Fashion Drawing Course: From Human Figure to Fashion Illustration - Softcover

Baeza, Juan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8415967063 ISBN 13: 9788415967064

Publisher: Promopress, 2014

Synopsis

When fashion designers draw the human body they need to capture its movement and also take into account how it responds to fabrics and volumes. Fashion Drawing Course analyses the most useful techniques for drawing the human figure in the context of fashion design. It offers in-depth explanatory texts and illustrations that will help to nurture a full comprehension of this type of figure drawing. Fashion Drawing Course is divided into two parts: the first section focuses on the human body and the second one explores the drawing of clothes.

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About the Author

Juan Baeza is a Graphic Designer and Illustrator. Professor at the prestigious University of Palermo in Argentina. He also works as a freelance for several agencies, producers and publishing houses.
Susana Saulquin is an Argentinian fashion sociologist specialized in fashion sociology. Director of the post-graduate courses in Fashion Sociology at the Buenos Aires University.

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It is the interesting approach taken by Juan Baeza, which stems from his background and experience in teaching the drawing of the human figure, that makes this book an extremely useful tool for designers.

Beyond fashion trends, society nowadays is more individualistic, and contemporary creativity is based on the freedom of recombining. In this context, what stands out is the importance of independent design, which is characterized by offering solutions based on a personal style and inspiration, without following the trends that are imposed from the fashion production centres. Each discipline serves the particular needs of its subject of study. In clothing and textiles, proximity to the body demands a special way of working. Clothes are designed to be displayed using the body and, therefore, must respect the body's topology and the movements and twists it makes. The value of a designer is mainly measured by the sum of his or her ability to understand the idea behind the object and his or her ability to design—that is, his or her ability to translate that idea into reality.

From the foreword by Susana Saulquin, former Course Director of the Fashion and Textile Design Department, Faculty of Design and Architecture, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

About this edition

• Publisher: Promopress
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 8415967063
• ISBN 13: 9788415967064
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 208