On Monday we did a fashion illustration workshop where we learnt how to draw clothes in an expressive way which portrayed the feel of them.
First we had a session with Sarah were we learnt how to use different thicknesses of line to portray details, seams, fabrics and movement. At first my drawings all had similar line thicknesses so the drawing didn't look very fluid. As I started to practice more and see the different types of lines that could be created with just one pen. I think this worked well because it made my illustrations more dynamic.
With Dan we focused more on colour and pattern rather than the accuracy of a garment. We enlarged patterns so they took over the page and the figure was less of the focus. I like this technique, especially if the print is the main feature of a garment and you are visually portraying what is most important. I also used the skills that I'd already learnt with Sarah and combined the two.
Towards the end of this workshop I started looking at particular details likes seams and the drape of a fabric and tried to convey these through the type of line I was using. Although I made progress from the beginning to the end I think I could work more on developing my own style and signature way of drawing. To develop from this workshop I'm going to do more illustrations using my own designs and try to create a recognisable style of drawing which is unique to me.
Wednesday
On Wednesday we worked with Sarah and Becca to develop the continual research that we're doing in our sketchbook. One by one Becca would give us a task which would help us develop on what we'd done before and hopefully generate ideas for our project.
First we worked into the mind maps that we did in the first week. This went well for me because I thought of ideas that were completely different to what my picture was about but still had some kind of relation to it. We then chose three words and I chose 'power', 'transgender' and 'female sexuality'. I chose these words because they sort of related to what I'd already been looking at but the words 'power' and 'transgender' gave me even more areas that I could research.
Then we made mini moodboards for each of these words finding images, shapes, colours, and a conceptual idea. This made me generate a wide range of ideas from just one words and it also gave me things that I could work from and develop. We also made a collage and wrote a story or poem which joined the three words together. I found the collage difficult because I found it hard to find images that related to my words especially 'power'. My concept for power is about the things that make a person powerful. For me I think one of the most powerful things you can do is the freedom to be yourself so I found images that related to freedom.
Thursday and Friday
I thought that Task three was our homework so on Thursday I'd finished most of what we were meant to do. The task was to develop these moodboards into collages, paintings, textiles, prints, drawing or image manipulation.
I made some collages where I put images of a girl in more masculine clothes/ clothes that covered her entire body, together with a girl who was either nude or hardly had any clothes on. I did this to ask the question 'What is Sexy?' Is it a woman who is completely naked and showing her cleavage, tummy and legs or is it a woman who doesn't have any skin showing but has a confidence and attitude about her. I enjoyed doing this because it directly compared the two sides of sexy that I'm researching but it was hard to do as I couldn't find any images that showed what I wanted to portray. I think it could be quite interesting to buy a men's magazine. Men are often the lookers and women are looked at so I want to try to put myself in the position of men and understand what they think sexy is.
My shape for female sexuality was lips as I think it is one of the sexiest parts of a woman. I did several blind continuous line drawing of my lips in different positions and angles. Then I photocopied this page several times and cut up and rearranged the image to create various patterns and shapes. Inspired by the Gustav Klimt print that I looked at before, I tried to recreate this pattern but instead using the lips. I repeated this many times changing the colour palette that I was using which was based on some moodboards that I'd done before.
I found this process really useful because I was able to develop one fairly simple shape into about 15 different prints that I could possible use on a garment. However, because I didn't have access to a laptop it was very time consuming drawing out the print over and over again so I could experiment with different colours. So this weekend I borrowed a laptop so that I could quickly produce lots of prints on photoshop. I also want to see how to print would look on actual garment so I'm going to try that out on photoshop.
Wednesday
On Wednesday we worked with Sarah and Becca to develop the continual research that we're doing in our sketchbook. One by one Becca would give us a task which would help us develop on what we'd done before and hopefully generate ideas for our project.
First we worked into the mind maps that we did in the first week. This went well for me because I thought of ideas that were completely different to what my picture was about but still had some kind of relation to it. We then chose three words and I chose 'power', 'transgender' and 'female sexuality'. I chose these words because they sort of related to what I'd already been looking at but the words 'power' and 'transgender' gave me even more areas that I could research.
Then we made mini moodboards for each of these words finding images, shapes, colours, and a conceptual idea. This made me generate a wide range of ideas from just one words and it also gave me things that I could work from and develop. We also made a collage and wrote a story or poem which joined the three words together. I found the collage difficult because I found it hard to find images that related to my words especially 'power'. My concept for power is about the things that make a person powerful. For me I think one of the most powerful things you can do is the freedom to be yourself so I found images that related to freedom.
Thursday and Friday
I thought that Task three was our homework so on Thursday I'd finished most of what we were meant to do. The task was to develop these moodboards into collages, paintings, textiles, prints, drawing or image manipulation.
I made some collages where I put images of a girl in more masculine clothes/ clothes that covered her entire body, together with a girl who was either nude or hardly had any clothes on. I did this to ask the question 'What is Sexy?' Is it a woman who is completely naked and showing her cleavage, tummy and legs or is it a woman who doesn't have any skin showing but has a confidence and attitude about her. I enjoyed doing this because it directly compared the two sides of sexy that I'm researching but it was hard to do as I couldn't find any images that showed what I wanted to portray. I think it could be quite interesting to buy a men's magazine. Men are often the lookers and women are looked at so I want to try to put myself in the position of men and understand what they think sexy is.
My shape for female sexuality was lips as I think it is one of the sexiest parts of a woman. I did several blind continuous line drawing of my lips in different positions and angles. Then I photocopied this page several times and cut up and rearranged the image to create various patterns and shapes. Inspired by the Gustav Klimt print that I looked at before, I tried to recreate this pattern but instead using the lips. I repeated this many times changing the colour palette that I was using which was based on some moodboards that I'd done before.
I found this process really useful because I was able to develop one fairly simple shape into about 15 different prints that I could possible use on a garment. However, because I didn't have access to a laptop it was very time consuming drawing out the print over and over again so I could experiment with different colours. So this weekend I borrowed a laptop so that I could quickly produce lots of prints on photoshop. I also want to see how to print would look on actual garment so I'm going to try that out on photoshop.
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