Fashion Figure Make-up

I found this task really hard... For some reason I couldn't find normal brush choices/illustrator wouldn't let me use them. I also found these figure heads a really odd shape which made finding faces and hair for it difficult. I also think my knowledge of doing make-up is really limited, I's appreciate learning some approaches because I have no idea??

NOTES

MAKEUP

·      Drag figures onto page

·      Embed

·      New layer (image must be on bottom layer) then lock it

·      Trace

·      Get an image of a face/makeup to copy

·      Use brush tool to draw facial features. Use transparency and colours, and different weights and shapes of lines/brush.

·      OR live trace then use mask/cookie cutter method below to just get one eye etc

·      Before we live trace, expand image and delete white

·      Trace whole face… easier

MASK

·      create stroke

·      Increase weight (60pt) to create ribbing and then make it dashed

·      To fit it within a certain shape:

·      Draw the shape it will be confined within

·      Place it on top of ribbing. Whatever is beneath it will remain, anything outside will go

·      Select both

·      Object, clipping mask, make

Week 6 Garments

I found the knit an extreme challenge - I didn't know how to make the brushes of the knit stay within the knit outline, because the cookie cutter method would not work for some reason. This made things really difficult and it took me about 3 hours as a result! There are a few inconsistencies up close but there was just nothing I could do, I was so confused.

Knit

My Illustration

Accessory

My Illustration

Week 6 Notes

Week 6 Notes

Knits and accessories

KNITS

·      Background pattern then brushes:

·      Grey to create brushes and patterns

Cable details

·      Put knit in, trace off shape

·      Copy and paste it a few times and place

·      Copy and flip to face each other

·      Put box behind it to show what we want to repeat

·      Make it a PATTERN BRUSH

·      Draw line then click pattern

Bottom Patterns

·      Draw one element to repeat, repeat

·      Draw box with no fill

·      Align to the shape properly so that they will meet at the right place

·      Blank square is COOKIE CUTTER

·      Drag into swatches and fill

ACCESSORIES

·      Hat/scarf/bag??

When selecting area of pattern and making cookie cutter, ensure clear box is at the BACK of the pattern. 

Week 5 Jacket

Burberry Jacket

My trade sketches

Week 5 Notes

As I'm extensively getting into shadowing more, I feel I'm always struggling and unhappy with the look. I feel I have improved but I still feel I'm not doing it right!

Week 5 – Jackets

PORTFOLIO:

·      Include arrows to point out details

·      Make up style number, season, range

·      Get it bound

·      Black and white

·      Shadowing around outside like on photoshop

·      Heading, info, tech sketch

INFO

·      Product type (skirt)

·      Brand name

·      Make up season number

·      Make up style number

·      Make up name for fabric print. Have a box with print in it.

·      Front side and back labels

·      HAVE A TECH SKETCH WITH A STRIPE

·      Layout should have some continuity

HAND IN

·      White background

·      Student number and name on front

·      Assessment name etc

COMBINED PDF

·      Open Adobe Acrobat Pro

·      File, create

·      Combine files into single PDF

·      Add files

·      Select them

·      Move into order

·      Combine files

·      Save as PDF

TO COPY BRUSHES:

·      In new file go to brushes palette,

·      Go to library

·      Open brush library

·      Other library

TYPE TOOL

·      When laying out, use type tool

·      Draw text box and resize later

·      Change font

Week 4 Shirt

Karen Walker Sea Monsters Shirt

My trade sketches

Week 4 Notes

Week 4 Notes

Setting up a template/library of shapes etc.

·      Can drag brushes etc we don’t want into trash

·      Save specific colour swatches etc

·      Keep all dress shapes on the side around the page

·      File save as template

BUTTONS

·      Shift option draw circle

·      Line in middle

·      Creating same gaps:

·      Group button lines (up vertical bar)

·      Shift option move down

·      Command D etc etc

OR

·      Position first and last

·      Double click Blend tool (under eyedropper). Specified steps. ok

·      Click on top and bottom button

PRINTS

·      Select shape

·      Click on desktop. Make size of square

·      Fill

·      Ellipse tool (circle). Click desktop. Make size. Fill.

·      Place centre of circle on corner of square.

·      Square is 20mm wide. Illustrator preferences, general, incriment 20mm. OK.

·      Option, arrowkey to left ONCE. Dot will go to next corner. Down and then across.

·      MIDDLE: Illustrator, preference general. 10mm. Option left, no option up.

·      Select square.

·      Command C command B to paste to back.

·      Remove fill

·      Window, brushes

·      Select whole thing, drag into palette

·      Use as FILL

CHANGE SCALE

·      Object transform

·      Scale. Untick object, tick patterns.

·      Uniform scale 50% or whatever.

·      Command D to duplicate last action, will keep going smaller and smaller.

CHANGING COLOUR

·      Must always keep original pattern working if we want to make changes

STRIPES

·      Make a rectangle shape. E.g. 20mm by 30mm.

·      Fill plain.

·      Create second one 20mm by 15mm. Make it white. Same width but different height, which determines the stripe thickness.

·      Window, pathfinder. Align.

·      Select two objects. Align them to the left and top.

·      Click bigger square, command C command B. No fill.

·      Select whole thing, drag into swatches.

·      Object transform, rotate or scale as we wish. E.g. diagonal.

Week 3 Garments

WEEK 3 NOTES

MAKE COOKIE CUTTER:

·      Place object on top of another object

·      Object, path, delete objects below

ZIPS

·      Window

·      Brushes

·      Get image of zipper and trace one of the teeth

·      Put invisible box around the outside of it using rectangle tool if we want space around it

·      Select it, drag into brush palette as pattern brush

·      Can change colour in options – colourization

·      Draw line with pen tool then select pattern

·      Option copy, double click, flip

·      Can do the same with cross stitching, overlocking, etc

SHADING

·      Draw shape for shadow

·      Fill with dark grey

·      Change opacity

BUTTONS

·      Draw button, command D to keep duplicating, and drag

Week 3 Notes

MAKE COOKIE CUTTER:

·      Place object on top of another object

·      Object, path, delete objects below

ZIPS

·      Window

·      Brushes

·      Get image of zipper and trace one of the teeth

·      Put invisible box around the outside of it using rectangle tool if we want space around it

·      Select it, drag into brush palette as pattern brush

·      Can change colour in options – colourization

·      Draw line with pen tool then select pattern

·      Option copy, double click, flip

·      Can do the same with cross stitching, overlocking, etc

SHADING

·      Draw shape for shadow

·      Fill with dark grey

·      Change opacity

BUTTONS

·      Draw button, command D to keep duplicating, and drag

WEEK 2: Pants and Shorts

This week we began trade sketching pants and shorts. I feel I did really well considering my lack of experience and practise! The jewel detail on the shorts took me a really long time, as did the elasticised bands on the pants. We also learnt how to join points:

JOINING POINTS

·      Highlight

·      Object, transform

·      Reflect vertical

·      Copy

·      Use arrow keys to move them into place

·      Direct select (second arrow), select over the two end points/join of the reflections

·      Object, path, average

·      Both (or vertical?)

·      Object, path, join

·      Avoid making a point in the middle by going too high in the centre line

SCISSORS TOOL (under the eraser)

·      Can only cut along path not points

·      Click wherever you want it to cut between and press delete

SEAMLINE

·      Draw a line (with shift if we want it straight)

·      Show options (stroke palette)

·      Tick dashed line

·      Fill in dash and gap values

Add anchor points and maneouvre with select tool. E.g. to create folds in the hem

Command G to group things

These are the shorts and pants I drew:

And here are my front, side and back trade sketches:

I am really proud of these although they took me a good six hours.. I can't wait until I get more efficient because at the moment I have trouble altering lines once I have drawn them, or creating seperate lines etc. 

DDS TEMPLATES

In week one I gained my bearings tracing body templates using the pen tool. Some are slightly disjointed but I eventually got the hang of it! Below are a range of front, die and back views, along with a few fashion poses. It took me a long time, but I felt myself improving a lot with time and practice.