Sleeves
Balloon Sleeve, Falling Frill
A balloon sleeve billows out through the arm and gathers in at both the shoulder and the cuff. This one is the Balloon Sleeve, Falling Frill, with its own details and proportions.
- Views
- Front and back, drawn together
- Named layers
- Sleeve L, Sleeve R, Body, Inside Back Neck and Neckband
- Anchors
- 208 on the front, only where a line turns
- File
- Editable vector in Adobe Illustrator
How to draw a balloon sleeve, falling frill flat in Illustrator
- Open Flat Library in Adobe Illustrator and go to Tops or Dresses, then Sleeve.
- Choose Balloon Sleeve, Falling Frill from the pictures. It is drawn on the template, front and back.
- Pull the blue points to change its length, width, neck and sleeve. The front and back redraw together, and the figure stops you going too tight.
- Insert it into your document as clean, named layers, and keep working by hand.
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