Learn to draw work uniforms and their individual characteristics

My name the Fres Sketch I am a graphic designer, illustrator and character creator and this time I bring you a tutorial where I will teach you how to draw work clothes for firefighter, doctor, chef and pilot; In addition, I will give you some tips to make the clothes look better aesthetically.

 

1. Draw on naked mannequins This could look somewhat unusual, but there is nothing better to learn how to draw clothes, than to do it on a mannequin or your favorite character but who is, in turn, naked.

 

Note: It is very important to give them names related to the content of the layers, for example, if I only have the mannequins drawn because the layer will be called "mannequins", if in another layer we draw the sketches of the clothes, we will name it "sketches" ”And so with all the layers that we create.

2. Once we have our characters drawn we lower the opacity of the layer in which the characters have been drawn.

3. In another layer we proceed to draw the outline of the clothes, a good advice is that the clothes should not be drawn too close to the body, because it gives an appearance that the clothes were painted and that is the effect that we do not want to give to the clothes. We can use the tools offered by Clip Studio Paint to graph the fabric of the suits. We must bear in mind that, depending on the profession, there are fabrics and textures, so that each professional performs his job in a better way. We will draw the outline of the clothes using the character as a reference, trying not to join the line of the clothing to the body. In the graph, we can see that the red line is the space between the skin and the clothes.

 

4. The following graph shows how the drawing of the clothes for a firefighter should look like, or the profession we have chosen to draw. In this phase, you should only draw the contour lines and the details that differentiate the uniforms of each of the professions, for example:

1. The firefighter's suit is very baggy.

2. Has boots, gloves, case and face protection.

 

5. Next, we identify the parts where the folds of the clothes are usually formed, everything will depend on the position of the character, the red circles show where the folds will be drawn.

The areas where clothing wrinkles are the joints, this will also result from the looseness of the garment.

 

6. Another tip you can keep in mind is that, when drawing the folds, they will always be directed downwards, to simulate gravity on the fabric.

7. We repeat the process with each uniform. We must bear in mind that each profession is characterized by its clothing, as well as the firefighter's suit is very thick and has many protections; the doctor wears a protective suit and very comfortable shoes, since they spend a lot of time on their feet; in the case of chefs, his work shirt is very particular, he has a lapel with many buttons, his pants and shoes are more elegant; and the pilot has a uniform that looks like an office worker, but his shirt is identified by the stripes on each shoulder.

There are details that are characteristic for each work uniform, according to the profession; for example, the stethoscope for doctors, the hat for chefs; and, the stripes on the shoulders and the cap for the pilots.

 

8. The next step is easier, we just have to ink the sketch we made, for which I recommend working with the vector layer and the pen tool.

VECTOR LAYER

PEN TOOL

9. Tip for painting and avoiding color fill errors:

1. In the first layer of name "paper" I double click.

2. In the color palette I choose a dark gray color.

This tip helps us to better visualize if there are unpainted areas of the suit.

 

10. We begin to color the costumes of our characters with a base color.

I recommend separating each piece of clothing by layers, since this way it will be much easier to give them shine and shade. For example, in a single layer we will paint the helmet, in another layer the boots and gloves, and so with each of the garments.

 

11. For the shading of the base colors, we will carry out the following steps:

1. We create a layer "New raster layer" on the garment we want to paint. For example, the graphic shows the layer to make the shadows and highlights of the suit.

 

2. We choose the option "Fit to bottom layer" and give it a reference name such as "Suit gloss shadow". These adjustments allow us to paint without worrying about leaving the selected area, and without affecting the base color layer.

12. To give shine and shade to the base color, we carry out the following steps:

1. Select the base color with the "eyedropper" tool.

 

2. We select the color swatch from the suit coat

3. In the color circle once the base color is selected, we choose colors to give shade and shine as we see in the image

1. Base Color

2. Shadow color

3. Glitter color

 

We can paint these colors as a reference, in a blank area that does not affect the drawing, so that they do not get lost.

13. Depending on where the light source is located, we will paint the clothes.

1. Shadow

2. Glitters

 

14. We repeat the process in each work uniform, making a suitable color selection for each profession.

1. Firefighter: yellow base color; wearing dark yellow boots, gloves and helmet; and, light yellow reflective stripes.

2. Medical: green base color.

3. Chef: white shirt, gray pants, brown shoes, white hat.

4. Pilot: White shirt, dark blue skirt and hat, brown shoes and yellow details.

For all the characters, it has been painted with the same base color for the skin and hair.