Fashion Sketchbook: Find Your Creative Voice
Learn how to create an inspiring narrative with fashion design and tell a story to the world through this unique method
Embodying the defining features of an era on the runway, using fashion as a communication tool, is one of Ronaldo Fraga’s specialities. Twice named one of the top 10 most innovative stylists of our times by London’s Design Museum, Ronaldo is a master at weaving narratives that bring Brazilian culture and history onto the catwalk.
In this course, learn to create fashion sketches using a notebook as your primary tool. Through this unique approach, learn all the stages for organizing your creative process and building a fashion collection that truly speaks to the audience through an inspiring story.
Start the course by getting to know a little about Ronaldo Fraga and his career: how his passion for drawing was ignited and how the fashion world became the stage for his storytelling. He explains how he uses fashion to position himself and shares his biggest influences in literature, music, visual arts, architecture, and dance.
Learn how to use certain materials to help get your creative juices flowing. Ronaldo demonstrates the importance of the sketchbook as a research tool as well as a way of keeping track of your inspiration and reference materials to enrich your creative process every step of the way. Then move on to do a series of drawing exercises.
Next, use all this inspiration to turn your ideas and research into fashion illustrations. Watch how Ronaldo works with his sketchbook step by step, building on his fashion croquis and deciding on a theme for the collection. After discovering how to source the best fabrics, do a technical drawing and select the final patterns.
Once your sketchbook is finished, explore how to bring your piece to life and share it with the world. To wrap things up, Ronaldo teaches you how to apply your illustrations to textile prints, ceramic pattern designs, or mock-ups for use on a range of surfaces.
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