Fashion Illustration Techniques

The complete beginner's guide to fashion illustration from one of Japan's leading design gurus!This fascinating guide for budding fashion designers and illustrators shows you how to draw human figures accurately with a full range of fabrics, garments and accessories. It explains clearly all the techniques used by professional designers and illustrators with hundreds of examples to study and learn from!Author Hiroko Fukuchi is ones of Japan's leading fashion illustration instructors, and she shows you the tricks of the trade needed to draw models, apparel and accessories of every kind!The detailed chapters in this book present all the essential information you need to know:Drawing the Human Figure: Start with the basics by learning to draw male and female figures in the correct proportions including heads, faces, hands, arms, legs, torsos and other individual body partsDrawing Fabrics on the Body: Learn to render various fabrics and textiles with folds, gathers, wrinkles and shadows and how to draw them draped over the body using different types of pens and mediaIllustrating and Designing Clothes: Learn to draw a wide range of individual garments as well as stunning ensembles and accessories, including skirts, dresses, shirts, pants, jackets, shoes, bags, bras, panties and much more!Getting Creative with Colors and Fabrics: A full-color foray into the shades, hues and textures that will complement your illustrations—from plaids and patterns to the surface details of specialty fabrics

This all-in-one fashion illustration guide provides all the information you would learn when taking a course at one of Tokyo's leading fashion design schools!