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Creative fashion illustration : how to develop your own style / Stuart McKenzie.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, [2019]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 111 pages illustrations, some color 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1350133906
  • 9781350133907
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 741.6/72 23
Other classification:
  • Ihk
  • Ig
Contents:
Line -- Silhouette -- Light & shade -- Collage -- Fabrics, texture, pattern -- Drawing design detail -- Exaggeration -- Drawing from life -- Movement -- Proportion -- Faces -- Hands & feet -- Flat drawings: communicating designs -- Showcase -- Inspiration -- Toolbox.
Summary: "Fashion illustration is skillful and inventive, and the best fashion illustrators can fulfill a brief creatively using their own unique approach. Visually-led and extremely accessible, this book is the go-to resource for anyone wanting to develop their own style. Easy-to-follow exercises are designed to build confidence and encourage experimentation as readers develop essential skills and learn simple and effective tips and tricks. With concise, accessible chapters on topics such as proportion, movement, line, shape and volume as well as sections on tricky areas such as hands and feet, Creative Fashion Illustration is essential reading for anyone looking to enhance their basic drawing skills. Whether coming to fashion illustration for the very first time, a student looking to develop their techniques and expand their portfolio, or even a more experienced illustrator looking for fresh ideas, this book is the ideal guide to imaginative fashion illustration that will stand out from the crowd"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes index.

Line -- Silhouette -- Light & shade -- Collage -- Fabrics, texture, pattern -- Drawing design detail -- Exaggeration -- Drawing from life -- Movement -- Proportion -- Faces -- Hands & feet -- Flat drawings: communicating designs -- Showcase -- Inspiration -- Toolbox.

"Fashion illustration is skillful and inventive, and the best fashion illustrators can fulfill a brief creatively using their own unique approach. Visually-led and extremely accessible, this book is the go-to resource for anyone wanting to develop their own style. Easy-to-follow exercises are designed to build confidence and encourage experimentation as readers develop essential skills and learn simple and effective tips and tricks. With concise, accessible chapters on topics such as proportion, movement, line, shape and volume as well as sections on tricky areas such as hands and feet, Creative Fashion Illustration is essential reading for anyone looking to enhance their basic drawing skills. Whether coming to fashion illustration for the very first time, a student looking to develop their techniques and expand their portfolio, or even a more experienced illustrator looking for fresh ideas, this book is the ideal guide to imaginative fashion illustration that will stand out from the crowd"-- Provided by publisher.

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