Illustration For Designers - Second Edition
Just as clothing styles change drastically from decade to decade, so do the illustrations that depict them.  During my nearly two decades of teaching fashion drawing, my talented students have transitioned from drawing big-shouldered amazons to the current waif with endless legs.  Some determined souls have managed to work with more realistic figures and made them look modern and chic.   In creating these more or less unreal figures, we seek to depict our own ideal of fashion beauty.  Good drawing skills allow a designer to put his or her creative visions on paper in ways that can both inspire visually and be easily understood.   Such abilities produce portfolios that open doors to better jobs and provide better communication with everyone from pattern makers to buyers, to salespeople and the press.   Creative people are busy people.  It is my hope that this text will help to engender better drawing techniques and facilitate the design process.  Enjoy!