Fashion Design Drawing Course: Principles, Practice, and Techniques: The New Guide for Aspiring Fashion Artists -- Now with Digital Art Techniques - Softcover

Tatham, Caroline; Armstrong, Wynn; Armstrong, Jemi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764147307 ISBN 13: 9780764147302

Publisher: Sourcebooks, 2011

Synopsis

Now available in a brand-new edition, this popular and widely praised instructional textbook has become a standard for classroom use in fashion design courses. Twenty-four step-by-step exercises tutor students in methods for finding inspiration, developing techniques to sharpen their observational skills, and in creating fashion drawings in color and black-and-white media. Separate sections coach students in getting started, and on understanding figure proportions, planning and designing garments, and creating and assessing flat specification drawings. New in this expanded and updated edition is a section that provides detailed instruction in digital art techniques. This beautifully illustrated guide is organized into units that reflect curricula at leading international design colleges. Added features include a designer's glossary and an index. The book's more than 300 color illustrations are as instructive as they are handsome.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

(back cover )
Caroline Tatham was the head tutor in fashion at the world renowned Central St. Martin's College of Art and Design in London. She has also worked as a leading designer, product developer, and brand manager for international companies.
Julian Seaman, author of four previous books on fashion, is an internationally known print designer and painter. He is currently visiting tutor at Central St. Martin's College of Art and Design in London.
Jemi Armstrong teaches fashion sketching and illustration at Santa Monica College and The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM). She illustrates for leading retail and manufacturing clients, and has written and illustrated several books on fashion drawing.
Wynn Armstrong teaches digital media classes for fashion and computer design at the American Intercontinental University, Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM), Woodbury University, and The Academy of Couture Arts, and has collaborated on several books and projects on his subjects.

This new, comprehensively updated edition of the best-selling Fashion Design Drawing Course offers aspiring designers detailed instruction, presenting many specially sourced samples of illustration styles, plus a brand-new section instructing in digital art techniques.

Organized into instructional units that reflect courses as they are taught in leading design colleges, the text progresses from finding initial inspiration to employing different methods of capturing your vision.

Learn how to find inspiration for creating irresistible fashion collections, and then discover how to communicate your vision to others. See the world in new ways; express your vision through your drawings; target your approach to specific customers; develop a cohesive style; and build an eye-catching portfolio.

About the Author

Caroline Tatham has extensive experience in London's fashion industry and is currently on the faculty at the renowned Central St. Martin's College of Art and Design in London.

Julian Seaman is a respected print designer and the author of several best-selling books on fashion. He is currently visiting tutor at Central St. Martin's College of Art and Design in London.

Wynn Armstrong teaches digital media classes for fashion and computer design at the American Intercontinental University, Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM), Woodbury University, and The Academy of Couture Arts. He and his wife Jemi have also written extensively on the art of creating fashion images.

Jemi Armstrong teaches fashion sketching and illustration at Santa Monica College and The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM). She illustrates for retail and manufacturing clients, including Medi Spa, The Colleagues, Fred Segal, and Michael Stars.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0764147307
• ISBN 13: 9780764147302
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Seaman Julian