Garment Forms

Garment Forms

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...
Christian Dior

Christian Dior

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...
1960s Fashion

1960s Fashion

During the 1960’s a variety of different trends emerged that broke many of the fashion traditions of the time. The early part of the decade reflected the elegance Americans perceived in First Lady Jackie Kennedy, suits, full skirted evening gowns, close fitting...
Fashion Final

Fashion Final

The final exam is comprised of 2 parts; your Final Project and your finished Google Portfolio. Your Final Project will count for 80% of your final exam grade, and the portfolio will count as 20%. For the Final Project you are to create 2 fashion designs that are...
Paper Dolls

Paper Dolls

Paper dolls have been have been around for almost two hundred years as an inexpensive children’s toy. The paper doll figures are generally made from heavy card stock or board depicting a person with a body or bathing suit so that other pieces of clothing can be placed...
Fashion Figure

Fashion Figure

Aim: In relation to the human figure what does the term porportion mean? How are the porportions for the fashion figure different than the proportions for realistic figure? How many human heads can fit in a realistic human figure? How many can fit in a model figure,...
Color Harmony Explorer

Color Harmony Explorer

Find seven designs on the Internet and save them into your Fatta Pictures folder. Open the Color Explorer by clicking the image to the left. Upload images to the Color Explorer to reveal the color harmony evident in the picture.       ColorExplorer...