Tag: fashion


Oct
2020

TADF- Moschino Sketches

categories: AAD010

Moschino Spring Summer 2021

These are some of my favorite sketches form the Moschino task. I tried to stick to the outfits that matched my colour palette, these are also some designs that I was particularly drawn to, mostly due to the shapes and colours used. I tried to emulate the doll like poses and lifelessness of the bodies in the drawings while focusing on the clothing over the anatomical structures. However I also recognised how the clothing fit onto the forms and how they were able to flow onto the limbs in a free or tight manner, this is something that I thought would have been important to the designer when making these designs therefore something I tried to replicate with these sketches.

I simply paused the video when I saw something that caught my attention and took a couple of minutes to draw it out and add a little pen or coloured pencils to add some more dimension and give an ideas as to what the actual designs looked like. I think I was able to capture some sense of fluidity with the fabrics and also a sense of action or movement despite the designs not being displayed on an actual model. When drawing I kept it as simple as possible in terms of the anatomy and focused more of my time in replicating the designs and the way they shape the body in a new way.


Oct
2020

TADF- Weaving Paper and Sewing

categories: AAD010

Weaving-

Firstly I tried out some paper weaving with different techniques (whilst keeping my colour palette in mind). I found that the different ways I was weaving created a different look die to the tightness of the weave. I really liked the appearance of the green toned paper weave I completed as it is quite perfect to me, this one took me quite a while to complete as the paper strips were quite hard to work with. I wanted to try and do a 3d version of the weaving so I wrapped some woven paper over a bowel to get it into a curved shape then gently slid the bowl out from it. I quite like how the woven strips are so large it looks quite interesting in my opinion.

After weaving paper I wanted to try and weave some material. I started with some wool and a piece of card behind it to show off the weave pattern. I think that this looks well, however it wasn’t as tight as I would have liked it to be, this was even more difficult to work with than the paper though, if I were to do it again I would defiantly use two different colours of wool as to keep it looking less confused when weaving. The last two that I did are multi media weavings consisting of denim strips, shoe laces and wool. I used two sticks and wrapped vertical strips of wool along it to be the base for my weaving. In my opinion these are the mist effective looking out of all the weaving and due to the different directions and imperfect manner in which I wove them together they have become something interesting to look at.

Sewing-

To work on some of my sewing skills before tacking the denim challenge I took some scraps of denim and some wool and thread and began to teach myself how to sew. I tried some basic running stitches, blanket stitching, embroidery, rice stitches and some crosses. I surprised myself and was able to do a lot more than I thought I would have been capable of doing. I adore how the “hate” embroidery turned out I think I kept the lines really accurate and the wool worked really well in making the letting stand out a lot and have a 3d effect. The hate patch is also quite large (about 30cm) in length and I will definitely be pinning it to some of my denim jackets and jeans. I tried to keep within my colour scheme so I chose some simple blue tones to tie in with the denim.


Oct
2020

TADF- Mood Board and Outfit Pictures

categories: AAD010

Mood Board-

For my mood board I didn’t limit it to anything specific, more so I just wanted it to be images that I find personally fascinated in colour, shape and subject. The colours I selected were the primary colours and green. Even though these aren’t typically my favorite colours I think that these colours are well suited and something that I wear the most of. To incorporate my own personal interests I added some pictures if myself, this is also good for reference as it is also showing some of the outfits I like to wear and how this mood board is a clear reflection of my own personal styles and tastes.

When making it I wanted to make it super layered and overlapped so I gathered as many images as possible and brought them together in an editing application to mess around with the layout and lighting/ colour and contrast of the images. I think that the colours and images I selected work very well together and are rather pleasing for me to look at. This mood board will be great to look back on if I need some inspiration or guidance.

Pictures of Clothing-

                   

  

When taking pictures of my clothes I didn’t just want to take pictures of their pattern or sitting at an angle or folded. I wanted to personify my clothing without it actually being worn and have it tell some kind of story or portray and emotion. For some of the pictures I used clever angles in order to create the illusion of of it being empty yet worn at the same time, although I also used photoshop to combine images of me wearing an article with an image of the clothing suspended in a way that makes it strange or comical to look at. I think that I was able to achieve a wide range of emotions throughout the clothing and really make it look personified.

My favorite pictures are the ones where I propped the clothing into chairs to make it look as if the clothes are animated and the photoshopped illusions I was able to create. When selecting the clothing I made sure to think about colour, pattern and size. This would allow me to use my colour palette in an interesting way and add some pattern to what could have been pain clothing articles.

Drawings from the images-

I used a drawing application to create these. I was mainly focusing on colour and pattern and trying to replicate these things with a range of different brushes within the drawing application. I think that these turned out really well and give a sense of texture and pattern. I was also careful to select articles of clothing that matched the colours within the mood board that I created (focusing on primary colour and green). I am a huge fan of plaid patterns and the way that they all look diverse which is why I incorporated the two different pieces. The images are mostly close up so I could highlight a smaller section of the article rather than just drawing pieces of clothing.

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