• Presents a fresh perspective on basic principles and practices of contemporary fashion drawing styles
• Practical approach to describing the process of fashion drawing
• Offers advice on the selection of materials and media and their different uses and applications
• Considers the theory and history of fashion drawing
• Considers the range of styles used by contemporary designers; from quick sketches to sophisticated digital pieces
• Interviews with designers and illustrators
• Detailed guide to the theory and practice drawing for fashion design
• Variety of case studies and examples of work taken from contemporary fashion designers
• Presented in a visually stimulating style
• Designed to appeal to students of the creative arts

Introduction
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Drawing to Communicate your Ideas

• A brief history
• Art supplies for drawing
• The fashion sketch
• Work drawings
• Sketchbooks
• Interviews:
• Elmas Huseyin
• Richard NicollLovisa Burfitt

The Fashion Figure

• Understanding fashion proportions
• Drawing from life
• Creating poses
• Fashion heads, faces and hair
• Arms, hands, legs and feet
• Drawing men
• Interviews:
• Howard Tangye

Technical Drawings

• Understanding garments
• Drawing fashion flats
• Drawing technical specifications
• Vector graphics and bitmaps
• Interviews:
• Tomek Sowacki

Colouring and Rendering

• Colour for fashion
• Fabric rendering
• Collage and mixed media
• Digital coloring and rendering
• Interviews:
• Petra Borner

Presentation Formats

• Fashion illustration
• Presentation boards
• Digital presentations
• Interviews:
• Cecilia Carlstedt
• Louis Tinoco
• Sandra Suy

Fashion Portfolios

• What is a fashion portfolio?
• Digital portfolios
• Interviews:
• Stephanie Finnan
• Conclusion
• templates
• Further Resources
• Acknowledgements and Picture Credits
• Working with Ethics

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