American Classic Fashion Drawing Techniques: Advanced Edition (International Fashion Series 11): Advanced Edition

Author: Stilbelman
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: This book provides systematic and solid knowledge and methods for learning the art of fashion illustration, from basic concepts to creative techniques. The book is divided into four parts. Part 1: Fashion Human Figure, which narrates the basic concepts of the fashion human figure (including proportion, balance line, front midline, fashion face, body types) and various methods for drawing the fashion human figure (such as the cutting method, tracing method, block method, etc.). Part 2: Fashion Details, which explains how to draw fashion on the human figure and analyzes the basic principles and drawing techniques from fashion silhouettes (based on history) to collars, cuffs, tops, skirts, pants, draped garments, tailored pieces, and accessories. Part 3: Value Reproduction, which is about expressing the texture of fabrics, listing striped and checked fabrics, woven fabrics, and other special materials as examples. Part 4: Supplementary Information, which includes other knowledge that a fashion illustration artist must understand, such as menswear, children's wear, volume, and overall handling. This part also covers basic knowledge of flat drawings.