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Sha Tahmasebi
Search Press
1 February 2011/ ISBN 1844486206
How-To Books/Drawing
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Reviewed
by Rachel A Hyde
If you are
doing a fashion course or, (like this reviewer) have a job that
involves designing patterns, then you will need to be able to produce
some good drawings of the garments. If a talent for artwork was
not given to you along with your talent for fashion designing and
pattern cutting then a book like this will be a godsend, as your
work will magically be transformed into something that (hopefully)
will pass exams and/or interest buyers.
I am used to drawing my own, less glamorous-looking bodies wearing
my creations, so I opened this book with great interest. Not only
is it filled with sketches of leggy figures of both sexes (no children)
sporting attractive attire, but it also looks at different markets
and how to present garment for each one. From couture fashion to
off-the-peg budget clothing it is interesting to see how the figures
and their poses subtly alter. Also covered are how to show different
fabrics, what to use to make your mark and a brief look at working
with Adobe Illustrator. Turn to the inside cover and you will discover
a CD featuring all the figure poses in .jpg and .tiff file formats,
plus all the garments. All are copyright free and in very high resolution
(over 100dpi) and all you have to do is choose a figure in a suitable
pose, pick the garments and accessories you require that will fit
over it, and the line drawings will obligingly appear in transparent
format reading to be dropped over the figure. Erase the parts you
don’t want, add your own touches and voila! My new lace overlay
dress was magically before my eyes ready to show my editor. It was
all very user friendly and I can recommend this as a painless and
fast way of conjuring up a fashion plate in double-quick time that
looks very professional indeed.
Reviewer's
Note: Paperback
With CD
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