Drawing For Fashion Designers

This is the most complete book on the subject to date and is made more useful by the sheer range of different styles of drawing. It encourages the reader to find a style that suits them. All fashion designers need to produce drawings, and this book is the perfect guide. It covers all aspects of fashion drawing from basic technical information on the human body to using colour to show fabric and drape, and it encourages you throughout to develop your own unique drawing style. Includes the following: Media: how to select and use drawing materials, covering every type from simple pencil to computers, including coloured pencils, marker pens and paints The Human Figure: how to stylize the human figure to produce fashion drawings, and how to use shading to show the hang of clothes on the body and create texture Developing a Project: how to tackle a project from first concept to finished drawings, including how to gather sources of inspiration using sketchbooks and mood boards, and how to tailor your designs to the demands of the market Technical Matters: how to present your illustrations to fashion-industry standard, including scales of measurement, sewing symbols and an invaluable visual glossary of fashion details Step by Step: inspirational projects by real designers, examined in depth The most complete book on the subject to date, this book will help you produce creative, polished and professional fashion drawings.