With a design orientation, FASHION ILLUSTRATION FOR DESIGNERS, 2/e is focused on teaching students how to develop contemporary drawing skills that will allow them to communicate their fashion vision. Fashion Illustration for Designers, 2e teaches students how to draw all the various fashion figures for men, women and children and features the latest in today’s fashion trends. From expanded Photoshop coverage to more on streetwear and activewear, it addresses current trends in figures, fashions and illustrations. With its focus on visual communication, it shows the best tools for getting ideas on paper and dazzling an audience with the sophistication of the approach.
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RLC –
I purchased this book for my 11 year old niece who is very bright and very interested in fashion design. She skimmed the book, we watched the DVD and her skill level in drawing her independent designs and the models wearing them was increased 10 fold. I can only imagine the leap as she reads this text with more depth and continues to practice.
I will be purchasing the new version that is set to be released this year.
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H –
Lovely book. There are sections on male and child illustrations however I am only interested in the women’s sections. I draw fashion illustrations as a hobby and this book is great for a beginner like me
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Mika Roche –
I really enjoyed the illustration in this book everything is easy to understand. It makes life much easier as a fashion designer to know how to structure the garments in a way so it can flow. Also it helps with your drawing stills. I would recommend this book to anyone.
Thanks alot, Famousbella Fashion Illustration for Designers: Spiral
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GigglingGothGirl –
I personally like the book. My professor does not. I don’t think we’ve even opened it and we are at the midterm. When I looked through it I thought it was a nice reference but again since we haven’t used it in Illustration 1… I’ll only keep it around until next semester when I take Illustration 2. Good book but my teacher doesn’t think so? I guess that’s how it sounded.
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alina –
great
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Mai Penn Aim –
I ordered the 1st edition after reading to many negative comments about the 2nd one. The first one has more pages (though I didn’t compare the content of both editions).
Though the content is slightly disorganised, the information present in every page is very helpful. It’s divided in 9 chapters and each chapter is subdivided in units (which have all very clear objectives like in school textbooks).
Even before starting to draw, the author tells us about mediums. It covers not only the types of mediums but also their advantages and disadvantages. It really is a shame that 85% of the book is in black and white though…. Another good book for some more exemples of medium use is (in French) “Étapes de Mode : T03 Expressions Graphiques” by Isabelle D’Argoeuves. For a more inspirational use of different mediums in fashion drawing, there is also the beautiful book ” Fashion Illustration : Inspiration and Technique ” by Anna Kiper. Though I’d use the book mostly for inspiration as it doesn’t show basic techniques; her drawing is already very stylized to begin with.
What I like the most about the book surely is the “Color, Glorious Color” (it contains info about color rendering). But, as I consider that Rendering includes colour and texture, I was a bit surprised to find that the texture rendering for fabrics is mostly included in the Clothing Your Muse Unit of Chapter 3. Another good point of the book is the two CDs included. They feature the videos of some illustrations in the book (the making of + explanations by the author herself).
Something I noticed in the book is the use of Photoshop in most of the handmade illustrations. The smudge tool and the fill tool to be exact. Sometimes it is subtle… but sometimes… it is just not.
To conclude, I would recommend this book to everyone who is getting started in the Fashion Illustration, it is quite expensive, but is worth every penny. It does have 583 pages of illustrations, text, and exercises! There is also a very good book (in French) written by Takemura Zeshu called ” Cours de Dessin de Mode tome 1 ” It covers all the basic pretty well in a neutral way (non stylized) so that readers get to develop their own style after they get comfortable with the “neutral” way. I know there is also an English book made by him but I didn’t take a look at it.
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Karen A. –
Excellent for artists who want to learn fashion design art. It is written well, has wonderful illustrations, and comes with 2 CDs of videos of the artist creating her illustrations.
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AmbreJewel –
I haven’t had the chance to sit down and really study or practice the methods in this book, but as an experienced, busy costume designer who rather hates the tedious rendering process with paints, the idea of nearly mess-free, mostly marker based rendering is quite exciting! I ordered a large set of markers which are on the way and I can’t wait to get started!
From what I’ve seen just looking through this book and DVD, I consider it a must have for fashion and costume designers alike. But it should be noted for costume designers new to the field that proportions of the human body are typically done more accurately for renderings in costume design as compared to fashion renderings which elongate and “stylize” the human body. The materials are perfect for learning to render different types of materials, skin tone, hair, etc., but if you are a costume designer reading this, I strongly advise you to learn how to draw the human body appropriately.
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Shalizeh –
This was an excellent purchase, I got a heavy ring binder with a CD. I was able to enlarge some of the pictures to show my students details from 9 head figures. Good information for those interested in learning about fashion design. Excellent book
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ArtisanCat –
If you dont know how to draw or find yourself at a crossroads with your talent then this is the book for you. There are step by step instructions and the illustrations are great!
It provides great examples on drawing draped garments etc on the body dividing each type of garment by chapter. The approach is realistic, and Kathryn Hagens superb style and talent is so evidently displayed in the TWO DVD’s is worth the price alone!
You wont be disappointed!
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arieona branch –
The book is extremely flimsy, the illustrations are nice, but the quality could be better. A good deal as far as price goes.
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Lorraine Alice Calderon –
My Croquet professor recommended this book. So glad I got it. It goes into such depth and detail including bones and muscles!
RLC –
I purchased this book for my 11 year old niece who is very bright and very interested in fashion design. She skimmed the book, we watched the DVD and her skill level in drawing her independent designs and the models wearing them was increased 10 fold. I can only imagine the leap as she reads this text with more depth and continues to practice.
I will be purchasing the new version that is set to be released this year.
H –
Lovely book. There are sections on male and child illustrations however I am only interested in the women’s sections. I draw fashion illustrations as a hobby and this book is great for a beginner like me
Mika Roche –
I really enjoyed the illustration in this book everything is easy to understand. It makes life much easier as a fashion designer to know how to structure the garments in a way so it can flow. Also it helps with your drawing stills. I would recommend this book to anyone.
Thanks alot,
Famousbella Fashion Illustration for Designers: Spiral
GigglingGothGirl –
I personally like the book. My professor does not. I don’t think we’ve even opened it and we are at the midterm. When I looked through it I thought it was a nice reference but again since we haven’t used it in Illustration 1… I’ll only keep it around until next semester when I take Illustration 2.
Good book but my teacher doesn’t think so? I guess that’s how it sounded.
alina –
great
Mai Penn Aim –
I ordered the 1st edition after reading to many negative comments about the 2nd one. The first one has more pages (though I didn’t compare the content of both editions).
Though the content is slightly disorganised, the information present in every page is very helpful. It’s divided in 9 chapters and each chapter is subdivided in units (which have all very clear objectives like in school textbooks).
Even before starting to draw, the author tells us about mediums. It covers not only the types of mediums but also their advantages and disadvantages. It really is a shame that 85% of the book is in black and white though…. Another good book for some more exemples of medium use is (in French) “Étapes de Mode : T03 Expressions Graphiques” by Isabelle D’Argoeuves. For a more inspirational use of different mediums in fashion drawing, there is also the beautiful book ” Fashion Illustration : Inspiration and Technique ” by Anna Kiper. Though I’d use the book mostly for inspiration as it doesn’t show basic techniques; her drawing is already very stylized to begin with.
What I like the most about the book surely is the “Color, Glorious Color” (it contains info about color rendering). But, as I consider that Rendering includes colour and texture, I was a bit surprised to find that the texture rendering for fabrics is mostly included in the Clothing Your Muse Unit of Chapter 3.
Another good point of the book is the two CDs included. They feature the videos of some illustrations in the book (the making of + explanations by the author herself).
Something I noticed in the book is the use of Photoshop in most of the handmade illustrations. The smudge tool and the fill tool to be exact. Sometimes it is subtle… but sometimes… it is just not.
To conclude, I would recommend this book to everyone who is getting started in the Fashion Illustration, it is quite expensive, but is worth every penny. It does have 583 pages of illustrations, text, and exercises! There is also a very good book (in French) written by Takemura Zeshu called ” Cours de Dessin de Mode tome 1 ” It covers all the basic pretty well in a neutral way (non stylized) so that readers get to develop their own style after they get comfortable with the “neutral” way. I know there is also an English book made by him but I didn’t take a look at it.
Karen A. –
Excellent for artists who want to learn fashion design art. It is written well, has wonderful illustrations, and comes with 2 CDs of videos of the artist creating her illustrations.
AmbreJewel –
I haven’t had the chance to sit down and really study or practice the methods in this book, but as an experienced, busy costume designer who rather hates the tedious rendering process with paints, the idea of nearly mess-free, mostly marker based rendering is quite exciting! I ordered a large set of markers which are on the way and I can’t wait to get started!
From what I’ve seen just looking through this book and DVD, I consider it a must have for fashion and costume designers alike. But it should be noted for costume designers new to the field that proportions of the human body are typically done more accurately for renderings in costume design as compared to fashion renderings which elongate and “stylize” the human body. The materials are perfect for learning to render different types of materials, skin tone, hair, etc., but if you are a costume designer reading this, I strongly advise you to learn how to draw the human body appropriately.
Shalizeh –
This was an excellent purchase, I got a heavy ring binder with a CD. I was able to enlarge some of the pictures to show my students details from 9 head figures. Good information for those interested in learning about fashion design. Excellent book
ArtisanCat –
If you dont know how to draw or find yourself at a crossroads with your talent then this is the book for you. There are step by step instructions and the illustrations are great!
It provides great examples on drawing draped garments etc on the body dividing each type of garment by chapter. The approach is realistic, and Kathryn Hagens superb style and talent is so evidently displayed in the TWO DVD’s is worth the price alone!
You wont be disappointed!
arieona branch –
The book is extremely flimsy, the illustrations are nice, but the quality could be better. A good deal as far as price goes.
Lorraine Alice Calderon –
My Croquet professor recommended this book. So glad I got it. It goes into such depth and detail including bones and muscles!