Techniques for Creating Digital Textile Patterns
Create a collage
A course by Alejandra Quesada , Fashion Designer
Joined October 2022
About the video: Create a collage
Overview
“Collage is an artistic technique that involves pasting different images onto a canvas or paper. Here you will learn how to make a collage. I will show you how you can use cutouts from your previous paintings and/or cut out other images. ”
In this video lesson Alejandra Quesada addresses the topic: Create a collage, which is part of the Domestika online course: Techniques for Creating Digital Textile Patterns. Learn to create textile patterns freely and artistically using techniques like gouache, acrylics, pencils, or collage.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we are going to talk about the collage technique. The collage technique consists of gluing many clippings of different images and textures on a canvas or base. The images in the collages can be collections from magazines, newspapers, including things you collect on the street like tree leaves, also different sheets of paper, different textures, colors. You can even draw on blank paper and then cut and paste along with other images. One of the pioneers of this technique was Pablo Picasso in 1912. He was greatly inspired by Duchamp in his found object work. and he made this wh...”
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Course summary for: Techniques for Creating Digital Textile Patterns
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Category
Fashion, Illustration -
Areas
Pattern Design, Traditional illustration

Alejandra Quesada
A course by Alejandra Quesada
Alejandra Quesada is a renowned fashion designer with an extensive career. Her textile designs have graced the runways of fashion weeks in Mexico, Paris, London, and Tokyo. She has collaborated with prestigious brands such as Alexander McQueen, Nike, Hello Kitty, and Wonder Woman.
Her work has also been featured in publications like Vogue, Glamour, Harper's Bazaar, and Women’s Health, as well as in books like “Los 100 mejores diseñadores de moda contemporáneos” (The 100 Best Contemporary Fashion Designers).
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