Some tutors and college professors
ask their students to prepare a
development board, which visually
presents key stages of their
development in the studio. This
enables students to extract some of
their best sketchbook work and
combine it with photographic images
of toiles/muslins as evidence of their
work in progress. Development
boards are useful; they can link a
mood board to the artwork or final
design boards. Although there is no
rule on how formally they should be
presented, some students include
them in their final portfolios.
1–3 Concept board (1),
flats/development board (2)
and illustration/design board
(3) by Miranda Folett-Millar
Fashion illustration boards are an
important part of any fashion student
or designer’s portfolio and are usually
among the last to be viewed in the
sequence of a portfolio presentation.
In one sense they may even be
considered to be the finale of a
designer’s presentation since they
serve a more artistic role than the
other boards and can add a wow
factor to a portfolio. Some designers
may include flats with their figurative
drawings, while others may adopt a
more illustrative format. Determining
the format for a fashion illustration is
important and should be planned.
This includes whether the illustration
will be arranged in landscape or
portrait format as well as whether
to draw more than one figure on the board. Arranging multiple figures can
be visually enhancing but should be
considered in relation to individual
model poses, gender and target
market or occasion. For example,
illustration boards for bridal wear and
high evening wear should emphasise
the uniqueness of the design and the
occasion, so individual illustrations
are more appropriate. Fashion figures
can be cropped and framed on
illustration boards depending on
the desired effect. Composing your
illustration is important and, given
the variety of approaches to fashion
illustration today, you should play to
your strengths and emphasise what
you can do best.
It is interesting to note the increasing popularity of websites and
blogs in which fashion drawings and illustrations are shared and
displayed alongside fashion photography and other associated
fashion imagery. These digital formats have extended the reach of
fashion drawing and presentation styles to a global audience, as well
as assimilating them into a digital cultural mix that appears open and
receptive to the variety of fashion drawing styles that exist today.
Blogs are also being taken up by fashion students who are actively
using them to network and promote their work through online
forums and digital gallery spaces. These developments are
consistent with the advances in digital graphics software, meaning
that fashion drawings are increasingly being viewed through screen-
based platforms as well as through a range of print media formats.
The continuing influence of digital media for fashion drawings and
presentations is likely to remain strong in the foreseeable future.
Graphics software, scanners and digital cameras are becoming more
sophisticated and a growing number of successful illustrators and
designers are using digital media either exclusively or in combination
with hand-rendering techniques. If fashion is about creating an ideal
and capturing the current mood and spirit of its age, then the digital
presentation of fashion artworks will continue to ex
Some tutors and college professors
ask their students to prepare a
development board, which visually
presents key stages of their
development in the studio. This
enables students to extract some of
their best sketchbook work and
combine it with photographic images
of toiles/muslins as evidence of their
work in progress. Development
boards are useful; they can link a
mood board to the artwork or final
design boards. Although there is no
rule on how formally they should be
presented, some students include
them in their final portfolios.
1–3 Concept board (1),
flats/development board (2)
and illustration/design board
(3) by Miranda Folett-Millar
Fashion illustration boards are an
important part of any fashion student
or designer’s portfolio and are usually
among the last to be viewed in the
sequence of a portfolio presentation.
In one sense they may even be
considered to be the finale of a
designer’s presentation since they
serve a more artistic role than the
other boards and can add a wow
factor to a portfolio. Some designers
may include flats with their figurative
drawings, while others may adopt a
more illustrative format. Determining
the format for a fashion illustration is
important and should be planned.
This includes whether the illustration
will be arranged in landscape or
portrait format as well as whether
to draw more than one figure on the board. Arranging multiple figures can
be visually enhancing but should be
considered in relation to individual
model poses, gender and target
market or occasion. For example,
illustration boards for bridal wear and
high evening wear should emphasise
the uniqueness of the design and the
occasion, so individual illustrations
are more appropriate. Fashion figures
can be cropped and framed on
illustration boards depending on
the desired effect. Composing your
illustration is important and, given
the variety of approaches to fashion
illustration today, you should play to
your strengths and emphasise what
you can do best.
It is interesting to note the increasing popularity of websites and
blogs in which fashion drawings and illustrations are shared and
displayed alongside fashion photography and other associated
fashion imagery. These digital formats have extended the reach of
fashion drawing and presentation styles to a global audience, as well
as assimilating them into a digital cultural mix that appears open and
receptive to the variety of fashion drawing styles that exist today.
Blogs are also being taken up by fashion students who are actively
using them to network and promote their work through online
forums and digital gallery spaces. These developments are
consistent with the advances in digital graphics software, meaning
that fashion drawings are increasingly being viewed through screen-
based platforms as well as through a range of print media formats.
The continuing influence of digital media for fashion drawings and
presentations is likely to remain strong in the foreseeable future.
Graphics software, scanners and digital cameras are becoming more
sophisticated and a growing number of successful illustrators and
designers are using digital media either exclusively or in combination
with hand-rendering techniques. If fashion is about creating an ideal
and capturing the current mood and spirit of its age, then the digital
presentation of fashion artworks will continue to ex
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