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Fashion Illustration

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In the fashion illustration lesson I had learned about figure proportions, average male around 7.5 and female 7 heads but normally in the fashion drawing the figure proportion is 9 heads, because normally model will be taller and the figure drawing looks like Barbie. than I had draw nine head marking and start practising to draw figure by free hand, and the next practice I had roughly copying and draw the outline of the figure by looking at difference poses model picture, then I layering paper on top and start fineing the drawing and make the proportion looks more accurate and complete by using light box, then lastly I had tried to draw some clothing design on top of the figure I have been draw. Overall I have learned about the differences between the normal figure proportion and fashion figure proportion, also I had learn that tracing paper is not the only method to draw fashion template I also can use the light box, lastly I have learn different method to draw figure by free hand. Th...

Studio time

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  In the studio time I had look at Pinterest and recent 2023 trend collection element from the internet, to get some inspiration to help developed and draw more fashion idea sketches.

What do I know about fashion

  What should I be doing in my subject area? 1. Trend research 2. Fashion illustration 3. Fabric research 4. Colour research 5. Artist and designer research 6. Measuring and drawing pattern 7. Sewing 8. Fabric testing 9. Colour testing experiment 10. Market research 11. Drawing outfit design in digital software What skills and knowledge do I need for my subject area?  1. Understand the trend and create market gap 2. Quick sketch skills of fashion illustration and able to show the elements and feature of different    fabrics clearly. 3. Wide knowledge of different fabric 4. Knowledge of human body structure 5. Know how use sewing machine and handsewing  6. Skills of using fashion tools 7. How to measure and draw pattern 8. Understanding colour theory 9. Know how to use photoshop or other software to draw your design digitally. What jobs can I get by studying in this subject?  Fashion designer, fabric designer, pattern designer, fashion marketing, freelan...

Graphic Design text & image

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I had learned about how to structure a poster or advertisement, for example you can leave some white space between lines and margins to allowed the audience to rest there eyes, also if you want to grab the attention of the audience you can used contrasting colour and alignment the image and words parallel, lastly if you want to delivering a stronger meaning or message, you can used different colour or font. In my poster I had choose the theme excess the definition is overload, too much and rich, so that I had use a really colourful candy background, then I placed the golden man in the middle surrounding by luxury watches and cars also I have placed a hand, full of bracelet to show the feeling of excess and rich, lastly I had choose the word hope for the title by using white colour words because I didn’t want the title blend into the background, also I had change the P to capital letter so that when people read HoPe will give a stronger message. In this task I had learned that sometime ...

Developing my ideas: fabric sampling

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  Today I began to develop my ideas by looking at my initial drawings and considering what fabrics might be suitable for my designs. I selected a range of creams/ beiges to match my 'cargo / outdoors' style. I was also considering the texture of the fabric and how this might work on my clothing or for the whole collection.  I also looked at a range of black fabrics that could work for some detail sections or accessories such as the bags. I focused on the leather fabrics for their stiffness and how durable they would be. I felt these matched my theme for my collection.  An important part of this fabric collecting process was that all these fabrics were from a second-hand fabric source, which means I would be giving them another life by using them in my collection, therefore making the fabrics sustainable.  As I continue to draw my designs I will keep referring to my fabric mood board to see which fabrics would work best for my clothes. 

Elisabetta Franchi

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Elisabetta Franchi was born in 1968. She has 4 brothers and sisters and comes from a humble family. Her strong single mother had to overcome financial problems to raise them on her own. The job that she had as a sales girl taught her to pay attention to what customers want and listen to their needs, laying the foundation for her successful fashion business   Elisabetta Franchi’s Spring-Summer 2022 collection is about a woman who loves to travel, a dreamer with an adventurous mind, someone who would explore the world and visit new places. The collection included garments that people would wear on a safari trip, using natural, earthy colour tones and also animal prints.    I had a similar concept with her spring summer 2022 collection based on the theme adventure. Her concept is based on a woman, who has a brave attitude and an interest in traveling, dreaming and exploring, the collection is also inspired by the changes of the environment to help to develop her imagination....

Research myself

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In the research myself exercise, we have try think of our own history and experience, for example childhood, teenage years, personality and what is your bigger decision that you make in your life, that change your path and make you become you, and also who inspired you in your life, and why are you choosing this subject. I am borne in Hong Kong it is a big and crowd city, in my first memory in my childhood, I had playing with my favourite rabbit doll called Mary, when I am little I always thought Mary is my sister, so that every time I play and travel I will bring Mary together with me. One of my childhood dream job is being a Lego designer, because my biggest hobby is building Lego and create different interesting building, vehicle, spacecraft and in one day, someone wants to buy the space vehicle I had created, he think this is a product that designed by Lego, because of that it encourage me to be a Lego designer in the future. In my teenage years, I had do a biggest decision in my l...