Fashion Illustration Syllabus

Course Syllabus: FDM 111A-49967 Syllabi Spring 2018.pdf

Meet Your Instructor: 

Kyla Benson is the Department Chair of the Fashion Program at Santa Ana College. She has recently revamped SAC's fashion program with her industry connections from her tenure as a designer in L.A.'s and Orange County's apparel industry. Kyla has designed for large companies including Hurley, O'Neill, and Fox Racing. She has also started small businesses where her work has been seen in magazines including InStyle and US Weekly and worn by celebrities such as Drew Barrymore and Alicia Keys' baby son. You can review her past experiences on Linked InLinks to an external site..

Course Description:  Application of the basic techniques of drawing fashion and garment trade sketches. Students will use current fashion industry design software along with pencils and markers.

Textbook Information:  Fashion Sketchbook, sixth edition ISBN 978-1-60901-228-1

Required Materials:  Access to Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop, Prisma Markers, 10% Gray marker, Pencils, Eraser, Clear Ruler, Note Taking Materials, Lightbox for tracing, set of headphones

Student Learning Objectives:  By the end of the semester, Students will sketch a collection of garments using vector tools

Evaluation & Grading:

10% Midterm Exam

65% Illustration Projects

5% Trend Assessment Writing Project

15% Final Project

5% Final Exam

TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE: 100%

A               90-100%

B                80-89%

C               70-79%

D               60-69%

F                Below 60%