From Pencil To Pen Tool: Understanding and Creating The Digital Fashion Image [Hardcover]

Jemi Armstrong (Author), Lorrie Ivas (Author), Wynn Armstrong (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 30, 2006 | ISBN-10: 1563673649 | ISBN-13: 978-1563673641

In today's fashion industry, the traditional skills of forecasting, cutting, sewing, and drafting
are no longer enough. Students must be able to transform their two-dimensional plans
into computer-generated images. This book teaches Adobe PhotoShop CS and Illustrator
CS techniques applicable to both fashion students entering the field and the established
fashion industry professionals seeking to stay current with technology. It includes technical
instruction about sketching and image production, as well as practical advice about
creating a computer-generated portfolio and entering the fashion marketplace.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Jemi Armstrong is a Professor at Santa Monica College and the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) teaching fashion sketching, illustration, and accessory design courses. She has illustrated for retail and manufacturing clients including Fred Segal, Michael Stars, The Colleagues, Dermology Med Spa, and Lair at Henri Bendels. Other endeavors include costume illustration for film and TV, and digital illustration. She was the featured guest on HGTV s Awesome Interiors, a Home and Gardens cable show that showcases creative design endeavors.

Wynn Armstrong teaches digital textiles at Otis College of Art and Design and Long Beach College and has created fashion graphics with Koziak Productions for such companies as Barneys.

Lorrie Ivas is an Associate Professor in the Fashion Design and Marketing Department at Santa Monica College, teaching fashion, advertising, retailing and display classes. She has served as acting fashion chair at American InterContinental University, Los Angeles and now coordinates the Fashion Marketing Department. She was nominated in The Who's Who of America's Teachers for 2005, 2006, and 2007. Ivas consults and conducts seminars on current fashion and retail topics, as well as designing jewelry and deconstructing/redesigning vintage pieces. Her specialty courses include the histories of fashion photography, fashion journalism and fashion in media.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 432 pages
• Publisher: Fairchild Pubns (July 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563673649
• ISBN-13: 978-1563673641
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,624 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #30 in Books > Computers & Technology > Graphic Design > 3D Graphics
  • #71 in Books > Arts & Photography > Design & Decorative Arts > Textile & Costume
  • #91 in Books > Computers & Technology > Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars almost a great tool, August 1, 2007

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phiney "createur" (DE USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: From Pencil To Pen Tool: Understanding and Creating The Digital Fashion Image (Hardcover)

The text, as the previous reviewer writes, is excellent. I love the preliminary chapters for content and ability to communicate various concepts of fashion thinking. However, in the tutorials there are enough missing or unclear steps to frustrate someone attempting to learn new software. It would be helpful if the reader/user has previous familiarity with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop in order to work past these issues. Needless to say, the text components that integrate Illustrator and Photoshop tools are quite helpful and promote realistic ways to use the software applications together. I am pleased with the text, but do look forward to a second edition.

1 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is obsolete, April 13, 2008

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I. Bonilla "fashion designer" (FL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: From Pencil To Pen Tool: Understanding and Creating The Digital Fashion Image (Hardcover)

This book is obsolete the croqui is not proportioned and you never culd used in the industrie or for any job.

0 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fab!!! Worth the money, August 10, 2006

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fashiongal - See all my reviews

This review is from: From Pencil To Pen Tool: Understanding and Creating The Digital Fashion Image (Hardcover)

Very insightful, very useful, easy to understand. Totally worth the money.