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Adobe Illustrator for Fashion (CAD II): Intermediate Technical Design

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About Adobe Illustrator for Fashion (CAD II): Intermediate Technical Design

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Unit 1.1: The Stroke Panel

Unit 1.2: Offset Path

Unit 1.3: The Width Tool, Adding Effects, & Unit 1 Deliverable Assignment

Unit 2.1: Adding Color To Your Garment Flat

Unit 2.2: Designing Block Based Patterns

Unit 2.3: Designing Seamless Patterns

Unit 3.1: Stylizing Your Garment Flat

Unit 3.2: The Pathfinder Tools

What You Will Learn?

  • This class is a follow up to Adobe Illustrator for Fashion (CAD I): Introduction to Garment Flats. In this class I'll teach you the technical design detailing you’ll need to create professional-grade garment flats in Illustrator, including how to add construction details like darts and hems; how to add colors, patterns and textures to your flats; and how to add advanced fitting techniques like draping and shaping. .
  • Creating garment flats in Adobe Illustrator is a foundational fashion design skill. Garment flats are how you’ll communicate your fashion ideas to pattern-makers, technical designers, merchandisers, or manufacturers. You’ll also need them for creating tech packs or fashion design portfolios..
  • What You'll Learn.
  • In this class you’ll learn how to take a basic garment flat and add all the necessary details. We'll cover:.
  • Construction Details. How to draw stitches, darts, hems, trims, buttons and zippers..
  • Coloring Details. How to add color to your flats in Adobe Illustrator. .
  • Pattern-Making. How to create swatches to communicate various textures and patterns..
  • Fitting Details. How to add draping and shaping techniques to your flats in Adobe Illustrator..
  • What You'll Do.
  • You'll be able to apply these skills immediately to your own project: create a high detailed set of garment flats you can share with your classmates for feedback. Looking to get your fashion design produced? Submit your design for funding on Betabrand!.