Fashion Designer's Handbook for Adobe Illustrator

Fashion Designer\'s Handbook for Adobe Illustrator
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Quick Reference Tools Panels
Adobe Illustrator – Quick Reference Tools Panel
Adobe Photoshop – Quick Reference Keyboard Shortcuts
Chapter 1 – The Basics
	Vector and bitmap images
	Colour modes
	Open Illustrator, create and save a new file
	Customise the work area
	Workspace
	Tools panel
	Tools
	A simple exercise
	Type tool
	Add or change artboards
	Summary
Chapter 2 – First Garment
	Create a new file – scan and place an image
	Trace and expand the image of child croquis
	Create a new layer
	Drawing a dress
	Completed dress, create alternate style
	New layer and colour change
	Measuring lines with arrows
	Prepare file for export to JPEG format
	Summary
	Croquis: Child
Chapter 3 – Technical Drawing
	Creating silhouettes – female youth croquis
	Creating a library of basic garment shapes
	Creating a basic tee and neckband
	Swatches panel and stripe pattern swatch
	Scaling and rotating the stripe pattern fill
	Brushes panel and stripe brush
	Offset spot pattern repeat
	Troubleshoot pattern fills
	Technical drawing
	Pattern brushes
	Colorization and expand brushes
	Save a brush stroke / accessories library
	Masking
	Expanded brush strokes and trims
	Female and male garment symbols
	Croquis: Adults
	Croquis: Youth, baby and toddler
	Libraries
	Consistency
	Summary
Chapter 4 – Story Boards
	Styling
	Rib top
	Jacket
	X-over top
	Yarn-dyed stripe top
	Skirt
	Shorts
	Dress
	Background flowers
	Story board
	Summary
Chapter 5 – Story Boards
	Male croquis development
	Story board 1 – Digital photograph
	Adding effects to an illustration and working with text
	Story board 2 – Tee-shirts and placement prints
	Downloading fonts and clip art
	Story board 3 – Denim wash effects and colour change
	Story board 4 – Adobe Photoshop
	Hand draw a fashion illustration
	Photoshop
	Clean a scanned image
	Colour fill the garments
	Gradient editor
	Colour change of a scanned fabric
	Colour sampling and layers in Photoshop
	Story board and edit background photograph
	Female croquis development – hand drawing
	Story board 5 – Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
	Adobe Photoshop – cut – out and edit a photograph in Photoshop
	Adobe Illustrator – place Photoshop file
	Technical drawings
	Digital photograph editing
	Story board 6 – Male croquis development and variations of the poses in Illustrator
	Faces
	Summary
Index