Welcome to Mr. Fatta’s classroom website the featured site for students in Foundations in Media Arts, Advanced Graphic Arts & Design, and Fashion Design classes. Though they vary, the goals of each course are to gain a proficient understanding into the...
Fashion designers throughout the ages have kept fashion sketchbooks to record ideas and inspirations. Artists and designers alike keep an ongoing journal to practice their drawing skills, develop ideas and new lines of fashion, and show potential clients and employers...
Garments create a variety of forms as a result of how the fabric is shaped or draped over the figure. Designers create form by applying principles of highlight and shadow and varying the value of color. Colors that change value gradually are referred to as gradients,...
Creating the illusion of form within an illustration requires a variety of color values. Generally speaking, a form will have a light value, known as a tint, a mid-tone value, and a darker value, known as a shade, to create the shadow. Within Adobe Illustrator this is...
By the late 1940’s Christian Dior was the premiere fashion designer in Europe launching his first collection when he was 42. Born in Normandy, France in 1905 by a wealthy fertilizer manufacturer, his family moved to Paris when he was 5 years old. As an artistic...
