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2011 Fashion Illustration
Fashion Illustration is Unique. The ideas, practice and concepts that drive this genre of work are not easily defined. Fashion Illustration documents a window in time, presenting trends and fashion through a historical perspective. (more…)
March 16, 2011
Fashion Illustration
After you get your inspiration, you tend to draw out an illustration to get an idea of what type of clothing your going for. I would say this step could go under making a storyboard or even the next phase into implementing your plan. These are a couple fashion illustrations that inspired me.
Here are some more great fashion illustrations that I collected from the internet for inspiration.
March 10, 2011
Fashion Week: Designer Sketches
New York Fashion Week came and went all to quickly this season but the Fall 2011 collections did not disappoint and more importantly left us with some fabulous new designer sketches to ogle over. Here are a few of my favorites!
(Jason Wu and Catherine Malandrino)
I absolutely love the loose and stylistic approach of these Jason Wu and Catherine Malandrino sketches. They are both so energetic and sophisticated.
(Adam and Rachael Roy)
This Adam sketch is great example of how you can achieve a polished and professional illustration without rendering the face and hair, which many find intimidating. Especially when starting out drawing and designing. Keep it clean and simple.
Fashion Illustration Exhibition, Drawing Fashion
Fashion Week Spring 2011
New York Fashion Week is well underway so what better time to feature designer fashion illustrations from the collections. I love the simplicity of the fine pencil lines of this Peter Som sketch, and the heavy pen line and lack of skin tone in the Monique Lhuillier illustration frames the soft and frilly dress perfectly
I haven’t used watercolors since college but these illustrations from Nanette Lepore and Tibi make be want to dust off my brushes and play.
Rendering patterns accurately can be a challenge, but Ella Moss makes it look effortless in her illustration of printed separates. And the Adam sketch appears quick and casual yet its completely readable and charming.
I discovered these sketches in the newest Pantone color trend report. Ten colors are highlighted throughout the report that are trending in fashion for the spring/summer 2011 season.
March 5, 2011
Fashion Illustration by Mats Gustafson
Collection of original fashion illustrations housed in the Gladys Marcus Library of the Fashion Institute of Technology. The collection was established by Rosemary Torre and Frederick Bennett in 1984 in honor of Frances Neady, retired professor of fashion illustration, and includes designs of over 40 illustrators, including Bouché, Antonio, Eric, Stavrinos and students of Neady’s. The original collection of 45 sketches has grown to almost 300 and includes works in charcoal, pastel, watercolor, marker, brush and ink, gouache or graphite.
All Special Collections access is by appointment. Researchers should e-mail a request for an appointment to gml_spcollections@yahoo.com as far in advance as possible. For more info, please visit FIT website.
AIFD Australian Institute of Fashion Design
The Australian Institute of Fashion Design has a Fashion Illustration and Portfolio Development course to help you realize your dream. It is designed to improve your fashion drawing and illustration skills, using various rendering mediums (graphite, char cal, paint, etc.). Students will also learn how to professionally layout a portfolio, using techniques to enhance the design’s impact, communicate a design theme or story and create a flow through.
The following is a list of some of the topics that will be covered in this short course:
* Creating Fashion Stories
* Colour Schemes
* Using fashion figure templates/croqui
* Understanding the fashion figure proportions
* Using Various Rendering Techniques and Materials
* Mixed Media Techniques to Create Visually Stunning Presentations
* Using Watercolor Pencils, Gouache and Watercolor Paints, Pantone Marker Pens, Graphite and More
* Creating Different Illustration Styles
* Shading Garments on the Body
* Rendering Fabrics
* Portfolio Layout and Presentation
Your successful career as a fashion designer awaits you!
100 Years of Fashion Illustration
It´s amazing how some people can just whip out incredible illustrations in only a few minutes. Contestants on the show Project Runway for example, get just 30 minutes or less to think about and sketch out their designs. It must take a lot of practice and skill to be able to do that. Apart from sketching for hours on end, is there a faster way to become the next big illustrator for Vogue magazine? It turns out that t
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Illustration
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especially fashion. Why is this happening? Fashion illustration is magical;
it is art that suspends our imagination in the form of the body draped in
fabric or whatever the artist wishes to use. It drives lifestyle, sex, power
and energy, all encapsulated in the form of a figure or the simplicity of a
hand.
Study Fashion Illustration in Italy without Leaving Home at the Online Milan Fashion Campus. FASHIONTRIBES FASHION BLOG
Learn from Milan industry pros who will teach you how to make more than just “nice fashion sketches”, and reveal the nuts & bolts of how the industry actually works. More info at Fashion-Drawing.com.
