Introduction to Adobe Illustrator for Fashion Design
Course 4: Color and Patterns: Adding shadows
By Mila Moura , Clothing and Textile Designer
About the video: Adding shadows
Overview
“If you want to add visual volume to technical drawing, you can do it by applying shadows. In this unit, you will see the Outer Glow and Inner Glow functions. Also, I'm going to share with you a quick way to add more localized shadows.”
In this video lesson Mila Moura addresses the topic: Adding shadows, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 4: Color and Patterns. Explore the different fillings the software has to offer for your linear drawing..
Partial transcription of the video
“COLOR AND PATTERNS / COURSE 4 UNIT 6 Adding shadows With the technical drawing painted, the next step would be to apply shadows. In this unit, we will see the different effects in Adobe Illustrator to generate this visual effect. Let's go. We are going to divide this unit into two parts, since we are going to make some inner and outer shadows and then we are going to add localized shadows in the garment. So the first thing we'll do, I think I'll go to the Layers window to be able to duplicate this content. I lock the Details layer again and we are going to paint this so that it looks like t...”
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Mila Moura
By Mila Moura
Camila Aguirre Moura, also known as Mila, is a clothing and textile designer. While studying her degree at the Universidad de Palermo in Buenos Aires, she was offered the role of assistant professor, thus sparking her interest in teaching which culminated in the creation of María de los Geometrales, now known as Estudio MG, in 2014.
Estudio MG is a hub for students, fashion designers, and industry professionals who want to learn new skills to digitalize and boost their projects. They offer intensive workshops on topics such as digital figurines, garment specification sheets, and print design, among others. They also advise brands and entrepreneurs helping them to develop the technical side of their collections, from the digitalization of designs to networking with workshops and suppliers.
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