As a self taught designer and dress maker there are 3 new things that i found out on my own that i'd like to share to any other up and coming designer.
1. Find a good template or croquis
A croquis is basically a sketch of a human body posing, designers can trace over and over again on it while sketching your ideas. You can get your croquis from a fashion book or online or you can make one of your own. Here is my favorite croquis. I use that template to draw over most of my designs and then some days i just free hand it and do my own thing.
1. Find a good template or croquis
A croquis is basically a sketch of a human body posing, designers can trace over and over again on it while sketching your ideas. You can get your croquis from a fashion book or online or you can make one of your own. Here is my favorite croquis. I use that template to draw over most of my designs and then some days i just free hand it and do my own thing.
2.Dress Silhouette
Learning a variety of dress silhouette is very important to a designer. Just learning a few of them, can help you out in decided how to actually design the dress to flatter the body of the person you're making it for. Here is a picture that gives you basic dress silhouettes.
Learning a variety of dress silhouette is very important to a designer. Just learning a few of them, can help you out in decided how to actually design the dress to flatter the body of the person you're making it for. Here is a picture that gives you basic dress silhouettes.
3. Keep trying and DONT give up
This might seem like a lame advice or tip but its easy to give when you're not at the point of where you want to be but dont give up, keep trying practice, practice, practice. Sketch whenever you have the time. Find resource material like books and magazines that inspire you because sometimes what keeps us from sketching great work is a lack of inspiration so read Vogue or something or go to city or country side and get inspired buy colors or shapes. Also find books that are about fashion, design and dress making to study from and get more information and increase your knowledge. The books i'm looking to buy are : Fashion Design Drawing Course : Principles, Practice and Techniques: The New Guide for Aspiring Fashion Artists by Caroline Tatham and Little Dictionary of Fashion by Christian Dior. The books i currently posses are: Dressmaking Simplified by Valerie Cock 3rd Edition and Basic Needlework by Winefride M. Bull 5th Edition.
This might seem like a lame advice or tip but its easy to give when you're not at the point of where you want to be but dont give up, keep trying practice, practice, practice. Sketch whenever you have the time. Find resource material like books and magazines that inspire you because sometimes what keeps us from sketching great work is a lack of inspiration so read Vogue or something or go to city or country side and get inspired buy colors or shapes. Also find books that are about fashion, design and dress making to study from and get more information and increase your knowledge. The books i'm looking to buy are : Fashion Design Drawing Course : Principles, Practice and Techniques: The New Guide for Aspiring Fashion Artists by Caroline Tatham and Little Dictionary of Fashion by Christian Dior. The books i currently posses are: Dressmaking Simplified by Valerie Cock 3rd Edition and Basic Needlework by Winefride M. Bull 5th Edition.