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Front & Back Necklines in Fashion Design

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Summary: Draw the neckline of a fashion illustration as though in three dimensions, wrapping the front and back. Learn to draw front and back necklines for fashion illustration in this free fashion design video.

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By Laurel Armstrong
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Laurel Armstrong is in graduate school for fashion design and is knowledgeable about everything fashion: design, sketching, pattern drafting, draping, sewing construction, etc....read more

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"On the neckline in the front, is represented here by a solid line and the back neckline will be the dotted line. And, that's how all the pictures are going to be. That way, I don't have to say it every time. And, in the tends to sweep. And, this is just a basic neckline. Nothing fancy. It tends to sweep in arc much like a smile. And, in the back it swoops up in the opposite direction like the frown. You're never going to forget the smiles and the frowns, are you? As the neckline sits on top of the back neck. Back of the shoulders, sorry. If you're designing a garment with a low cut neckline, naturally the arc is going to vary. And, I'll show you some different styles of necklines later. But, right now this is most basic. You got to know that the neckline is here. This is your building point. And from here on out you can do variations in your necklines. And naturally the front and back are going to be different."

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