From Pencil to Pen Tool: Understanding & Creating the Digital Fashion Image

Armstrong, Wynn; Armstrong, Jemi; Ivas, Lorrie

ISBN 10: 1563673649 / ISBN 13: 9781563673641

Published by Fairchild Books, New York, 2007

About this Item

Light wear to boards. INternally very clean. Binding tight. 416pp Size: 235mm x 310mm.

Seller Inventory # 029202

Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Pencil to Pen Tool: Understanding & Creating the Digital Fashion Image
• Publisher: Fairchild Books, New York
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1563673649
• ISBN 13: 9781563673641
• Binding: Pictorial Hardcover
• Edition: Second Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fashion, Costume, Jewellery and Textiles

About this title

Synopsis

In today's fashion industry, the traditional skills of forecasting, cutting, sewing and drafting are no longer enough. Students must be able to transform their two-dimensional plans into computer-generated images. From Pencil to Pen Tool: Understanding Creating the Digital Fashion Image teaches Adobe PhotoShop CS and Illustrator CS techniques applicable to both fashion students entering the field and established fashion-industry professionals seeking to stay current with technology. This book includes technical instruction about sketching and image production, as well as practical advice about creating a computer-generated portfolio and entering the fashion marketplace. Instructor's Guide available on request

About the Author

Jemi Armstrong teaches various fashion sketching, illustration and computer design classes at Santa Monica College, Woodbury University and American InterContinental University. She actively does fashion illustration for retail and manufacturing clients including Fred Segal and Michael Stars. In addition, Jemi has been involved in costume illustration for film and TV, digital illustration and web graphics. Armstrong appeared on the television show Awesome Interiors, which featured her three-dimensional art pieces and fashion furniture.

Lorrie Ivas is Fashion cochair at American InterContinental University where she teaches Introduction to Fashion and was awarded the Outstanding Faculty of the Year award two years in a row. She is a member of the Fashion Group International and the Costume Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.