Fashion Illustration Design

  Italy

• Milan: 
Milan
• All Other Areas in Italy: 
Milano

Term: Throughout the year 
Dates: September 2009

Description: The course "Fashion Illustration Design" is designated to young creators that desire to take the carrier of being fashion designers and all those that intend to give design a true and proper artistic expression that is free and personal of strong visual impact.

To such a goal, the course is divided into 3 parts in which the fundamental knowledge's of techniques, instruments, and applications are exposed for the immediate and efficient management of methodology projects.

The first part (practical, technological, instrumental) includes a technological area regarding the support, the materials, the manual graphical pictorial techniques, the colour, suggestions for the best use of the multimedia instruments (camera, photocopier, etc.), and the use of graphics on the computer (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Painter, and others).

The second part (practical operative laboratory of design of fashion illustrations) draws on an area of technological projects and more specifically on design: figures and fashion figures, images, costumes, dresses and textiles, accessories, jewellery, perfumes until arriving at an own personal style for the realization of an individual book and its commercial presentation.

The third part of the "Fashion Illustration Design" Course proposes paths of theoretic/seminar knowledge. One fraction of the seminar part will be dedicated to the historic search of images of Fashion Illustration derived from the archives of museums, from newspapers and fashion houses, from the private archives of artists, their sketches and designs, small or great, dated back from 1900 until today.

Highlights: **Professional Opportunities

The Fashion Designer can work as an employee in a fashion company, or after having gained the necessary experience in the field, can dedicate to being a freelance opening a business or providing consultancy. As follows, we have summarized the functions that a Fashion Illustration Designer can cover:

* Cover the role of a dress designer, therefore, create and design entire collections working on top or under the management of others
* Specialize as a pattern maker, considering that he/she knows the compositions of textiles and the techniques of cutting
* Dedicate to the journalism carrier as an expert of fashion and costume
* Operate as a fashion drawer for specialized magazines or editorial houses
* Work as a costume designer in the theatrical, motion-picture, or television fields.

Cost in US$: 12900

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Italy Independently Or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups of 10

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Other
• Phone Interview
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Job and Internship Network

UpToDate Fashion Academy's Mission Statement: UpToDate Fashion Academy is built on the highest qualifications in the field, founded on a new concept incorporating creativity, professionalism and trend research. The UpToDate project was born in Milan in 2001 to offer courses of high technicality and creativity, geared towards up and coming professionals in the world of fashion & beauty. Your creativity, passion, and interest in the world of fashion and beauty require proper support, attention, orientation, and value that are provided by our Academy. UpToDate values the students capabilities and talents, and provides them with the highest degree of instruction from qualified professionals, while keeping in mind each students aspiration and creative projects. UpToDate Fashion Academy strives for student placement in the working world in their chosen profession through our placement services in companies, fashion houses, griffes, and professional environments of international fame.

Year Founded: 2001