John Hopkins is a Senior Academic of Fashion and Textiles within the Winchester School of Art at the University of Southampton, UK. He has previously worked as a fashion designer for prestigious British luxury brands such as Jaeger and Burberry.

Considers the assembly and organisation of fashion drawing and artwork and the importance of developing a well-prepared portfolio of work for professional presentation.

Chapter 1
Drawing to communicate your ideas
- A brief history
- Art Supplies for drawing
- The Fashion Sketch
- Working Drawings
- Sketchbooks
- Exercise
- Interviews

Chapter 2
The fashion figure
- Understanding fashion proportions
- Drawing from Life
- Creating Poses
- Fashion heads, faces and hair
- Drawing Men
- Exercise
- Interview

Chapter 3
Technical Drawings
- Understanding Garments
- Drawing Fashion Flats
- Drawing Technical Specifications
- Vector Graphics and Bitmaps
- Exercise
- Interview

Chapter 4
Colouring and Rendering
- Understanding Colour
- Colour for Fashion
- Fabric Rendering
- Collage and Mixed Media
- Digital Colouring Systems
- Exercise
- Interview

Chapter 5
Fashion Illustration
- What is illustration?
- Illustration and Photography
- Fashion Illustration: a brief history
- Fashion Illustration: a Contemporary Approach
- Exercise
- Interviews
Chapter 6
Fashion Portfolios
- Presentation Artwork
- Presentation Boards
- Digital Presentations
- Fashion Portfolios
- Exercise
- Interview

Templates

Bibliography

Index

Picture Credits

Acknowledgement