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Fashion Illustration Vocabulary
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Gouache
An opaque watercolor paint used to create vibrant illustrations with solid color coverage and a matte finish.
Croquis
A quick sketch of a fashion figure used as a template for sketching apparel designs. Serves as the base outline to display garments in a consistent manner.
Haute Couture
Exquisite, custom-fitted high fashion design that's often handmade from high-quality, expensive materials, and displayed through detailed illustrations.
Ensemble
A complete outfit of clothing and accessories, often illustrated together to showcase how the pieces coordinate.
Callout
Annotations on fashion illustrations that detail the components and features of the design for clearer communication.
Stylization
Artistic practices which represent objects in a non-literal but often more aesthetic and perceptually clearer manner.
Schematic
A simplified graphical representation of an element or structure in fashion design, highlighting key components and their relationships.
Mood Board
A collection of images, materials, colors, and pieces of text intended to evoke or project a particular style or concept.
Spec Sheet
A document that provides detailed information about a garment's construction, fabrics, trims, and measurements for production.
Fashion Figure
An idealized human figure used in fashion illustration, usually elongated to better display clothes.
Flat Drawing
A detailed, flat illustration of a garment, accurately depicting its construction without a figure; used for technical purposes.
Storyboard
A visual planning tool used to pre-visualize the fashion collection including the flow of outfits, color story, and materials.
Rendering
The process of shading and coloring fashion illustrations to represent fabrics, patterns, textures, and details realistically.
Fashion Illustration
An artistic interpretation and visual representation of clothing designs and concepts, which emphasizes style and trends.
Lookbook
A publication consisting of photographs that display a fashion designer's new collection, often using both illustrations and photography.
Draping
The method of positioning and pinning fabric on a dress form to develop the structure of a garment design.
Silhouette
The outline or general shape of a garment or figure; it serves to convey the overall form of the fashion design.
Line Sheet
A sales tool used by designers and sales reps, showcasing the items available for order with their details like style numbers and wholesale prices.
Fashion Portfolio
A curated collection of an artist or designer's work, showcasing their skills, aesthetic, and design philosophy.
Texture
The surface look and feel of a garment, conveyed in fashion illustrations through shading and pattern techniques.
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