Children Croquis and Children's Clothing

Children Croquis and Clothing

Children's bodies and faces are totally different from the adults. Children do not have developed muscles, they must be drawn lightly to show softness in their features. The children's poses and gestures are not that sophisticated unlike the adults, they are natural and playful.


1. Infants/Layettes (12 months old)
In drawing this we use 3 to 3 1/2 no. of heads. At this age infants can't walk, they are drawn sitting or laid down.

2. Toddlers (1-2 years old)
In drawing the toddlers we use 4 1/2 no. of heads. In this age they are drawn sitting, standing or toddling poses. Their faces are round and their eyes are large same size as the adult eyes. Toddler’s limbs are rounded and well padded; their necks are not visible and hair is more evenly spread over the head and their legs are growth form infant.

3. Young Girls and Boys (3-6 years old)
In drawing this 5 1/2 number of heads. In this age they can be drawn standing, sitting, walking and running poses.  Little boys start to have angles and planes in their faces. In this age they have longer torso and more defined necks.

4. Older Girls and Boys (6-12 years old)

The number of heads is 6 1/2 or 7. Their poses are more graceful. Eyes level is same as the adult it is half way down the head.

5. Juniors and Teanagers (12-18 years old)
The no. of heads is 8. Their poses are more likely an adult. With arms, and hips and attitude is displayed. Their appearance is same as an adult except the facial features it is more rounded.

The illustrations below shows the different age category with garments and explanations:

1. We chose, in this illustration, an outfit that speaks of Spring. One of the outfits that you can wear during Spring is a long-sleeved shirt and a tulle skirt. The Illustrator incorporates the look from the reference photo to the croquis of a female toddler, a young girl and a female teenager.

For the toddler's look, the Illustrator paired the outfit with lace socks and doll shoes to represent a child's innocence. Hair clips are also drawn on the toddler's hair. This is a throwback-inspired look from the 20th century when lace socks and hair clips were a staple must for every girl. For the young girl's look, the Illustrator had the same vision with the toddler's look: a child's innocence but there is an added yearning for knowledge and experience. She wanted to show a child's playfulness at this age which is represented by the flow of her tulle skirt as if she was just about to finish twirling in her skirt. The young girl's hairstyle which is the unplaited pigtails is also a representation of innocence. For the female teenager's look, the Illustrator wants to achieve a transition of a girl becoming a lady. Gone are the frilly, lace socks, doll shoes, hair clips and pigtails and it is replaced instead with simplicity. She has natural kept wavy hair and wearing comfortable shoes for her everyday look. Still, the teenager's innocence did not fade away.

Reference Photo

                                                        
                                                     Illustrator: Shayne Remoreras




2. In my illustration, the toddler, young child and teen girl is wearing a denim dress because it is comfortable to wear. I also paired it with simple white top. The toddler, young girl and the teen are wearing different shoes but they are all wearing lace socks to emphasize their youthfulness and show femininity.
Denim dresses never go out of style, whatever your age.

Reference Photo

 Illustrator: Benese Lapiña

3.  In this illustration, the teenager, the kid and the toddler are wearing the  same kind of dress. The dress is from Dolce and Gabbanna. It's a lace dress, black in color and there are floral patches in it, therefore It's a gorgeous dress. 

                                                    

I chose and draw this Dolce and Gabbanna dress because I found it very beautiful and very feminine. I tried to imagine it in a young girl and I kinda liked the result.

The teenager (maybe 15 or 16 years old) wearing the Dolce and Gabbanna dress looks very feminine. I styled her with a chunky heeled shoes and her hair is wavy that suits her age. The kid (maybe 7 or 8 years old) looks very playful in the Dolce and Gabbanna dress. I styled with a cute dollshoes and her hair is short that suits her young age. The toddler is very cute in that dolce and gabbanna dress. I draw her a cute baby shoes and cute socks and I also put a bow in her hair. 

Reference Photo

                                                                       Illustrator: Raul Azarcon



 4. These are illustrations of a group of three teenage female children in party dresses (left side) and another group of three teenage female children that are wearing pants and blouses.

As you can see in the illustrations shown in the picture, there are six teenage girls. The first three are seen wearing party dresses while the second batch of teenage girls are dressed in blouse & pants. Two students divided the task by drawing 3 teenage girls each. The first batch of teenage girls are wearing party dresses that are of the similar silhouettes paired with heels that are not so tall. In the second batch of teenage girls, the croquis are dressed in fitting and flattering clothes for their body type. It can be seen through observation that both students who drew these have different techniques when it comes to shading. The other student shades her illustration a bit darker while the other's shading technique is lighter but with a more focus on the lines.

Illustrator: Josefa Labra (left) & Angelo Ibones (right)

5.The 1st thing to draw of a child's croquis is how to make a pose. The pose of the child can be a bit awkward but that's what children are. They are still in the developing stage. Children's interest in clothing changes as their coordination & their bodies develop. Children's' clothing are always on trend fashion. They can easily follow the trend clothes. They have also clothes for function events such as wedding, party clothes, beach wear and etc. But the most important thing in their clothing is how they are comfortable and happy to wear it. When designing children's clothes, you must always check the fabric choices, openings, fastenings, & trimmings because they are all major considerations that are needed to check in designing children's  clothing. 

                                                                  

 Illustrator:Aitana Pacheco

We hope that you were inspired with our illustrations!

XOXO,

                 WERK

Contributions for Each Member: Azarcon, Raul- Illustrator Castillo, Jasmine- Tracer Go, Elzid- Tracer Ibones, Angelo- Illustrator Labra, Josefa- Illustrator Lapiña, Benese- Illustrator Noel, Hannah Laye- Blog commentor & Blog Manager Pacheco, Aitana- Tracer

Remoreras, Mary Shayne- Blog Manager, Illustrator & Scanner Ty, Diane- Blog commentor, Blog Manager & Blog Owner

References:

Sanchez, L. (n.d.). Children and Children's Clothing [PPT]