Fashion Illustration

Module Name: Fashion Illustration

Module Mentor: Mr Avraham Animashaun
Aim of the Module:   This practical course is designed to take students from basic skills and knowledge to becoming a Fashion Illustrator in the apparel Industry

Topics to be covered

Week 1

Introduction to the art of Fashion Illustration (Understanding why fashion should be treated as art)

• Shapes, lines and geometric shapes
• Human Anatomy
• Building rhythm with your paper and pencil
• Angular figures (take 1)

Week 2

• Angular figures (take 2)
• Fleshing out the Croquis
• Fleshing out the Croquis (front, profile and back view)

Week 3

• Analysis of body movement (spinal and limb movements)
• Facials (Basic facial details)
• Basics face shapes and dimensions
• Basic eye shapes, nose, lips, hair…

Week 4

• Introduction to fashion technical drawing
• Flats: drawing and tracing different fashion silhouettes

Week 5

Art forms and Illustration

• Accessories: how to draw bags, shoes, necklaces, sunglasses and indigenous headgears

Week 6

• Review of flats
• Elements of design

Week 7

• Clothing the Croquis
• Elements of design in fashion

Week 8

• Short treatise on the color theory
• Croquis book practice

Week 9

• Putting together a proper fashion collection
• Croquis book practice

Week 10

• Review and project assessment
• Project
• Submission of long term assignments

Note: Class and take-home assignments would be based on the substantive lesson for the week and there’d be long term assignments administered to students before, between and after the course.