How Do You Draw Anime Girls Clothing?
Anime girls have a lot more variety in fashion than their anime counterparts. This can include dresses, skirts and gaudy “magical girl” costumes to go with shirts and pants. The secret to drawing realistic clothes is in drawing the folds in the garments so they fit the shape of the body and scene conditions. Never use the exact same shape and folds twice. The shape and fold of clothing is always changing from movement, gravity and what it touches Shape the body before you draw the clothing. The body shape helps determine the shape that the cloth will take. Make the clothing adapt to the body, not vice versa. Draw a tunic–the torso portion of a dress or shirt–using a “diaper fold” style. The top points of the garment, where the shoulders are located, are the points of tension that all folds branch out from. Draw the folds so they all point toward the chest or the center of the torso. Create long sleeves using a “spiral fold” style. The cloth will have folds that appear to twist around
