I was recently introduced to the Hockey Croquis sketch pads and they are one of those things that you think: I can't believe nobody has thought of this before. It's always the simple ideas that strike as brilliant. The idea is that all fashion designers develop a sort of a "template" for their own croquis, or a model figure used as a base to design a collection, and this sketchpad gives you a model outline of a body to design on, which disappears when you photocopy the page. Simple and effective. For beginner fashion lovers who are starting to design this is a perfect tool. I personally would go even further and use the body to customize more aspects of it: the face with lips, eyes and make up, maybe a fab hairdo. I would add accessories and draw over the legs and arms to tweak their overall shape. Knowing that the original outlines does not show when photocopied, you really have a lot of freedom to create anything you want and keep the overall body proportions in tact. Some designers like to draw skinnier bodies, other wider shoulders, either way this sketch pad can be used as the starting point for any fashion collection.
Here is what a blank page with the croquis outline looks like:
And here is a quick sketch I did, customizing the base figure to my own liking. You can see that I thinned the arms, legs and overall body and created a whole new face, complete with a wild hairdo.
