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New lookbook post!
Hi everyone! Check out my new lookbook post at http://lookbook.nu/look/5537925-Fruit-Of-The-Loom-Black-Polo-Shirt-Anthony-Graham#comment_45489353
Lauren xoxo
Lauren xoxo
Fashion friend promo: Hannah Crabtree
Today I'm promoting my friend Hannah! I met her before I started my course just after I met Toni because she added me on Facebook too. She's from down South and she's the only one in our group with a decent accent, haha! She's a really lovely, funny, down-to-earth person and she has a great sense of style. Followfollowfollow!!!
http://orchidandtiara.blogspot.co.uk/
http://orchidandtiara.blogspot.co.uk/
Today's technical: skirt pattern drafting
Wow, today has been SO busy. We had technical today and we used our skirt blocks that we made earlier to draft a pattern for a skirt that we're going to make next week. We had to make some alterations after drawing round the block though; we had to shorten it, add pockets and pocket bags, add a zip fly, and add a waistband. We had to cut out all of the separate pieces that we'd need when we'd made them from the draft, and label them properly with fabrics and instructions and grain lines etc. There was a lot to do in the time we had and I had to rush a lot towards the end to get finished but I just about managed it! I was really stressed out when I got home though because I hate rushing and I was also reeeally tired, so I had a nice hot bath to relax. :) And now I'm just about to do some work on the sketchbook I'm working on for my design project inspired by my surroundings. I'm basing mine on my room, because it's literally full of things to be inspired by (my optimistic way of saying it's cluttered to death). I'm excited for Monday though because we're going to Bowes museum again because there is a Laura Ashley exhibition on and also another exhibition which is fashion-related - tailoring I think?! Still, it will be good. So until then, I'll be cracking on with my sketchbook. No rest for the wicked!!!
Here's a few pictures of the skirt drafting from today:
Lauren xoxo
Here's a few pictures of the skirt drafting from today:
Fashion friend promo: Toni Eaton
Today I'm promoting my friend Toni from uni! She's actually the first person from my course that I got talking to because she was tracking everyone down and added me on facebook haha! She's such a lovely bubbly person and her blog is SO cute, as anything vintage always is! Followfollowfollow!
http://tonivintage.blogspot.co.uk/
http://tonivintage.blogspot.co.uk/
Visual communication IT - my work so far!
Hi guys!
I'm sitting in my vis com IT lesson as we speak and now I've FINALLY got my flats drawn that I was talking about before, I need them checked before I can scan them in to render on illustrator, but Lynne is doing tutorials with everyone at the mo, so I thought I'd tell you about my work so far while I wait!
OK. So, the first thing we did was learn basics on illustrator, which I made a post about, remember? (If not, here it is: http://laurensheperia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/intro-to-adobe-illustrator.html) We made a few different flats up after this first lesson, just to get used to different things, and I made a button template for my archive, and here they are:
Next, we had to choose a spring/summer '14 collection to work on for our project on range plans. I had a look around, and found one I liked on the London Fashion Week website by L'wren Scott. I liked her collection because a lot of the garments seemed to be inspired by traditional Japanese culture and garments like kimonos and yukatas, and I personally am very interested in Japanese culture. Oh, which reminds me, I just bought a vintage kimono and obi from Japan and I'm waiting for it to arrive, so expect a post about it in the future! But anyway, I chose 4 outfits from the collection to work on that fitted together well, but were each very different in terms of shape. Here they are:
You can find more info on L'wren Scott and the rest of the collection here.
So then, after I'd chosen, I had to draw some garment flats (hand-rendering) from the photos of the collection, which are the things I'm waiting to get checked as we speak! I found it more challenging when I did it than I was expecting. I hope they're ok, I don't really want to do them again haha! But anyway, here they are:
Sorry the photos are a bit dark!
So finally, we started making up our art boards on illustrator. The first board we worked on was just a board showing the photos of the collection, the logo of the designer, and the main colours used. It was fun though, because we had to use pantone colour references on the boards and we had a pantone solid coated colour book to look through and match up our collection colours to the references in the book. It was such a fun lesson! The colour books are so pretty, and I have to admit I've become slightly obsessed with pantone colour referencing ever since, and I ordered a pantone phone case from pantone universe which I'm currently waiting to arrive! (I'm kind of addicted to internet shopping, can you tell?!)
Here's a few pictures I took of the solid coated colour referencing book:
SO PRETTY. Anyway, finally after we matched up our colours, we put together our first boards! Sorry for the bad photo again (I am getting a decent camera for christmas thank goodness!) but here is a picture of what mine looks like:
So that's everything up to speed! The next board I'll be working on is the board with my garment flats drawings on it, and then afterwards we'll put together our IT skills we've learned with Lynne and our hand-rendering skills we've learned in vis com with Vicky to create posed fashion illustrations which will be rendered on illustrator to make them look professional. I can't wait!
Hope everyone's having a good day despite the awful weather on this chilly wednesday morning :)
Lauren xoxo
I'm sitting in my vis com IT lesson as we speak and now I've FINALLY got my flats drawn that I was talking about before, I need them checked before I can scan them in to render on illustrator, but Lynne is doing tutorials with everyone at the mo, so I thought I'd tell you about my work so far while I wait!
OK. So, the first thing we did was learn basics on illustrator, which I made a post about, remember? (If not, here it is: http://laurensheperia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/intro-to-adobe-illustrator.html) We made a few different flats up after this first lesson, just to get used to different things, and I made a button template for my archive, and here they are:
So then, after I'd chosen, I had to draw some garment flats (hand-rendering) from the photos of the collection, which are the things I'm waiting to get checked as we speak! I found it more challenging when I did it than I was expecting. I hope they're ok, I don't really want to do them again haha! But anyway, here they are:
So finally, we started making up our art boards on illustrator. The first board we worked on was just a board showing the photos of the collection, the logo of the designer, and the main colours used. It was fun though, because we had to use pantone colour references on the boards and we had a pantone solid coated colour book to look through and match up our collection colours to the references in the book. It was such a fun lesson! The colour books are so pretty, and I have to admit I've become slightly obsessed with pantone colour referencing ever since, and I ordered a pantone phone case from pantone universe which I'm currently waiting to arrive! (I'm kind of addicted to internet shopping, can you tell?!)
Here's a few pictures I took of the solid coated colour referencing book:
Hope everyone's having a good day despite the awful weather on this chilly wednesday morning :)
Lauren xoxo
Fashion friend promo: Rosie Earnshaw
Hi everyone!
Ok, so as pretty much everyone on my course is just starting out blogging, like me, I thought that promoting would be a good idea to help out. Every now and then I'll promo one of my friends from my uni course or another new blogger, which my followers should follow too because if you enjoy reading my blog, you should enjoy theirs too! So today, I'm promoting my friend Rosie. She was the first person I met on my course because we got the train together on our first day here, and we still do! She's lovely and she has a really cool style and her blog is super cute. Followfollowfollow!!!
http://rosie-earnshaw.blogspot.co.uk/
Lauren xoxo
Ok, so as pretty much everyone on my course is just starting out blogging, like me, I thought that promoting would be a good idea to help out. Every now and then I'll promo one of my friends from my uni course or another new blogger, which my followers should follow too because if you enjoy reading my blog, you should enjoy theirs too! So today, I'm promoting my friend Rosie. She was the first person I met on my course because we got the train together on our first day here, and we still do! She's lovely and she has a really cool style and her blog is super cute. Followfollowfollow!!!
http://rosie-earnshaw.blogspot.co.uk/
Lauren xoxo
New lookbook post!
Check out my new lookbook post at http://lookbook.nu/look/5524452-American-Apparel-Black-Disco-Pants-Marks-And#comment_45331626
Lauren xoxo
Lauren xoxo
New lookbook post (halloween edition)!
Check out my latest (halloween) lookbook post at http://lookbook.nu/look/5514342-Topshop-Spiked-Hairband-Kindamagik-Leather-Choker
Lauren xoxo
Lauren xoxo
New lookbook post!
Check out my new lookbook post at http://lookbook.nu/look/5506304-Primark-Black-Beanie-Jamjar-Sunglasses-Cami
Lauren xoxo
Lauren xoxo
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