Fashion Drawing

Fashion Drawing is a comprehensive, practical guide to fashion drawing for students of fashion design. This second edition features brand new illlustrations reflecting developments in pose, presentation and digital design, plus guidance on creating technical flats. Step–by–step tutorials show how to create fashion drawings for women, men and children, and adapt them for different markets More than 1000 illustrations depict work from leading designers and illustrators revealing a wide variety of approaches Discover how to render fabrics, textures and effects, from faux fur and metallics to prints, woven and knitted materials Includes an illustrated glossary of garment and fabric details and an extensive resource section "A useful resource for both fashion students and home sewists looking to give their sketches a professional look." – Simply Sewing Chapters include: • Drawing Women • Drawing Men • Drawing Children and Young Adults • Zooming In • Working From Life • Drawing Garments • Production Sketches • Basic Garment Details and Silhouettes • Drawing Drape • Tailored Clothing • Rendering Shine • Texture, Patterns and Sheers

Learn how to draw stylish looks with step-by-step guidance from a top New York designer and teacher. Drawing is vitally important for the fashion industry. Now, leading fashion designer and illustrator Anna Kiper contributes to the revival of this unique art form with Fashion Illustration. Every illustration lesson included presents a story with exciting design details and ideas to inspire designers to rediscover the art of hand drawing as a tool for creating vibrant and original work. This book will help you: Achieve movement and attitude in figure drawing by following a few simple steps Develop striking and energetic page compositions Explore effortless ways to illustrate print, textures, and embellishments Discover an exciting variety of media and techniques to enrich your individual drawing style With chapters including The Fashion Figure, Fashion Dictionary, Accessories, Illustrating Men, Illustrating Children, Fabric Rendering Techniques, and more, even beginners can learn to illustrate fashion from a designer’s perspective.

Fashion Drawing is a comprehensive, practical guide to fashion drawing for students of fashion design. This second edition features brand new illlustrations reflecting developments in pose, presentation and digital design, plus guidance on creating technical flats. Step–by–step tutorials show how to create fashion drawings for women, men and children, and adapt them for different markets More than 1000 illustrations depict work from leading designers and illustrators revealing a wide variety of approaches Discover how to render fabrics, textures and effects, from faux fur and metallics to prints, woven and knitted materials Includes an illustrated glossary of garment and fabric details and an extensive resource section "A useful resource for both fashion students and home sewists looking to give their sketches a professional look." – Simply Sewing Chapters include: • Drawing Women • Drawing Men • Drawing Children and Young Adults • Zooming In • Working From Life • Drawing Garments • Production Sketches • Basic Garment Details and Silhouettes • Drawing Drape • Tailored Clothing • Rendering Shine • Texture, Patterns and Sheers

Do you dream of becoming a fashion designer? This inspirational, practical and stylish introduction to the industry reveals what it takes to become a first-rate fashion illustrator. Including sections on templates and poses, fabrics, accessories and clothing design, Fashion Drawing offers instruction in the full range of skills required to reach a professional standard. In addition to providing step-by-step tuition, the book showcases an exciting range of work by established fashion designers and illustrators. Whether you are a serious student who wants to add to your skills or someone who simply enjoys the creative process of drawing fashion, this book will take your work to another level.

This stylish introduction to fashion drawing is aimed both at practicing designers who want to brush up their skills, and at wannabe designers and fashion enthusiasts who want to learn how to design, draw and illustrate fashion from scratch. User-friendly, accessible and stylish, this book is an ideal guide to the world of fashion illustration and design. Fully illustrated throughout, this book contains examples from a range of practising fashion designers and illustrators, and step-by-step illustrations showing how to get the best results. Beginning with the materials and equipment that readers will need, the book goes on to explain how to get inspiration and ideas and use a sketchbook to develop design projects, before moving on to the process of drawing fashion figures. Readers are guided through the process of drawing fashion figures, with step-by-step illustrations showing proportions, men and women, and a range of different poses (standing, sitting, walking etc). Noel Chapman is a fashion author, lecturer, consultant and designer who has designed clothes for Urban Outfitters, Tommy Hilfiger, Quiksilver and Galeries Lafayette amongst others. Judith Cheek is a fashion illustrator who trained at Central Saint Martin's School of Art and has worked for clients including M&S, the Conran Group, Viyella and Littlewoods.

9 Heads' is a clear and comprehensive guide to the fundamentals of fashion drawing in black and white. It demonstrates that drawing can be learned by the application of a set of rules and guidelines, together with commitment and practice.

Book on fashion drawing from 1923-1983