FIC: SCAD Fashion Illustration Club

All work should be:

• contain only 1 color (shading allowed in the same color)
• scanned into the computer at 300 DPI
• saved as a .jpeg or PDF
• named as such: firstname_lastname_year in school_major_number each submission (1,2,3…)
• submit files to FIC via e-mail at fic@scad.edu or on a CD which can be given to any officer during a meeting
• make sure to include with the CD or in the e-mail: artist name, e-mail address, phone number, illustration title, and medium of work

REMEMBER to submit as many files as you would like. We LOVE to see your work, and be able to publish it!

Any questions just shoot us an e-mail, or ask at a meeting! And the deadline for submissions for t-shirt illustrations is October 21st…don’t be late!

I love seeing fashion illustration used in advertising. The illos add a fun and lively vibe to the tees and shorts section at Target.

A little collage based fashion illustration for inspiration! Snip Snip!

Silja Goetz

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Kat Macleod

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Stina Persson

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Brittney Lee

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Megan Brain

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Don’t forget to join us next Friday, March 4th at 6pm in Eckburg Room 206 for a collage demo (with a focus on creating a figure) with Illustration Professor Megan Berkheiser!

FIC

xoxo

FIC

illo by Elena Tsaregradskaya http://tsaregradskaya.com/

For those that missed last night’s meeting, we had a talk by Prof. Lara Wolf on places to safely publish work online and the benefits you gain from online exposure. Below are the lists of sites we compiled to supplement the discussion:

Networking sites for illustrators (Upload a portfolio and connect with potential employers & fellow artists):

• Deviant Art http://www.deviantart.com/ (a giant network of artists!)
• Would You Rock This? http://wouldyourockthis.com/ (specifically for fashion illustration, upload sketches and receive feedback)
• Illustration Friday http://www.illustrationfriday.com/ (unique, weekly illustrations you submit on a topic, post to a blog or website)
• Create a Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/ (self explanatory…)
• Society 6 http://www.society6.com/ (great collaboration opportunities and you can also sell your work here)
• Coroflot http://www.coroflot.com/public/login_createport.asp (simply create a portfolio and connect)
• Behance Network http://www.behance.net/ (an international site for artists to connect and clients to search)
• LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/ (connect with people you know, you can add a live Behance portfolio to your profile)
• Style Portfolios http://styleportfolios.com/

Create your own website:

• Carbonmade http://carbonmade.com/ (free version or monthly paid)
• Other People’s Pixels http://otherpeoplespixels.com/ ($)
• Flickr http://www.flickr.com/ (free)
• LiveBooks http://www.livebooks.com/ ($$)
• Your webspace through the school (free)

Blogs:

• Tumblr http://www.tumblr.com
• Blogger http://www.blogger.com
• WordPress http://wordpress.org/

Places to sell your art:

• U Gallery http://www.ugallery.com
• Fine Art America http://fineartamerica.com/
• Imagekind http://www.imagekind.com/
• Etsy http://www.etsy.com/ (sell handmade products, prints, and original work; great for selling garments too)
• Goodsie http://goodsie.com/ (easily create your own web store, great design platform, small fee monthly)
• Thumbtack Press http://thumbtackpress.com/submit.php (selection of artist after submission of preview JPG, offers a link to artist website with each print displayed for sale)

Job Listings:

• Folio Planet http://www.folioplanet.com/ (Database for clients to search for artists)
• College Central http://www.studentcentral.com/ (SCADs Job Board)

Nuno DaCosta for Louis Vutton

Nuno DaCosta

I love it when I stumble on an amazing illustrator such as Nuno DaCosta looking at her work on Trendland.net and IllustrationWeb.com makes me want to start sketching, which I will do during this weekend. I will also try my hand at gouche and watercolor, Nuno uses gouches and finishes her work on Photoshop.  I love her  illustrations and illustrations in every way. But I like the way gouche or watercolor paintings  look naturally without any digital alteration. Whatever your preference are just remember to continue to sketch and don’t forget to submit to our annual at the end of this quarter. Just click on the pictures above to go to Trendland or IllustrationWeb.

FIC

Blogs are buzzing about Prada’s Spring 2011 sunglasses campaign. Why? Mui Mui’s ditched the typical model & photo formula and, doing as she does best, is branching out creatively. The campaign features the work of 3 illustrators: Ivo Bisignano, Marcela Gutierrez and Andrea Tarella. Their fun and colorful drawings match the whimsical, cartoony feel of the shades themselves. An accessory and illustration match made in heaven.

images via http://decoymagazine.blogspot.com/

See more of the illustrators’ work:

Ivo Bisignano http://yvobisignano.blogspot.com/

Marcela Gutierrez http://www.marcelagutierrez.com/

Bridgette

FIC President

Current muse: Anne Sofie Madsen. Danish Design School Grad Fashion Designer AND Illustrator. Her illustrations are infused with so much style and uniqueness and she magically (and successfully) translates that into three dimensions of sartorial goodness.

Check out more of her work at the links below:

http://www.annesofiemadsen.dk/

http://trendland.net/2009/12/03/anne-sofie-madsen-maori-collection/

http://coutequecoute.blogspot.com/2009/08/anne-sofie-madsen-tiki-mania-maori.html

Bridgette

FIC President

Liselotte Watkins is a Swedish born fashion illustrator who studied at the Art Institute in Dallas and has been working in the field since the 1990s. Watkins is the perfect example of fashion illustration, a niche area within the profession of illustration, being successful in varies forms. In the days of Kenneth Paul Block fashion illustrators basically drew the latest fashions and those were seen in publications like WWD, Harper’s Bazaar, or Vogue. The end. Now, fashion illustration is everywhere! On clothes, walls, tv, and more!

Watkins keeps us updated on her latest and greatest projects on her blog: http://liselottewatkins.blogspot.com/. A few examples of her expanding work below:

runway backdrops

adverts

Textiles (ribbon, fabrics, etc)

and something FIC is familiar with…window displays!

Check out more of Liselotte’s work (including some of her animated fashion work!) at http://www.art-dept.com/illustration/watkins/index.html.

Bridgette

FIC President