Fashion Design Drawing Course: Principles, Practice and Techniques - Softcover

Jemi Armstrong

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500289859 ISBN 13: 9780500289853

Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 2012

Synopsis

This is a newly revised and updated edition of the bestselling guide for aspiring fashion designers. Selling nearly 40,000 copies, the original 2003 edition proved to be a popular resource worldwide for students of illustration and fashion design. This new expanded edition increases in extent to 160pp, and includes a new section introducing readers to digital drawing and rendering techniques for fashion illustration, both as the primary media and in combination with traditional methods. The new edition also brings in a complete refresh of the artwork examples shown throughout the book, drawing on contemporary illustrative styles and apparel design, portrayed both in digital and traditional media techniques. It is organized into 24 instructional units to reflect the progression of a course at top design college, covering everything from finding inspiration, observational techniques, lateral thinking, mastery of the drawing media techniques themselves, to the more technical aspects of ga

About this title

About the Author

Caroline Tatham is the lead tutor in fashion at the world-renowned Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. She is well known throughout the European and American fashion industry as a buyer and designer.

Review

"The publication's strengths are in the clarity and verve with which the illustrations are presented."
— Arts and Activities, March 2004

Edition details

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500289859
• ISBN 13: 9780500289853
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160