I have been thinking about ways I can show
my fabric in context, to give the audience a better understanding of how the
fabric might look on a garment. Using Photoshop to impose the fabric on to
garments would give a realistic indication of how the fabric would suit certain
menswear, but my Photoshop skills are quite limited at the moment and as I
learn, I feel I need to find another way in which to do this.
I have looked in to the work of fashion
illustrator Hilary Kidd and I am particularly interested by the way she
presents her drawings.
I think Kidd’s
combination of fashion illustration, fabric swatches and a small written
section portrays the intended context very well. It is simple and to the point
and easily understandable. The way she has sketched the checked trousers on the
image above is very simple, yet the shadowing gives the trousers shape and makes
the drawing appear digital. I have taken the sketchy aspect of her drawings and
tried to apply my fabric on to a jacket using pencil crayon, and not being too
precious about the pattern, but trying to get the scale, proportion and feel right.
I think with practice this will come more naturally to me, as at first I was
quite stiff with my drawings, but I think it successfully shows an idea of
context and I think this is something I may develop further in Unit X.
Fig. 1 - Kidd, H. (n.d) Menswear. [Online] [Accessed on 15th February 2014] <http://www.hilarykidd.co.uk/hilary_kidd_fashion_illustrator_menswear_casual.shtml>