Digital Illustration for Fashion

This remote course is designed to instill a working understanding of cartoon design and graphic novel art. Discover basics like anatomy, foreshortening, shading, environment, and composition. Learn how to handle tools and apply ink, first in a series of short value studies, then moving onto applying inks to concept work. Students will tackle several...

This is an ONLINE ART CLASS that meets via Zoom. A very useful course for anyone in the visual arts, fashion or design or for any student interested in honing their drawing skills. Drawing is an invaluable skill, perhaps the most important of all the visual arts. In this course learn proportion, composition, shading, the relationships of objects,...

In the fashion world, new clothing designs are presented in the form of hand-drawn sketches before being chosen to go into production. Designers start with a croquis, a quick sketch of the traditional fashion figure that serves as the basis for the design of clothing and accessories, then add color and details to the garments.  This is a basic...

Learn how to draw in ink, from line-drawing and shading with technical and traditional pens to creating rich ink washes. We’ll cover different value-building techniques, such as cross-hatching and stippling, and discuss how to approach complex textures and patterns. Class time will consist of a combination of demos, exercises, and time to work on...

New students will choose a familiar picture book or work a picture book story they’ve written, and create sequential scenes and a picture book dummy. Continuing students who’ve previously taken this class will continue their dummy, and work on promotional writing: pitches and query letters for book submission. Instruction covers: thumbnail layouts,...

This course is designed to introduce students to the illustration process, from ideation and freehand sketching to the final piece. Students are encouraged to experiment with a variety of materials and styles, from traditional to digital and their hybrid. Classes are supplemented with a series of presentations on contemporary illustrators and a discussion...