Table of Contents

Introduction

1.      Overview of Adobe Illustrator

2.      Quick Start: Basic Drawing in Illustrator

3.      Illustrator’s Toolbox

4.      Illustrator’s Menus

5.      Illustrator’s Key Palettes

Basic Drawing Exercises

Fashion Drawing Exercises

Textile Design Exercises

Presentation Techniques

Promotional Information

More than just a how to manual, Adobe Illustrator for Fashion Design introduces readers to the Illustrator approach to design and ways to think about designing fashion apparel and textiles using the program. Early chapters provide a strong foundation in the commands and capabilities of the program while later sections offer application exercises that develop skills in fashion drawing, textile design and presentation techniques. Available with an accompanying DVD, this book emphasizes the creative process and explores the capabilities of this powerful program as related to drawings of clothing, fashion poses, and textile prints.