How to Draw a Romantic Dress – Explanation from dress structure to design variations

A comprehensive guide to drawing dresses essential for the popular fantasy genre “romance fantasy,” with high value as a reference for modern dress history.

This book thoroughly explains the “structure,” “types,” “drawing methods,” and “wrinkle formation” of dresses, showing how these elements can dramatically change depending on how they’re drawn. Starting with detailed explanations of the top and skirt sections, it also covers corsets, gloves, and ribbons typically worn with dresses, delving into the basics of drawing them. It clearly illustrates how a dress moves and how wrinkles form depending on the wearer’s movement and pose, helping you create realistic character illustrations.

To make character creation easier, the book also introduces various dress models that change based on character roles and settings, such as princesses or witches, as well as different professions. Additionally, it provides illustrated explanations of historical dress styles like the Empire style from the late 1700s, the Romantic style, 1850s crinoline dresses, the bustle style symbolic of the Victorian era, and the warm, curved Art Nouveau style.