Basics Fashion Design 05: Fashion Drawing

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Basics Fashion Design 05: Fashion Drawing

Description

To become a successful fashion designer, you will need to develop your drawing skills, but for any career in fashion it is important to have an understanding of the basic principles of good fashion drawing.

Basics Fashion Design 05: Fashion Drawing presents a fresh perspective on the basic principles and practices of contemporary drawing styles, applied to a fashion context.

The book takes a practical approach in discussing the process of fashion drawing, offering advice on the selection of materials and media and advising on their different uses and applications. It also considers the theory and history of fashion drawing, and the range of styles used by contemporary designers; from quick sketches to sophisticated digital pieces.

This discussion is accompanied by interviews with designers and illustrators, a glossary, resources directory and templates.

Table of Contents

Introduction. How to get the most out of this book. Drawing to communicate your ideas: A brief history; Art supplies for drawing; The fashion sketch; Working drawings; Sketchbooks; Interviews: Elmaz Huseyin; Lovisa Burfitt. The fashion figure: Understanding fashion proportions; Drawing from life; Creating poses; Fashion heads, faces and hair; Arms, hands, legs and feet; Drawing men; Interview: Howard Tangye. Technical drawing: Understanding garments; Drawing fashion flats; Drawing technical specifications; Vector graphics and bitmaps; Interview: Tomek Sowacki. Colouring and rendering: Colour for fashion; Fabric rendering; Collage and mixed media; Digital colouring and rendering; Interview: Petra Borner. Presentation formats: Fashion illustration; Presentation boards; Digital presentations; Interviews: Cecilia Carlstedt; Luis Tinoco; Sandra Suy. Fashion portfolios: What is a fashion portfolio?; Digital portfolios; Interview: Stephanie Finnan. Conclusion. Templates. Further resources. Acknowledgements and picture credits. Working with ethics.

Product details

Published 02 Nov 2009
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 176
ISBN 9782940411153
Imprint AVA Publishing
Illustrations 200 colour illus
Dimensions 230 x 160 mm
Series Basics Fashion Design
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

John Hopkins

John Hopkins is a Senior Academic of Fashion and T…

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