Tag / Drawing

by Olivia Kate Violet

Introduction to AD138

Monday 5th January

For the first seminar of 2015 was in both form of a more detailed briefing for our next module; Introduction to fashion illustration and drawing! I’m really looking forward to learning new skills and being part of some more physical interacting classes. I myself am not the best at drawing fashion illustrations so I am excited to see what I can produce within the next few weeks.

The aims for our brief are:

1. To introduce students into fashion drawing, imaging processes and their roles in the fashion communication industry

2. To learn specialist techniques and become confident with specialist tools and equipment through project work, research and experiment in prac/ce

3. To experiment with different techniques, ideas and outputs within project briefs and sketchbook work

4. To prac/ce professionalism by commiRng to studio prac/ce through recording professional development, through crea/ng a blog and PDP

Initially we looked at some examples of how to produce fashion illustrations that are in proportion:

 


We then had a chance to practise and remind ourselves of how to use a pencil (it has been a while i must admit!)

by Olivia Kate Violet

Project Development

Monday 20th October 2014

Today we all had our practise presentations on the garment we chose from the Renegade collection. The presenations were meant to last 4-5 minutes, mine however ended up dragging out for an entire 45 minutes (the feedback section lasted a good half an hour of that time)!

From the collection I had chosen to focus on the Teddy Boy outfit as the little saxophone broach around the collar of the shirt, caught my eye. I have always been one to appreciate the smaller, more detailed things in life and so I decided that was something i’d be really interested in researching and also drawing!

The feedback I received today has really helped me to focus my project in a direction i’m happy with. We talked about objects and the attachment you can form to them (I am a hoarder and so keep most things and thus am attached to quite a few objects already at the age of 20 years old). Furthermore we linked this idea of people possessing an emotional connection to objects to the branding essence of a business and then talked about theoretical stains and scars. Due to this session I have decided to look into this area of attachment in more depth and in particular, linking it the vintage subculture evident in Brighton.

by Olivia Kate Violet

Renegade Exhibition: Reveals alternative styles of clothing.

Tuesday 14th October 2014

Visiting this exhibition held within the Pavilion Museum was really intriguing in that the display of garments were so diverse, which from the title of the collection you’d expect. From the outgoing, multicoloured patched trousers paired with a grey oversized jersey top to the pinstriped smart trousers covered in belt straps set with worn-looking, leather military boots, everything caught your eye.

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For my critical analysis I chose to look at the pin striped trousers covered in straps. The combination of a typically smart pair of trousers,the casual straps along with the personal red thread around the front pockets, just grabbed me. I also really enjoyed the way in which a pair of black military boots sat next to them adding to this personal, rebellious feel of the outfit. 

Sketches of my chosen outfit: