Make Digital Fashion Illustrations

I don’t have a stylus or fancy drawing app — what can we use instead?

If you don't have a stylus or a paid app, open a free drawing app (like Krita or SketchBook) on a tablet or computer and use your finger or a mouse to create the new canvas and layers, and import simple PNG stamps to replace texture brushes on the texture layer.

My outfit outlines look shaky or my colors go outside the lines — how do we fix that?

Lower the sketch layer opacity and redraw confident strokes on the outline layer, then use the fill tool or lock the color layer's transparency (alpha lock) before painting flat base colors to keep them inside the shapes.

How can we change this activity for younger kids or older teens?

For younger kids (4–7) limit it to three layers—sketch, outline, color—and tracing a reference photo, for 8–12 add a shading layer and simple textures, and teens can use multiple layers, custom brushes, and export high-resolution PNGs to share on DIY.org.

How can we make the illustration more special or keep working on it after we're done?

Personalize and extend the project by creating multiple outfit variations on separate layers, adding fabric textures with stamps on the texture layer, exporting PNG/JPEG files for printing or uploading to DIY.org, and designing a simple background or repeating pattern for a mini collection.