Contemporary Fashion Illustration Techniques

by Naoki Watanabe

The primary skill needed by anyone who works in fashion is the ability to convey—to clients and the general public alike—images of the designs. The impression given to the viewer depends on whether the fashion design drawings are good. Contemporary Fashion Illustration Techniques thoroughly describes the basics of fashion illustration, and covers the latest trends such as vivid images, sprightly movement, and garment material texture. After all, fashion drawing is not simply about sketching a body and face; only when you accurately reproduce the garments and their colors can the designs truly come to life.

Genres: Fashion, Art, Nonfiction, Art Design

128 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2009

Reviews

[Danai Tsouna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice book and helpful as an introduction to fashion illustration. It guides you through the construction and drawing of the human body, the colouring and the representation of fabrics and clothes.

[Lauren G · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this book a lot. I like the step by step for poses, the face front, 3/4, and profile tutorials, as well as the pages of hairstyles and features. I found many parts of this book helpful, the pictures were all big enough to see the detail, and the examples of fashion illustration throughout the book are fashion forward and beautiful. The book even has a chapter on color, and a chapter on technical drawings.

It's a smaller book, but one of the more useful fashion illustration books I have checked out from the library.

[Pannita · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book. It is very easy to follow step by step of fashion drawing but it mainly focuses on female model and posts. In my opinion, this one is good for quick read and review. If i have to pick only one book, it will definitely be this one! Check out my full reference books collection here: http://korpannita.wordpress.com/2013/...

[Nastya]

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