How to Draw Clothing and Folds

Clothing and folds are a challenge to learn, and honestly, they were a bit of a challenge to try to teach! I tried to get as many tricks and tips crammed into this video as I could. I do hope that they're helpful in making your clothing more realistic and easy to draw.

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Maybe a tutorial on how to draw black, shiny clothes like Cat Woman's costume? Always tricky to know how much should be black and how much should be reflecting light

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That piece of advice about drawing the negative space rather than the folds has just made this whole process so much more intuitive for me. Thank you so much!

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