Monday, 30 January 2012

Fashion Illustrator books in the library

We have a number of titles in the library that you might find helpful.
Creative fashion design with Illustrator / Kevin Tallon.
Technical drawing for fashion / Basia Szkutnicka.
Fashion designer's handbook for Adobe Illustrator / Marianne Centner and Frances Vereker.

If you browse around in this section of the library you will find other related books.

Illustrator Pen tool exercise

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Download the Pen tool exercise

Originally from here.

Friday, 27 January 2012

Inspiration

Not fashion related but good to see what is possible in vector form using Illustrator.
Vectips.com a good place to go to regularly.

Seamless repeating Mexican Pattern

Create a seamless repeating Mexican Pattern from DigitalArts Magazine bringing together some of the content from the Illustrator workshops for fashion students.

Constrain your drawing.

A helpful tip to enable you to draw at a specific angle. Think isometric.