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I sketched this for when I am designing clothes for my girls . . . not that I've had time to sew lately but I'm trying.
This morning I sketched at Gaiety Hollow which is a private house and garden across Mission Street from Bush Pasture Park in Salem, Oregon. I threw everything I had in my bag at this one.
Strathmore 400 Series Watercolor paper 9x12 inches (22.9x30.5 cm), blue watercolor pencil for layout, 1 inch flat brush, and Daniel Smith watercolors, Faber-Castell Gel Sticks, Arteza Real Brush pens, and Dr. Ph. Martin's Pen White ink in a Molotow 2mm empty pump marker.
Heute präsentiert sich der Augsburger Mariendom mit einem großen freien Platz im Süden. Bis vor 200 Jahren stand hier eine weitere Kirche, die Pfarr- und Taufkirche St. Johannes für die Bevölkerung (Der Dom war dem Domkapitel und den Adeligen vorbehalten). Von dieser zweiten Kirche sind nur Fundamentmauern geblieben - die nun eine prima Sitzgelegenheit für Urban Sketchers bilden!
On the Esplanade, there is an old movie building "Pathé", which is still used to show films
in the context of the European film festival in Montpellier. View of the upper part of the building, with the French national emblem : the gallic rooster.
So « Cocorico ! » (ironical assertion of French patriotism).
This is my first drawing of a rooster, which set in stone, did not move a feather! So much easier to perform than in a farmyard !
Staedler pigment liner 0.2, with several layers of watercolor washes, and addition of hatches, in order to get the rooster fixed on the building and not popping out !
Batch of live cartoon portraits drawn at the Phoenix Project event from 12:00 pm to 3:30. Blog entry.
Today's warm-up sketch is from reference. And while it may seem like a pig to you, I can see lots of things wrong with this sketch.
Why would that be important, because if it looks like a pig that should be enough? Well, perhaps if you just want to indicate an object with a drawing. However, if you want to push the limits of what is obviously a distorted looking image, but still clearly a pig, you need to know what to pay attention to if you're drawing something like a pig.
It is all about intent. What is this object supposed to do in the real world, and why is it shaped this way? After all, as a visual artist you are visualizing ideas. This may be a clear statement, or just a loose thought. In either case, the visual artist should transfer this thought process to paper, make what is internal external. This is why so many of the better visual artists (or artists in general) are also good performers. They know how to communicate.
Thanks to Mssr Tappman, this gentleman has been identified: none other than Louis Rosenblum, the co-developer of the Photon phototypesetter.
Fashion design is the art of the application of design and aesthetics or natural beauty to clothing and accessories. Fashion design is influenced by cultural and social latitudes, and has varied over time and place. Fashion designers work in a number of ways in designing clothing and accessories such as bracelets and necklace, because of the time required to bring a garment onto the market, must at times anticipate changing consumer tastes.
Fashion designers attempt to design clothes which are functional as well as aesthetically pleasing. They must consider who is likely to wear a garment and the situations in which it will be worn. They have a wide range and combinations of materials to work with and a wide range of colors, patterns and styles to choose from. Though most clothing worn for everyday wear falls within a narrow range of conventional styles, unusual garments are usually sought for special occasions such as evening wear or party dresses.
Some clothes are made specifically for an individual, as in the case of haute couture or bespoke tailoring. Today, most clothing is designed for the mass market, especially casual and every-day wear.
Structure[edit]
Fashion designers can work in a number of many ways. Fashion designers may work full-time for one fashion as 'in-house designers' which owns the designs. They may work alone or as part of a team. Freelance designers work for themselves, selling their designs to fashion houses, directly to shops, or to clothing manufacturers. The garments bear the buyer's label. Some fashion designers set up their own labels, under which their designs are marketed. Some fashion designers are self-employed and design for individual clients. Other high-fashion designers cater to specialty stores or high-fashion department stores. These designers create original garments, as well as those that follow established fashion trends. Most fashion designers, however, work for apparel manufacturers, creating designs of men’s, women’s, and children’s fashions for the mass market. Large designer brands which have a 'name' as their brand such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Justice, or Juicy are likely to be designed by a team of individual designers under the direction of a designer director.
Designing a garment[edit]
Fashion designers work in different ways. Some sketch their ideas on paper, while others drape fabric on a dress form. When a designer is completely satisfied with the fit of the toile (or muslin), he or she will consult a professional pattern maker who then makes the finished, working version of the pattern out of card or via a computerized system. The pattern maker's job is very precise and painstaking. The fit of the finished garment depends on their accuracy. Finally, a sample garment is made up and tested on a model to make sure it is an operational outfit.
Fashion design is generally considered to have started in the 19th century with Charles Frederick Worth who was the first designer to have his label sewn into the garments that he created. Before the former draper set up his maison couture (fashion house) in Paris, clothing design and creation was handled by largely anonymous seamstresses, and high fashion descended from that worn at royal courts. Worth's success was such that he was able to dictate to his customers what they should wear, instead of following their lead as earlier dressmakers had done. The term couturier was in fact first created in order to describe him. While all articles of clothing from any time period are studied by academics as costume design, only clothing created after 1858 are considered as fashion design.
It was during this period that many design houses began to hire artists to sketch or paint designs for garments. The images were shown to clients, which was much cheaper than producing an actual sample garment in the workroom. If the client liked their design, they ordered it and the resulting garment made money for the house. Thus, the tradition of designers sketching out garment designs instead of presenting completed garments on models to customers began as an economy.
The garments produced by clothing manufacturers fall into three main categories, although these may be split up into additional, more specific categories
Haute couture[edit]
Main article: Haute couture
Until the 1950s, fashion clothing was predominately designed and manufactured on a made-to-measure or haute couture basis (French for high-sewing), with each garment being created for a specific client. A couture garment is made to order for an individual customer, and is usually made from high-quality, expensive fabric, sewn with extreme attention to detail and finish, often using time-consuming, hand-executed techniques. Look and fit take priority over the cost of materials and the time it takes to make.[1][2] Due to the high cost of each garment, haute couture makes little direct profit for the fashion houses, but is important for prestige and publicity.[3]
Ready-to-wear (pret-a-porter)[edit]
Main article: Ready-to-wear
Ready-to-wear clothes are a cross between haute couture and mass market. They are not made for individual customers, but great care is taken in the choice and cut of the fabric. Clothes are made in small quantities to guarantee exclusivity, so they are rather expensive. Ready-to-wear collections are usually presented by fashion houses each season during a period known as Fashion Week. This takes place on a city-wide basis and occurs twice a year. The main seasons of Fashion Week include, spring/summer, fall/winter, resort, swim, and bridal.
Mass market[edit]
Main article: Mass market
Currently the fashion industry relies more on mass market sales. The mass market caters for a wide range of customers, producing ready-to-wear garments using trends set by the famous names in fashion. They often wait around a season to make sure a style is going to catch on before producing their own versions of the original look. In order to save money and time, they use cheaper fabrics and simpler production techniques which can easily be done by machine. The end product can therefore be sold much more cheaply.[4][5][6]
There is a type of design called "kutch" design originated from the German word "kitschig" meaning "ugly" or "not aesthetically pleasing." Kitsch can also refer to "wearing or displaying something that is therefore no longer in fashion."[7] Often, high-waisted trousers, associated with the 1980s, are considered a "kitsch" fashion statement.[8]
Income[edit]
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Median annual wages for salaried fashion designers were $61,160 in May 2008. The middle 50 percent earned between $42,150 and $87,120.[9] The lowest 10 percent earned less than $32,150, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $124,780. Median annual earnings were $52,860 (£28,340) in apparel, piece goods, and notions - the industry employing the largest numbers of fashion designers.[10]
Die "Lange Nacht des Selbermachens" der vhs Augsburg bot Gelegenheit zum Urban Sketching in verschiedenen kreativen Kursen im Haus.
A set of pen and ink sketches of colonial scenes at mid-19th century by Australian artist Howard Banks. A copy of the original work of Auguste Borget (1838).
Very loose, not all that accurate sketch of a photo of Blake Lively. Just wanted to move the pencil on paper as a warm-up.