83233 Visualising Fashion 2
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Credit points: 6 cp
Result type: Grade and marks
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Description
This subject builds on students' proficiencies gained in earlier subjects to develop an understanding of the visual modes of fashion and textile design.
Within the illustration module students are introduced to key contemporary fashion illustrators and explore a diversity of mediums and rendering techniques as a way to generate detailed fashion illustrations. Illustration is a critical communication tool in fashion practice and students are encouraged to refine their skills in order to accurately communicate design ideas and detail. The digital component of the subject enables students to translate hand-rendered fashion artworks into fashion textile applications including seamless textile repeats and placement prints for fashion garments. Students are introduced to working in a 3D design space through the program CLO3D, and how to work between Photoshop and CLO3D.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
| 1. | Effectively apply visual and verbal presentation skills for both illustration and digital components of the subject |
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| 2. | Develop an original design aesthetic through experimenting with illustration and digital practices |
| 3. | Apply creative approaches to technology based activities |
| 4. | Apply appropriate levels of technical skills in both illustration and digital components of the subject |
| 5. | Utilise effective time management to meet deadlines |
| 6. | Develop research skills to support design development |
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
This subject also contributes to the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes:
- Effectively communicate concepts in fashion and textiles in performative, oral, visual and written forms (C.2)
- Respond to constructive criticism and feedback (C.3)
- Develop an original aesthetic sensibility (I.1)
- Demonstrate an ability to adapt technology and materials creatively (I.3)
- Demonstrate the ability to acquire, use and integrate relevant technical skills into creative projects. (P.2)
- Effectively manage time to complete projects with accuracy, rigour and care (P.4)
- Accuracy, rigour and care (P.5)
- Analyse and synthesise knowledge in both visual and written forms to undertake in-depth research. (R.1)
Contribution to the development of graduate attributes
The term CAPRI is used for the five Design, Architecture and Building faculty graduate attribute categories where:
C = communication and groupwork
A = attitudes and values
P = practical and professional
R = research and critique
I = innovation and creativity.
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs) are linked to these categories using codes (e.g. C-1, A-3, P-4, etc.).
Teaching and learning strategies
Feedback:
Within class sessions, students will receive on-the-spot instruction and support from their Tutor as well as having many opportunities to discuss their ideas with their peers and engage in self-evaluation. Formal written feedback will be provided for each of the assessment tasks and will be available from CANVAS. Feedback may take up to 3 weeks.
Preparatory activities:
Preparation activities will vary from week to week. Some weeks will involve engaging with resources such as videos, websites, readings or self-directed learning exercises. Preparatory activities will be listed in Canvas Modules or theywill be emailed to you the week prior. To make the most of your studio time and feedback session with the Tutor, it is important that preparatory activities such as Process Tasks are completed prior to class. Students should be ready with all materials and equipment required at the beginning of each class, and must have their Student Number and Password to login at the beginning of digital classes.
Engaging in Studios:
Students are encouraged to prepare themselves each week by addressing the preparatory activities or researching the topic. There will be opportunities for students to ask questions, clarify issues, explore ideas and create discussion.
Independent and self-managed learning:
There is ongoing encouragement for students to learn from each other as well as reflect on their experiences through computer lab and studio discussions. These are facilitated through the materials available on Canvas Modules.
The requirement for self-directed learning and time-management (in and out of class) mirrors professional practice requirements. Self-management strategies and independent learning are crucial to continuing development as a
design practitioner. The subject outline will provide you with a guide regarding weekly requirements; it will be up to students to adhere to the week-by-week program.
Collaborative opportunities:
Collaborative tasks involve sharing your illustrative and design ideas during classes. The format of this collaboration will be documented within your design journal each week addressing questions or problems outlined in your studio class, which will involve offering and receiving constructive criticism.
Workshop activities include visual and technical research, illustration and photography. Students will develop weekly work to be documented and uploaded to a website, including work process, visual and written research and design development of their Assessment tasks.
Content (topics)
- Continue to develop communication of fashion concepts through fashion illustration
- Developing drawing and digital modes of expressing visual ideas for fashion
- Develop contemporary design aesthetics in regard to layout of fashion concepts
- Understanding the value of reflection and critical analysis of finished design outcomes through peer review
- Continue to understand how to apply a professional approach to your work
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Digital Fashion Presentation & Mixed Media Artworks for Fashion Textiles
| Intent: | This Assessment Task is in 2 Parts. Assessment 1 Part 2 (20%) Mixed Media Artworks for Fashion Textiles - PDF Due Week 4 |
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| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 2 and 4 This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.): I.1, P.2 and P.5 |
| Type: | Presentation |
| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Weight: | 30% |
| Criteria: | 1. Digital Fashion Presentation shows strong synthesis of quality sources and students own hypothesis and conclusions. 2. Experimentation using a range of different drawing and painting media, including colour exploration. 3. Understanding of the differences between mark making, painting and drawn motifs to generate richness and variety in artworks for fashion textiles. |
Assessment task 2: Illustrating Fashion Bodies
| Intent: | This assessment task aims to develop your hand fashion illustration skills, which incorporate learning about how to use mixed media and explore a personal fashion illustration style. You will be led through a series of weekly tasks including how to illustrate a range of fashion bodies with an emphasis on inclusivity in fashion and hone details such as faces, hands, feet and shoes. This assessment requires you to continue documenting your work weekly including class work and independent work outside of class to hone your illustration practice and ability to reflect on the development of your own aesthetic, preferences and style. In-class progress is taken into consideration for assessment and involves students demonstrating progress in-class week-to-week, responding to feedback, and undertaking preparatory activities to be ready for weekly classes. All students should refer to the Assessment Brief for full information, which is available in Canvas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 2, 4, 5 and 6 This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.): C.3, I.1, P.2, P.5 and R.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | Project | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Groupwork: | Individual | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 30% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria: | 1. Basic Fashion Croquis: work is completed to a high standard showing appropriate figure proportions and detail. 2. Drawing Faces: showing high level of proficiency in detail, shading and proportion of face drawings. 3. Drawing Hands, Feet and Shoes: showing clear and appropriate skill in drawing hands, feet and shoes. 4. Student is engaged in weekly studios, responds to feedback and shows strong time management skills by being prepared for classes and completing tasks outside of class. 5. Portfolio Final Dressed Body Illustrations: synthesize learned skills in stylised full-figure drawings showing effective professional illustration skills. 6. Process Journal and Research: Demonstrate curiosity and an enquiring approach to the design process, including research development and weekly journal entries. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Assessment task 3: Digital Textiles for Fashion Design
| Intent: | This assessment task aims to further your technical illustration and presentation skills using Adobe CC application software and introduces you to the 3D fashion design software CLO3D. You will learn how to visualise textiles for fashion outcomes, working between 2D (Adobe Photoshop) and 3D technologies (CLO3D). In this task, you will learn how to incorporate hand-illustrated elements into Photoshop to create original designs that you will develop into placement prints and seamless textile repeats and apply them to fashion garments in CLO3D. You will be introduced to working in the 3D space and learn about Avatars and how to adapt materials and their properties in CLO. The outcomes of this assessment include a series of applied textile prints and placement prints rendered in CLO, together with textile repeats created in Photoshop. You will learn how to professionally render garments out of CLO, including producing file formats that will be integrated into a digital portfolio. This assessment requires you to continue documenting your work weekly including class work and independent work outside of class to hone your digital skills and ability to reflect on the development of your own aesthetic, preferences and style. In-class progress is taken into consideration for assessment and involves students demonstrating progress in class week-to-week, responding to feedback, and undertaking preparatory activities to be ready for weekly classes. All students should refer to the Assessment Brief for full information, which is available in Canvas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.): C.2, I.1, I.3, P.4, P.5 and R.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | Project | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Groupwork: | Individual | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 40% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria: | 1. Print Development using Photoshop: Development of an original aesthetic sensibility and appropriate levels of technical skills. 2. Print Adaptation using CLO3D: Experimentation with colourways and materials to generate interesting all-over prints, showing variations of scale and application. 3. Placement Prints: Development of an original aesthetic sensibility and appropriate levels of technical skills demonstrating an ability to work between Photoshop and CLO3D applications. 4. CLO3D Rendered Garments: Professionally presented incorporating materials exploration and work-up of material properties using CLO3D. 5. Professionalism of the completed multi-page digital illustration portfolio including consideration of layout, font choices, image preparation and presentation to a high standard. 6. Student is engaged in weekly studios, responds to feedback and shows strong time management skills by being prepared for classes and completing tasks outside of class. 7. Process Journal and Research: Demonstrate curiosity and an enquiring approach to the design process, including research development and weekly journal entries. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Minimum requirements
The DAB attendance policy requires students to attend no less than 80% of formal teaching sessions (lectures and tutorials) for each class they are enrolled in to remain eligible for assessment.
Required texts
Class notes and related resources are available within Canvas Modules. The Modules are labeled week-by-week and students are expected to read each week's notes and do any preparatory activities such as watching videos prior to class.
Recommended texts
Barnard, M, 1996, Fashion as Communication, Routledge, New York
Berthoud, Francois, 2011, Francois Berthoud Studio: the art of fashion illustration, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Germany
Borrelli, L, 2000, Fashion Illustration Now, Thames & Hudson, London
Downton, D, 2010, Masters of fashion illustration, Laurence King, London
Glenville, T, 2013, New Icons of fashion illustration, Laurence King, London
Kiper, A, 2010, Fashion Illustration: inspiration and technique, David and Charles
Mora, G, 1998, PhotoSpeak: A guide to the ideas, movements, and techniques of photography, 1st ed., Abbeville Press Publishers, New York
Noble, I, Bestley, R, 2002, Experimental Layout Crans-Près-Céligny, Hove, RotoVision
Sanders, M, Poynter, P, Derrick, R (eds), 2000, The Impossible Image: Fashion photography in the digital age, Phaidon, London
Seaman, J, 1995, Professional Fashion Illustration, B.T. Batsford, London
Tain, L, 1998, Portfolio Presentation for Fashion Designers, Fairchild Publications, New York
Tallon, K, 2008, Digital fashion illustration with illustrator and photoshop, Batsford, London
Walker, S, 2001, Typography and Language in Everyday Life: Prescriptions and practices, Harlow, England, Longman, New York
Weinmann, E, Lourekas, P, 2003, Illustrator for Windows & Macintosh, Visual Quickstart Series, Peachpit Press, Berkeley, CA
Wills, S, 1997, Computer Tips for Artists, Designers, and Desktop Publishers, 1st ed, Norton & Co, New York
The following websites are recommended.
http://www.firstview.com
http://www.sleazenation.com
http://www.confused.co.uk
Other resources
https://www.adobe.com/au/
https://www.clo3d.com
https://connect.clo-set.com/
Detailed information on CLO3D is available in Canvas Modules