From Pencil to Pen Tool Understanding & Creating the Digital Fashion Image

by Armstrong, Wynn; Armstrong, Jemi; Ivas, Lorrie

• ISBN13: 9781563673641
• ISBN10: 1563673649
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-17
• Publisher: Fairchild Books

Summary

In today's fashion industry, the traditional skills of forecasting, cutting, sewing, and drafting are no longer enough. Students must be able to transform their two-dimensional plans into computer-generated images. From Pencil to Pen Tool: Understanding & Creating the Digital Fashion Image teaches Adobe PhotoShop CS and Illustrator CS techniques applicable to both fashion students entering the field and the established fashion industry professionals seeking to stay current with technology. This book includes technical instruction about sketching and image production, as well as practical advice about creating a computer-generated portfolio and entering the fashion marketplace.

Author Biography

Jemi Armstrong teaches various fashion sketching, illustration and computer design classes at Santa Monica College, Woodbury University and American InterContinental University. She actively does fashion illustration for retail and manufacturing clients including Fred Segal and Michael Stars. In addition, Jemi has been involved in costume illustration for film and TV, digital illustration and web graphics. Armstrong appeared on the television show Awesome Interiors, which featured her three-dimensional art pieces and fashion furniture.

Lorrie Ivas is Fashion cochair at American InterContinental University where she teaches Introduction to Fashion and was awarded the Outstanding Faculty of the Year award two years in a row. She is a member of the Fashion Group International and the Costume Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Table of Contents

Lepape to Perez: The Evolution of the Fashion Image in Relation to Technology of the Times

New Tools for the New Millennium: PhotoShop and Adobe Illustrator Used in Cutting Edge Design

Design Basics: The 4 Elements of Fashion: Silhouette/Colour/Texture/Details

Fashion Sketching Basics: Tutorial A: Building the Basic Fashion Croquis for Men, Women, and Children

Technical Flats: Turorial B: Drawing Silhouettes and Construction Details

Fashion Technology Overview: Pixel vs. Vector for the PC Mac

Software Basics: Getting Started with Adobe PhotoShop

Working with Adobe PhotoShop to Create Trend Boards

Working with PhotoShop to Create Textile Pattern Designs

Software Basics: Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator

Mastering the Adobe Illustrator Pen Tool

Working with Adobe Illustrator and PhotoShop to Create Flats and Illustrations

Advanced Adobe PhotoShop and Illustrator Techniques

Presentations is Everything: What is Expected in Your Portfolio Entering the Fashion Marketplace

Text Features

General introductions to the imaging programmes, accompanied by more specific instructions for fashion applications

Clear, step-by-step instructions

Information about the evolution and the future of fashion-imaging technology

Practice exercises with each lesson

CD-ROM Features

Full-colour tutorials

Current croquis

Palettes with preloaded presets of fabric swatches

Library of ready-to-use construction details

Stock photography for fashion graphics

Practice exercises

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