What is on the sheets?

The kimono from the front, the obi tied at the back, and the long sleeves in motion.

What is the difference between the three styles?

Graphite has soft shading in the folds, pen and ink uses crosshatching that follows the cloth, and clean contour is outlines only with no shading.

Are these photographs?

No. Each drawing is a flat sketch of a standing figure on a plain white page.

Can I ask for a different kimono?

Yes. Type a direction such as yukata or with fan, and it is a request for that, not a promised result.

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Kimono drawing reference: front, obi tied at the back, long sleeves

Kimono drawing references — a figure in a kimono from the front, the left side crossed over the right, the collar layers and the straight fall to the ankles, a realistic graphite pencil study, firm contour lines with soft tonal shading in the hollows and under the forms

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Reading 1Front

Reading 2Obi

Reading 3Sleeves

A kimono wraps and falls in straight lines, and the obi and sleeves are where drawings go wrong. These sheets show a figure from the front with the left side crossed over the right; a kimono from behind with a wide obi tied in a drum bow; and long sleeves swinging. Each view comes in graphite, pen and ink, and clean contour. Type a different kimono, such as a yukata, and the same views carry it.

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a reference for the obi in a back view
a character design for a story set in Japan
a sketchbook page on how sleeves fall

Frequently asked questions

What is on the sheets?: The kimono from the front, the obi tied at the back, and the long sleeves in motion.
What is the difference between the three styles?: Graphite has soft shading in the folds, pen and ink uses crosshatching that follows the cloth, and clean contour is outlines only with no shading.
Are these photographs?: No. Each drawing is a flat sketch of a standing figure on a plain white page.
Can I ask for a different kimono?: Yes. Type a direction such as yukata or with fan, and it is a request for that, not a promised result.

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