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.

Draw fashion flats with easiness, accuracy and confidence using this one of a kind book."How to draw fashion flats" is a comprehensive, practical guide to technical apparel drawing. The book focuses on pencil and marker techniques with rulers and French curves.This expert, hands-on, guide make essential basic concepts of fashion flats easy to understand. Text in the book is concise and to-the-point. More than 700 hand drawn visuals are in the book to illustrate every step, every term, and every concept. It is a unique book, created by professionals for professionals. Book saves time and makes the complexity of technical drawing easy to comprehend.Who should use this book?Independent designer or small business professional. Be more efficient by making the process of creating and correcting flats easier and more reliable.Professionals in the field of fashion design, apparel technical design and garment product development. Draw accurate flats with this book.Fashion merchandising professionals. Use the book as a reference for garment elements terms and a glossary of garment types.Students who study fashion design, patternmaking and fashion merchandising. With this book, a student's project can rich a level of professional competency.What is in the book?Step-by-step guides on how to draw pants, t-shirts, jackets, swimwear, and skirts.Do's and don'ts, the right and wrong examples (visuals with captions)Visual galleries of garment details.Main fashion apparel terms illustrated.Drawing tips from the expert.Figure templates for drawing flats. Use the figure templates to draw your flats. Women, men, children (4 different age groups) as well as a plus size women and big and tall man figures.The Gallery of completed projects. Learn the main steps of development flats from sketches. Gallery shows fashion illustrations with matching flats and work sketches.Who created this book?Irina V. Ivanova is a fashion designer and professional visual artist. Irina is the author of the "Children's wear fashion illustration resource book".With this book, you can draw accurate fashion flats, fast and with confidence.

Flats: Technical Drawing for Fashion explains how to create a flat using a simple and straightforward step-by-step method. This second edition includes more information on rendering drawings by hand and using a computer, and a brand new section on knitwear. The main part of the book presents over 600 technical drawings of garment types, styles, and construction details, the basic key shapes of which are shown alongside a specially created and photographed muslin. This unique presentation illustrates the relationship between the three-dimensional garment and the two-dimensional drawing, allowing readers to really understand how to render flats.

echnical Drawing for Fashion explains how to create a technical fashion drawing using a simple and straightforward step-by-step method. This second edition includes more information on rendering drawings by hand and using a computer, and a brand new section on knitwear. The main part of the book presents over 600 technical drawings of garment types, styles and construction details, the basic key shapes of which are shown alongside a specially created and photographed calico toile. This unique presentation illustrates the relationship between the three-dimensional garment and the two-dimensional drawing, allowing readers to really understand how to render technical drawings.

Fashion Flats and Technical Drawing is a step-by-step workbook for learning technical drawing and flat sketching skills. With more than 500 hand-drawn and CAD-rendered flats and 100 photos of finished samples showing how a sketch translates to a 3D garment, the book covers a range of garments and construction details used to communicate fashion designs for portfolios and production. Abling and DaCosta progress from basic design construction details such as darts, gathers, and trims to essential garment styles including skirts, tops, dresses, pants, jackets and coats. The book includes unique coverage of presentation of flats in a portfolio and critical step of preparing flats for a technical package and productions. Downloadable figure templates and flats library are available online. This book is an essential resource for fashion designers to learn technical drawing skills that effectively communicate fashion design concepts. Features � Shows front-view and back-view flats, select side-view and 3/4-view flats, plus variations for menswear and childrenswear � Covers basic CAD techniques, how to use the pen tool, and methods for translating hand-drawn flats to digital drawings � Guest Artist features showcase professional designer styles for flats to inspire creativity � Practical format includes lay-flat spiral binding and drawing practice pages with grids and figure templates Fashion Flats and Technical Drawing STUDIO � Download figure templates and basic garment flats that can be used in different CAD programs or printed out for reference or practice � Access extra drawing exercises and project using women's, men's, and children's flat figure templates � Review concepts with flashcards of essential fashion vocabulary Teaching Resources � The Instructor's Resources include sample course syllabi, test questions, visual quizzes and grading guidelines. PLEASE NOTE: Purchasing or renting this ISBN does not include access to the STUDIO resources that accompany this text. To receive free access to the STUDIO content with new copies of this book, please order the book + STUDIO access card bundle ISBN 9781501313035 or eBook + Studio Instant Access bundle ISBN 978150131302.

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.

Technical Drawing for Fashion explains how to create a technical fashion drawing using a simple and straightforward step-by-step method, explained for those who wish to use Adobe Illustrator as well as for those who prefer to draw by hand. The second part of the book presents over 600 technical drawings of garment types, styles and construction details, the basic key shapes of which are shown alongside a specially created and photographed calico toile. Accompanying each illustration is a list of all the terms by which that garment is known. This unique presentation illustrates the relationship between the three dimensional garment and the two-dimensional drawing, allowing readers to really understand how to render technical drawings.

"This book is excellent for training future tech designers on how to develop the tech pack." Tameka Ellington, Kent State University, US Learn technical design processes and industry standards, such as ASTM and ISO, for apparel production and manufacturing practices. With more than 1,100 images and technical packages for 12 apparel products, the book explains topics like fabric selection, finding seasonal fashion trends, garment construction, and fit evaluation, all so you can cost-effectively meet consumer needs. You'll learn about product categories including women's wear, menswear, and knitwear, as well as how to create a cost sheet and manage product data, to help you develop specification sheets and technical packages for specific markets.

This comprehensive compilation presents technical design processes and industry standards that reflect current apparel production and manufacturing practices. The authors provide a holistic perspective of the role of technical design in apparel production, including such considerations as selection of fabrics, finding seasonal fashion trends, garment construction, and fit evaluation, all in the context of meeting the needs of the target consumer with cost-effective decisions.

Communicate your ideas and designs through a variety of sketches, drawings and expressive illustrations, with guidance from a seasoned professional. With more than 150 colour examples, John Hopkins takes you through the different styles, techniques and approaches to drawing in the fashion industry. This second edition offers advice on selecting appropriate materials and media, with examples demonstrating their different uses and applications. You'll also learn the theory and history of fashion drawing, and the range of styles used by contemporary designers, from quick sketches to sophisticated digital drawings. In addition to new interviews with designers and illustrators, a glossary, resources directory and revised templates, this edition also has exercises to get you pencilling your fashion figures, painting your collections and developing that all-important portfolio right from the start.