1. Womenswear Fashion Illustration
Northbrook College Sussex
Department of Art, Design & Media
BA (Hons) Fashion Design
Womenswear Fashion Illustration

2. using 9 heads to create elongated female figure length for fashion drawings

3. back and side view figures in equal proportions

7. balance line and body movement through curved torso

8. body movement through curved torso (curved center line)

9. dynamic poses through movement

10. dynamic poses through body movement

11. detailed design work on creative poses

12. placing design work onto moving poses

13. quality of line is key to the art of drawing, as it adds depth and vitality to your drawings
applying pressure to specific areas when drawing with pencils will provide a variety of graphite tones, which can be used to suggest shadow or bring parts of your drawing to the front or set parts of your drawing to the back (depth of drawing)
experiment with forms of mark making and styles of line drawing to develop your own individual drawing style

14. experiment with different drawing equipment to develop a diverse range of mark making and drawing styles
brush and inks / pilot pens / brush nib pens / calligraphy pens / quills / charcoal / biro pen / graphite sticks / wooden stick / felt nib pens / left handed / continuous line / graphic style / stencil / spray paint

15. design development drawing with attention to detailing and exploded diagram of detail

16. design drawing style (Antonio Berardi)
design drawing style (Julie Verhoeven)

17. using collage to explore design ideas, detailing, silhouettes, drape and textile placement

20. design development:
consider how your fashion drawings reflect your personal style and also convey a contemporary and directional fashion look.
does your design work show a clear visual story of ideas and styled to suit your design theme or consumer market

21. using different media to convey fabric and textures

22. fashion illustration to show cohesive collection

23. presentation example with ink illustrations and detailed technical working drawings with written garment descriptions

24. page layout and composition ideas

25. fashion illustration to show textile details

26. Fashion Drawing References
Library
Magazines
Vavoom
Books
Sutton, J. The Importance of Drawing from Life. The Rokeby Press 2005
Stipelman, S. Illustrating Fashion: Concept to Creation. Fairchild Publication 2005 (2nd Ed)
Dexter, E. Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing. Phaidon 2003
Riegelman, N. 9 Heads. 9 Heads Media 2006 (3rd Ed)
Drudi, E. Wrap & Drape Fashion. The Pepin Press 2007
MondoFragile / Delicatessen. Fashionize: The Art of Fashion. Happy Books 2005 (2nd Ed)
Fashion FLA
Fashion Forecast (International Textiles)
View2
International Textiles
Textile View
Prototype
Provider