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Why Do Sketches - Illustrations Matter in Fashion Designing?

"It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day, you discover, to your surprise, that you have rendered something in its true character." Camille Pissarro

The sketch a designer creates is as important as the end result, if not more. Sketches act as guides and help the designer visualizes what’s underway.

Sketches are indispensable to inventing new creation and to express ideas you cannot explain using words.

 Every sketch is unique and conveys a vision. Sketches lead to new inventions.

The above sketches translated to this illustration

              Illustration by @dyky.official

Amazing, right?

Had it been possible to create this beautiful design straight away? Without any raw sketching?

No! And, this comes from designers who have years of experience dealing with design ideas, innovation, and beautiful pieces.

The fashion industry has cut-throat competition these days. You need to be really good at what you do in order to succeed. And what makes you good at it?

You become good at something when you approach it the right way! You become better at something when you take the long route to success and don’t look for shortcuts or loopholes.

Sketching may come across as tough or even wastage of time but it’s at the very heart of every couture you admire and every dress you swear by. 

A sketch is a sentiment behind every design. More precisely the sketch, better the outcome!

Sketching Our Way to Phenomenal Designs

We, at DYKY, are pretty passionate about detailed sketches.

All of our dresses have a journey.

             Illustration by @dyky.official

Computer-aided sketches may be the trend these days, but we believe in hand sketching our designs and adding that human touch to it.

We believe in creating live designs for humans. We believe in creating designs that speak, for themselves!

A lot of times it happens that we start with an idea and end up sketching something entirely different. But, that’s sketching for you! That’s the beauty of sketching. It lets ideas flow freely and fuels your imagination like nothing else.

We believe that there is something about holding a pencil, that you can never have, holding a mouse. Pencil and paper sketching sparks creativity and lays the crucial foundation for a masterpiece.

And, some of the best designs that we have created have come from rough sketches.

The ability to draw what’s on your mind and let it reach out to the audience is the greatest weapon for a designer. If you are able to market your sketch well, if you are able to sell the sketch, you won’t have a hard time selling the dress as well.

Sketching is still an option, it’s not mandatory. You can directly turn to Photoshop and create designs and may even be good with them. But, once you are addicted to the sketching route, you won’t be able to compromise on the detailing sketching adds.

Every sketch has a soul. It’s a quick sneak peek into what your final product would look like. And, if you are able to sketch it right, you have already won half the battle.

Then moving to the illustration which is the most fun part, when you play with the colors of the swatches you have selected through your researches, creating a style, giving a closer realistic visual of what your design might actually look like in real life.

and all that work would pay off because it would give a precise direction to the whole team that will help bring this design to life.

You can explore our different creations here