# Lesportsac Ad Drawing help **URL:** \ **Category:** design\ **Created:** [July 18, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982 "2004-07-18T20:03:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![d100763](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@d100763](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/d100763)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/1 "2004-07-18T20:03:12Z")
Hello, I am trying to create an illustration similar to the Lesportsac one below. I want to make it poster size. Is this with vector shapes and colored with PS? (the girl on right side). Any help, suggestions, tuts would be great. Thanks ![](http://sh1.yahoo.edyna.com/page/lesportsac/main.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/2 "2004-07-18T20:08:47Z")
here’s another example ![](http://www.art-dept.com/illustration/singh/portfolio/images/lesportsac%201%20copy.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/3 "2004-07-18T20:24:37Z")
It looks like painter and illustrator mixed, or maybe just painter. Or then again I could be wrong hehe. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/4 "2004-07-18T20:32:26Z")
hum I’d say watercolors and paper and watercolor brushes ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/5 "2004-07-18T21:32:55Z")
painter? watercolor brushes? mlk, throw me a bone here and enlighten me please. PS dope footer. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/6 "2004-07-18T21:51:16Z")
As I have been to fashion school, those are fashion sketches most likely done with pen & ink, and watercolor. I’ve looked online and there aren’t any real great tuts for fashion sketching. What did you want the girl in your ad to be wearing or doing? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/7 "2004-07-18T22:22:56Z")
I see, I wanted to make a pic of my gf, in that style. Thanks for your help anyway ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/8 "2004-07-18T22:23:30Z")
I can’t sketch, paint, draw to save my life… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/9 "2004-07-18T22:56:36Z")
[http://www.metrofashion.com/sketches.html](http://www.metrofashion.com/sketches.html) To give you more examples. You wanted to take a pic of your GF and modify it to this style? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/10 "2004-07-18T23:01:39Z")
> painter? watercolor brushes? mlk, throw me a bone here and enlighten me please. PS dope footer. Hum I meant getting back to the basics, real paper & real watercolors, then scanned the old fashioned way. No way to get such pics with Painter. Yet. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/11 "2004-07-19T00:01:03Z")
> [@EthanM](#): > > [http://www.metrofashion.com/sketches.html](http://www.metrofashion.com/sketches.html) > > To give you more examples. You wanted to take a pic of your GF and modify it to this style? Yeah, girls love that thoughful and artistic expression stuff, + I won’t get nagged to get of the computer. She loves pink and pastels so this style would fit perfect. I’ll try it and update this link Thanks for the link, that’s exactly what I was looking for good looking out EthanM ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/12 "2004-07-19T00:16:59Z")
Well if you want send me a pic of her you want to do in this style and I’ll have a go at drawing it to give you a start. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/13 "2004-07-19T07:06:04Z")
Ethan Thanks for your help, here is what i got so far 10 minute tracing with Flash, now I got to figure a coloring scheme. Your suggestions are welcome I hope you get what I’m trying to do with the outlines… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/14 "2004-07-19T08:21:48Z")
here is my first attempt. Your critique is welcome. Dissing gf is not recommended and is very uncool. ![](http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Edjacso/Files/blue.gif) and ![](http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Edjacso/Files/main.gif) ![](http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Edjacso/blue.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/15 "2004-07-19T08:45:02Z")
Looks good so far. This is a challenging thing though. I think there are some spots where you can make her look more flattering, but too much and she’ll think you think she’s fat and that’s why you altered her. With that warning being said. Her left arm. On the right side of the pic seems to big. Thin her arms down a little. Also her hands are two bulky. Notice on every fashion sketch the hands are thin and not too detailed. The pose you are tracing also isn’t the most, Fashion Sketch photo ever. Maybe you can use what you have now as reference to put her head onto another fashion sketch’s body in a more fashionable pose. Keep up the work though. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 8:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/16 "2004-07-19T08:50:31Z")
Wow, good thing you pointed out the left arm detail before I showed it to her. I would have had my B\*\*\*\*S handed to me. If I stick her head on another person’s body, that will not be good. I’ll work on the hands too. I tried to mimic the Lesportsac pic as far as how much detail shows. The eyes were a pain the neck. I did the entire tracing in Flash so I had to really zoom in and lsot the overall view. Thank you for sticking to this post. i’ll send you the psd. if you have time…Thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/17 "2004-07-19T08:53:58Z")
No worries. I might thin both her upper arms out. I’m happy to help, but it is my 2am here and I’m going to bed. Good Luck. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/18 "2004-07-19T17:23:06Z")
Too late.lol. She came home and saw it on flash. She was pretty impressed with it, and said, that’s definitely her. She noted the arms, but didn’t give me a hard time. I told her it was WIP. It is harder than I have expected, tying to combine, Flash, EPS, PSD and JPGs all into one. Send me what you can I love getting fresh ideas. Take it easy ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/19 "2004-07-19T20:20:06Z")
I sent you an email. Sorry Ive never tried to do watercoloring in flash. What I did do was sketch out some more flattering lines for her arms and hands. Maybe that will help you. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982/20 "2004-07-19T23:31:34Z")
got the email Thanks. It’s my first try and I didn’t really have any “modeling” type of poses to trace. I am sure it will get better. I’ll post new versions of it. [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lesportsac-ad-drawing-help/57982.md?page=2)