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Following the success of the bestselling
New Fashion Illustration comes this exciting visual bible for illustrators and graphic designers. Featuring nearly 1,000 new and innovative images, it provides an unprecedented variety of approaches to the field. An international array of artists offer inspirational examples of every technique, from traditional watercolors, acrylics, and pencil drawings to cutting-edge designs using the latest technology from Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia FreeHand, and digital photography. The fabulous fashions include womenswear (including couture and bridal); menswear (from t-shirts to bespoke); childrenand#8217;s clothing (tots to teens); and the hottest youth styles. Plus, thereand#8217;s stuff for sport and leisure, cool accessories, and beauty and glamour illustrations.
This eye-catching resource is a must-have for any designerand#8212;and for anyone who loves fashion.
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The bestselling visual bible for fashion illustrators and graphic designers is now in a mini edition! With hundreds of stunning images, Martin Dawber showcases an unprecedented variety of approaches for illustrating fashion, from pencil drawing and stitch through watercolor, oils, collage, and the latest digital techniques. Featuring the finest illustrators from around the world, this is the ultimate resource for fashion expression.
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The second edition of the bestselling visual bible for fashion illustrators,
The Great Big Book of Fashion Illustration, is packed with new content. Artists from around the world offer inspirational examples of every technique, from traditional watercolors, acrylics, and pencil drawings to cutting-edge designs using the latest technology. Digital masterpieces as well as traditional drawing and painting are featured in this unprecedented display of fashion expression, including, especially for this edition, a range of fashion sketchbook work providing valuable insight into the creative and technical process. With more than 1000 illustrations, this eye-catching resource is a must-have for any designer--and for everyone who loves fashion.
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A new edition of a classic title, updated and expanded. With close to 1,000 different fashion details, plus additional advice on drawing fashion figures, this is the ultimate resource for designers, artists, and anyone interested in style. Now bigger and better than ever, it covers everything from belts and bows to hemlines and necklines to sleeves, tucks, and waistbands. The details span the entire 20th century up through today, with extra feature illustrations of outfits from key periodsand#151;including 1920s flapper dresses and bell-bottoms from the and#8217;60s.
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The standard work on creative flat drawing in fashion is now completely updated, revised, and expanded!
Creative Fashion Design with Illustratorand#174; teaches students, designers, merchandisers, and developers how to master the industry's most established application and deliver stunning designs in the fastest possible wayand#8212;exactly what's required on the job.
Starting with the basics, it explains how to create flat drawings of simple items such as vests, skirts, and shirts, then gradually moves on to both semi-flat and dynamic life garment drawing. Essential advanced skills, such as print manipulation, transparency and blending modes, pattern warping, lace, buttons, zips and embroidery, round out these superb and visually rich tutorials.
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Turn hand-drawn motifs into digital patterns ready for real fabric with the help of this essential guide to working with Photoshopand#174; and Illustratorand#174; in fashion print design. Step-by-step instructions and handy screen grabs bring these popular applications to the designer's fingertips, complete with tips on scanning, working with color, creating seamless patterns, and preparing designs for real-life application. Helpful hints and a wealth of inspirational images from the best in the business make this a must-have handbook for fashion design students, professionals, and enthusiasts alike.
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From finding inspiration to creating the final collection, this is the complete guide to putting together an attention-grabbing fashion portfolio. It follows the entire design process, covering research, quick sketches, silhouettes, mood boards, garment details, textiles, fabric manipulation, and draping experimentation. In addition to samples from professional sketchbooks, established fashion and accessories designers offer their personal insights on the job's highlights and challenges. A beautiful and practical book that helps readers get inside the designer's mind.
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With digital technologies, anyone with a basic knowledge of both fashion design and computing can create 3D imagesandmdash;still and animatedandmdash;that realistically capture how fabrics will look and clothing will fit. Packed with tutorials and step-by-step instructions, this guide explores the far-reaching capabilities of 3D fashion software. It begins with the principles of working in three directions, and moves on to creating the mannequin avatar, garments, accessories, and textures. Case studies and the various software programs are covered in detail.
About the Author
Anna Kiper has been involved in the fashion industry for many years, as a fashion forecaster, designer, and more recently as a tutor. For the last 10 years she has taught fashion portfolio and concept development courses at Fashion Institute of Technology, Parsons School of Design, Parsons Paris, Pratt Institute, and Drexel University. Her first book Fashion Illustration: Inspiration and Technique (David and Charles) was a bestseller that was translated into 6 languages.