Versace's chief illustrator teaches us how to draw, halfway between fashion sketch and illustration, in a non-classical and non-stereotypical way.

Rendering is very crucial in fashion illustration and many students have trouble in rendering garments. This book solves this problem by being comprehensive and well illustrated. Correct redering is possible with the use of appropriate mediums and right techniques. Fashion rendering techniques given in this book are simple and quick, and the colour mediums used are easily available in the market. Extensive illustrations have been included for clear understanding and practice, Students, teachers, professionals and illustrators will love this book for its straightforward, easy-to-follow text and step-by-step illustrations.

This up-to-date business tool for artists learning job skills, demonstrateswith clarity and precisionthe beginning, middle, and advanced techniques for marker and water color rendering for the fashion industry. Its focus and approach demystify the rendering process in simple, easy to follow, step-by-step instructionswith specific examples that encourage practice and confidence in either media of choice. A fundamental format builds on skill and proficiency, and it contains a gradual, natural progression of style into more complex and detailed techniques.Chapter topics include design room skills, sketching/rendering for a collection, quick tips for illustrating fabrics, line quality; flesh tones; solid coloring; white fabrics; simple prints; fall fabrics; knitwear; and glamour fabrics.For fashion designers, designers assistants, and stylists.

Learn how to draw posed figures for fashion illustration This comprehensive reference provides hands-on techniques for created posed figures for fashion illustration. The first section illustrates various examples of nude and semi-nude poses (male and female). Later chapters illustrate the same poses wearing sportswear, sleepwear, dresses, suits, trousers, and casual and evening wear. The poses in each chapter are organized to show a progression including seated model (crossed legs, straight legs, seated on chair, seated on the floor); standing model (frontal view, three-quarter view, side-view from the back with crossed legs and straight legs); and moving model (running, walking, dancing). Each chapter begins with an introduction which is followed by images with detailed explanatory captions. With a focus on shape and form, the content covers marker and pencil techniques for a complete range of illustrated poses.

The primary skill needed by anyone who works in fashion is the ability to convey—to clients and the general public alike—images of the designs. The impression given to the viewer depends on whether the fashion design drawings are good. Contemporary Fashion Illustration Techniques thoroughly describes the basics of fashion illustration, and covers the latest trends such as vivid images, sprightly movement, and garment material texture. After all, fashion drawing is not simply about sketching a body and face; only when you accurately reproduce the garments and their colors can the designs truly come to life.

From the clothes to the pose, here's everything you need to create fierce fashion illustrations. Create fabulous fashion moments! Drawing on 20+ years of fashion illustrating experience, Jennifer Lilya uses acrylic paint and black ink to show you how to draw the clothes, poses and attitudes behind runway-worthy art. Follow her expert tips, techniques and step-by-step illustrations to draw girls that rock the look, from flirty and fun to strong and sexy. Illustrated with tons of gorgeous examples, this guide covers everything from assembling your tools and mixing skin tones to the secrets behind natural looking poses and proper fabric drape. Jennifer uses acrylic paint and black ink to create her happy illustrations, and shows you how, too. But you can follow along with markers, pencils or whatever you like! Find out how to: • Draw standing and walking poses full of attitude and movement. • Use highlights, shadows and line quality to liven up your illustrations. • Evoke a variety of facial expressions using loose indications of eyes, lips and noses. • Create the look of batik, plaid, leather, lace, tweed and other fabrics. • Pull it all together into complete fashion illustrations. Pulsing with style, color and energy, this super-sassy guide will help you move your fashion art forward. Give your girls the spirit and spunk they need to enchant the crowd as they cruise the runway, hit the town or strike a pose.

Fashion design begins in the designer’s creative mind, and drawing is the crucial next step to communicating creative ideas to others to bring those ideas to reality. Clear, expressive drawings engage and bring together people in patternmaking, production, marketing, and all other facets of the fashion business, ensuring that everyone shares the same vision that originates with the designer. Kathryn Hagen brings decades of experience teaching design students how best to translate their ideas into drawings. She opens with basic drawing skills using both hand tools and computer techniques before moving on to applying those skills to both the human figure and the specifics of various types of clothing. Throughout the book she exposes designers to myriad techniques and styles, encouraging each individual to discover what works best for him or her. Each chapter ends with practice exercises as well as visual references to review and reinforce material learned in the chapter lessons. Videos demonstrating hands-on examples can be viewed at waveland.com/Hagen, with emphasis on distressed fabrics and novelty treatments. 84 pages of color present a wide variety of rendering techniques.

Learn how to draw stylish looks with step-by-step guidance from a top New York designer and teacher. Drawing is vitally important for the fashion industry. Now, leading fashion designer and illustrator Anna Kiper contributes to the revival of this unique art form with Fashion Illustration. Every illustration lesson included presents a story with exciting design details and ideas to inspire designers to rediscover the art of hand drawing as a tool for creating vibrant and original work. This book will help you: Achieve movement and attitude in figure drawing by following a few simple steps Develop striking and energetic page compositions Explore effortless ways to illustrate print, textures, and embellishments Discover an exciting variety of media and techniques to enrich your individual drawing style With chapters including The Fashion Figure, Fashion Dictionary, Accessories, Illustrating Men, Illustrating Children, Fabric Rendering Techniques, and more, even beginners can learn to illustrate fashion from a designer’s perspective.

CD-ROM contains: rendering fashion, fabric and prints with Adobe Illustrator.

DIVExamine the basic elements and principles of fashion design in this comprehensive reference that defines each of the basic elements. This must-have book enhances visual literacy, and inspires with dynamic and memorable visual references./div