22
Feb
Video Fashion Design process from idea to finished garment – Designer Eva Franco
Today I am sharing this great quick lovely video by Los Angeles Fashion Designer Eva Franco who let’s us peak into her studio and follow along her design process.
17
Jan
Great new courses already available to my all access members
My website currently only advertises and shows access to 6 courses, but all access members can access 2 more (8 full courses total).
Both of these assume that you already worked your way through the beginner courses and are ready to progress to the next level. Read more
3
Nov
Free Friday Mini Fashion Webinar – Illustrator for Fashion Graphics
Have you seen the beautiful colorful
city of Melbourne’s logo options that are floating around Australia? Click here to visit their gallery.
Young, fresh, colorful and a logo that the city’s citizen can be mighty proud of. Being the geek that I am I had to ask myself how can I quickly draw and come up with these many options for any letter that I will ever draw for logos and graphics? I’ll talk a bit about the process here, but why don’t you join me on 11/11/2011 at 12:30pm PST time live online?
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21
Oct
Freebie alert – Design your fashion croquis’s outfit like Versace for H&M
Having worked at H&M as a teenager in Hamburg, Germany; this place obviously always has a special place in my Fashion Design heart.
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17
Oct
Color names and codes for Illustrator and Photoshop – Quick video tip
Watch this video to learn to find quick inspiration for color names for you new color swatches that you are using in your line sheets, mood and trend boards for new fashion collections. Read more
14
Oct
Summary of Adobe Max 2011 – Announcements that excite the Fashion Designer
After having a week to digest and sort out the “way out” geeky from the need to share information, I decided to talk about the following:
- 1.Today I am sharing a quick video with news about upcoming mobile apps that we can use to increase our workflow and combining it with our creative ”shopping trips”. In the video you’ll see some images and tips for the amazing apps that are coming out and that will be compatible with Android and Ipad in 2012. Read more
30
Sep
How long have you been using Photoshop? And for what? Fashion design, textiles or apparel graphics?
Last year was Photoshop’s 20th birthday.
During Adobe Max’s 2010 conference I was able to explore and take some pictures of the evolution of the Photoshop software since it’s very first version. Read more
28
Sep
Celebrating 500 fans on facebook with files and video tutorial
Today any click-able text will take you to FB page: Thank you for FashionChalkboard.com’s 500 fans mile stone! Celebrate with me on my facebook page by being inspired, watching the videos and downloading the pdf and ai file to keep and take apart.What will you learn? Learn to use simple tools like the ellipse tool in Illustrator combined with Illustrator CS5 new width tool to create brushes to create a beautiful pattern print for your fashion flat sketches. Read more 28
Aug
How close do you want to get to MCQueen’s Fashion collections?
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Alexander McQueen’s spring 2011 Costume Institute exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Savage Beauty,has come to and end on August 7. 2011. Read more
2
May
