Fashion Illustration

Topic to be covered

Week 1: Introduction to the art of Fashion Illustration (Understanding why fashion should be treated as art)

• Shapes, lines and geometric shapes
• Human Anatomy
• Building rhythm with your paper and pencil
• Angular figures (take 1)

Week 2

• Angular figures (take 2)
• Fleshing out the Croquis
• Fleshing out the Croquis (front, profile and back view)

Week 3

• Analysis of body movement (spinal and limb movements)
• Facials (Basic facial details)
• Basics face shapes and dimensions
• Basic eye shapes, nose, lips, hair…

Week 4

• Introduction to fashion technical drawing
• Flats: drawing and tracing different fashion silhouettes

Week 5: Art forms and Illustration

• Accessories: how to draw bags, shoes, necklaces, sunglasses and indigenous headgears

Week 6

• Review of flats
• Elements of design

Week 7

• Clothing the Croquis
• Elements of design in fashion

Week 8

• Short treatise on the color theory
• Croquis book practice

Week 9

• Putting together a proper fashion collection
• Croquis book practice

Week 10

• Review and project assessment
• Project
• Submission of long term assignments

Tools Needed 

You can now order your designing tools, both Patternmaking & Garment Construction here 

1. Brown Paper
2. Armhole Curves / French Curves
3. Measuring Tape
4. Sharpener
5. Eraser
6. Paper Scissors
7. Pencil 
8. Masking Tape
9. Metal long straight Ruler
10. Tracing Wheel
11. Hip Curve     
12. Muslin/ Calico / Teru