ILL-218: Intro to Fashion Illustration

Fashion is more influential than ever, and fashion illustration is one route to a great illustration career. There is much to learn. This class offers a thorough study of the most famous practitioners of great fashion illustration, concentrating on how drawing and painting style in fashion has reflected both culture and attitudes throughout the decades. Students will be working towards creating their own original fashion Illustration technique. Projects will be supported by field trips, guest lectures, demos, documentaries and guest faculty projects focusing on areas of specialization within fashion illustration, including beauty. There will be emphasis on developing fashion knowledge, awareness of evolving fashion culture, and analysis and prediction of trends. Class work will be analog and digital, with a specific online component. Students will work from live models and from reference materials.