storyboard artist from France, currently living in Ireland. Her work focuses on digital illustration, graphic design, and motion media. It often features powerful women and contemporary themes, making it a good fit for clients in the fashion, jewelry, and cosmetic sectors.

While she likes to sketch in pencil, Justine's illustrations are executed digitally using natural-style brushes for an organic, textured look. She tries to create impactful illustrations, but with gentle lines. Flowing hair, detailed patterns, and intricate linework are highlighted with dashes of color--sometimes subtle, sometimes bold.

Justine has worked for a broad range of publishing, lifestyle, and editorial clients, among them Chanel, Apple, Aston Martin, the National Trust, the NHS, Redbull, Nivea, and Pandora. Instagram: @justine_lcf

Chloe Takahashi is a fashion illustrator based in New York City. She is originally from Japan and has an international following.

Chloe has a unique background--she used to be a finance geek, and worked in investment banking for her earlier career. In 2019, she decided to pursue her passion for art and fashion, and made a career change to become an illustrator. After growing her Instagram community, she founded the online fashion illustration school "Chloe Takahashi Art Class," where she teaches the fundamentals of line drawing and coloring in depth, along with secret tips accumulated over the years.

She collaborates with fashion, beauty, and other renowned brands, editorial, and retailers, creating custom illustrations for their campaigns, installations, and consumer products. She also engages in live drawing at runway shows, brand activations, and corporate events. chloetakahashi.net; Instagram @chloetakahashi_illustrator