Learn how to use Adobe Illustrator to draw fashion flats and illustrations. Develop your skills to enable you to produce creative, accurate product designs quickly and to standards required for retail and manufacturing.
In this advanced level 3 course, you will learn advanced tools and techniques to make your fashion flats as realistic as possible but the main focus of this level will be about implementing your Illustrator drawings into the professional design and development workflow and improving your design efficiency and communication.
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Learn how to use Adobe Illustrator to draw fashion flats and illustrations. Develop your skills to enable you to produce creative, accurate product designs quickly and to standards required for retail and manufacturing.
In this advanced level 3 course, you will learn advanced tools and techniques to make your fashion flats as realistic as possible but the main focus of this level will be about implementing your Illustrator drawings into the professional design and development workflow and improving your design efficiency and communication.
Learn how to use Adobe Illustrator to draw fashion flats and illustrations. Develop your skills to enable you to produce creative, accurate product designs quickly and to standards required for retail and manufacturing.
In this advanced level 3 course, you will learn advanced tools and techniques to make your fashion flats as realistic as possible but the main focus of this level will be about implementing your Illustrator drawings into the professional design and development workflow and improving your design efficiency and communication.
For students that already have a reasonable competency in drawing fashion with Adobe Illustrator and are looking to take their work to a professional level or for students that have completed the Level 2 Intermediate Illustrator 4 Fashion course.
Introduces new panels to increase your design productivity.
Producing fashion flats are only part of the design and development workflow. Your designs need to be communicated to the design and buying teams and the supply chain. We’ll look at how to use Illustrator to produce fashion illustrations, design cards and colourway sheets.
You will learn how to optimise your files for integration into other supporting product development systems and how to address compatibility issues with legacy versions of Illustrator.
Garment drawing workshops.
Learn essential skills required by the fashion industry
Having spent over a decade implementing and training software technologies into fashion brands and retailers across the globe, I spent a lot of time working with the designers. Over the years there seemed to be a common theme in the design room - lots of designers were using Illustrator proficiently but many either couldn't use it at all or couldn't use it very well. They also didn't adhere to any drawing standards or best practises so had problems such as not being able to easily edit each other's drawings, create colourways quickly or create reusable components properly, making them inefficient.
Illustrator 4 Fashion training has been specifically tailored for fashion, with the needs of the industry in mind. The training can be taken by company design employees, freelance designers, fashion design students and anyone else looking to learn or improve their fashion drawing with Adobe Illustrator.
Course Overview
Most Adobe Illustrator manuals and online training courses are industry generic with many modules not relevant to fashion drawing. It can be hard to know which features to learn and how to develop techniques to draw professional fashion designs. Illustrator 4 Fashion only teaches you features and techniques relevant to drawing fashion flats, illustrations and garment components.
The Illustrator 4 Fashion course is split into 3 levels; beginner, intermediate and advanced. This level 3 advanced course is all about design productivity and efficiency and how to successfully communicate designs to the extended supply chain including buying and suppliers. Students will learn the final set of advanced tools and techniques to make fashion flats looks as realistic as possible as well as introducing some new panels to increase productivity in a professional environment. To aid design communication, this level also looks at how to use Illustrator to produce fashion illustrations, including how to utilise the tools to achieve realistic fabric drape over a figure.
From a professional workflow perspective this level also details how to produce the supporting documentation, such as design cards and colourway sheets, needed to communicate designs to colleagues and suppliers. Finally, students will learn how to optimise Adobe Illustrator files for integration into other supporting product development systems and how to address compatibility issues with legacy versions of Illustrator
Every lecture includes supporting Illustrator work files so that students can follow the lecture exactly.
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Syllabus
Students are given an overview of the course and can see the components and garments covered in the fashion drawing workshop section.
This video introduces you to the structure of the advanced course:
Tools and panels
Effects, filters and object distortion
Fashion illustration
Communication and collaboration
Legacy issues
Workshops
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Syllabus
This video introduces you to the structure of the advanced course:
Tools and panels
Effects, filters and object distortion
Fashion illustration
Communication and collaboration
Legacy issues
Workshops
Topics covered in this lecture are:
Blending strokes
Blending shapes
Blending colours
In this lecture we learn how to warp objects and raster images using the Warp Tool
In this lecture we learn how to view and adjust all the visual appearances of an object including strokes, fills, transparency and effects using the Appearance Panel.
In this tutorial we learn how to save sets of appearance attributes such as strokes, fills, effects and transparency into 'Graphic Styles' which can then be quickly applied to any object, group or layer in any document.
In this lecture we learn how to use the Image Trace feature that turns raster images into editable vector artwork, which is great for mood and presentation board work where you can be a bit more stylized.
In this lecture we learn how to use The Libraries Panel to save many different types of assets from a range of creative cloud applications and mobile apps for reuse in other applications.
Topics covered in this lecture are:
Drop shadows
Roughen
Rounded corners
Scribble
Envelope distort
Topics included in this lecture are:
Figures
Image trace
Tracing with the pen tool
Drawing hair
Drawing facial features
This video introduces you to the structure of the Comunication and Collaboration section:
Creating Design Cards
Creating Presentation Boards and Colourway Sheets
Adobe Bridge
Optimisation and Integration
Topics included in this lecture are:
Creating design card templates
Applying graphic styles
Annotation
Zoomed detail
Saving for Microsoft Office
Topics included in this lecture are:
Libraries
Recolour artwork – creating colourways
Symbol editing – replace trims
This lecture introduces you to Adobe Bridge - a supporting application to Adobe Illustrator that is used to organise and manage digital media assets.
Topics included in this lecture are:
Exporting JPEGS
Optimising AI file
Optimising PDF
File info properties
Topics included in this lecture are:
Saving to legacy formats
Legacy brushes
Techniques and functions:
Image trace
Pen tool
Envelope distort with mesh
Clipping mask
Layers
Warp tool
Techniques and functions
Pen tool
Modify anchor points and bezier curves
Reflect tool
Average and join anchor points
Pencil tool (modify lines)
Layers
Profiles
Symbol library (buttons)
Edit symbols
Align and distribute (buttons)
Warp effect (flap pockets)
Outline stroke/dashed stroke (topstitching)
Blend tool (ribbing)
Roughen effect (fur collar)
Paint brush (fur collar)
Clipping mask
Blob brush
Transparency
Techniques and functions:
Pen tool
Modify anchor points and bezier curves
Pencil tool (modify lines)
Layers
Gradient fill (silk fabric)
Envelope distort with mesh (silk fabric)
Image trace (lace)
Pattern brush (lace)
Clipping masks
Paint Brush (shading)
Transparency
Gaussian Blur (silk fabric)
Techniques and functions:
Pen tool
Modify anchor points and bezier curves
Pencil tool (modify lines)
Shapebuilder tool
Profiles
Layers
Live shapes
Outline stroke/dashed stroke (topstitching)
Patterns (spotty blouse)
Envelope distort with mesh
Symbol library (buttons)
Edit symbols
Warp effect
Clipping mask
Blob brush
Transparency
Traffic lights
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Reviews summary
Advanced illustrator for fashion professionals
Apply skills to draw garments
Master complex Illustrator methods
Learn industry-standard communication
Activities
Review Pen Tool Techniques
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Strengthen your proficiency with the Pen Tool, a fundamental skill for creating precise and detailed fashion flats and illustrations in Adobe Illustrator.
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Practice drawing basic shapes using the Pen Tool.
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Recreate existing fashion flat designs using the Pen Tool.
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Experiment with different stroke weights and fills.
Fashion Design Drawing Course
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Supplement your digital skills with a strong foundation in traditional fashion design drawing principles, enhancing your ability to create compelling and accurate illustrations.
View
Fashion Design Course: Principles, Practice,...
on Amazon
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Study the chapters on figure drawing and garment construction.
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Practice the techniques for rendering different fabrics and textures.
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Apply the learned principles to your Adobe Illustrator designs.
Mastering Adobe Illustrator CC
Show steps
Deepen your understanding of Adobe Illustrator's capabilities by studying a comprehensive guide, which will enhance your ability to create professional fashion designs.
View
Putting Knowledge to Work
on Amazon
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Read chapters related to advanced tools and techniques.
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Complete the exercises and projects in the book.
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Apply the learned techniques to your fashion design projects.
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Design Card Template Creation
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Develop a reusable design card template in Adobe Illustrator to streamline your design communication process and ensure consistency in your presentations.
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Research industry-standard design card formats.
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Create a template with customizable fields for garment details.
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Incorporate graphic styles and annotation features.
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Test the template with different garment designs.
Create a Library of Reusable Figure Components
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Improve your design workflow by creating a library of reusable figure components in Adobe Illustrator, allowing you to quickly assemble and customize fashion illustrations.
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Draw various figure poses and body parts in Adobe Illustrator.
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Save each component as a symbol in the Libraries Panel.
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Organize the symbols into categories for easy access.
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Practice assembling different figures using the library.
Garment Drawing Workshops
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Hone your skills in drawing complex garments by participating in focused workshops, applying the advanced techniques learned in the course.
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Select a complex garment design to replicate.
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Break down the design into smaller, manageable components.
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Apply the Pen Tool, Warp Tool, and other advanced features.
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Refine the drawing until it matches the original design.
Fashion Illustration Portfolio
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Showcase your mastery of Adobe Illustrator by creating a professional portfolio of fashion illustrations, demonstrating your ability to create realistic fabric drape and detailed garment designs.
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Select your best fashion illustrations created in Illustrator.
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Organize the illustrations into a cohesive portfolio.
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Add descriptions and annotations to each illustration.
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Present the portfolio in a professional format (PDF or online).
Review Pen Tool Techniques
Show steps
Strengthen your proficiency with the Pen Tool, a fundamental skill for creating precise and detailed fashion flats and illustrations in Adobe Illustrator.
Show steps
- Practice drawing basic shapes using the Pen Tool.
- Recreate existing fashion flat designs using the Pen Tool.
- Experiment with different stroke weights and fills.
Fashion Design Drawing Course
Show steps
Supplement your digital skills with a strong foundation in traditional fashion design drawing principles, enhancing your ability to create compelling and accurate illustrations.
View
Fashion Design Course: Principles, Practice,...
on Amazon
Show steps
- Study the chapters on figure drawing and garment construction.
- Practice the techniques for rendering different fabrics and textures.
- Apply the learned principles to your Adobe Illustrator designs.
Mastering Adobe Illustrator CC
Show steps
Deepen your understanding of Adobe Illustrator's capabilities by studying a comprehensive guide, which will enhance your ability to create professional fashion designs.
View
Putting Knowledge to Work
on Amazon
Show steps
- Read chapters related to advanced tools and techniques.
- Complete the exercises and projects in the book.
- Apply the learned techniques to your fashion design projects.
Design Card Template Creation
Show steps
Develop a reusable design card template in Adobe Illustrator to streamline your design communication process and ensure consistency in your presentations.
Show steps
- Research industry-standard design card formats.
- Create a template with customizable fields for garment details.
- Incorporate graphic styles and annotation features.
- Test the template with different garment designs.
Create a Library of Reusable Figure Components
Show steps
Improve your design workflow by creating a library of reusable figure components in Adobe Illustrator, allowing you to quickly assemble and customize fashion illustrations.
Show steps
- Draw various figure poses and body parts in Adobe Illustrator.
- Save each component as a symbol in the Libraries Panel.
- Organize the symbols into categories for easy access.
- Practice assembling different figures using the library.
Garment Drawing Workshops
Show steps
Hone your skills in drawing complex garments by participating in focused workshops, applying the advanced techniques learned in the course.
Show steps
- Select a complex garment design to replicate.
- Break down the design into smaller, manageable components.
- Apply the Pen Tool, Warp Tool, and other advanced features.
- Refine the drawing until it matches the original design.
Fashion Illustration Portfolio
Show steps
Showcase your mastery of Adobe Illustrator by creating a professional portfolio of fashion illustrations, demonstrating your ability to create realistic fabric drape and detailed garment designs.
Show steps
- Select your best fashion illustrations created in Illustrator.
- Organize the illustrations into a cohesive portfolio.
- Add descriptions and annotations to each illustration.
- Present the portfolio in a professional format (PDF or online).
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Freelance Fashion Designer
Technical Designer
Costume Designer
Product Developer
Apparel Graphic Designer
Textile Designer
Fashion Buyer
Pattern Maker
Fashion Design Educator
Fashion Blogger
Fashion Stylist
Trend Forecaster
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