Design and Composition of Textile Patterns
A course by la casita de wendy , Fashion Designer
Create designs and patterns using scale, color, and prints
Create designs and patterns using scale, color, and prints
Inés Aguilar—designer and creative director of La Casita de Wendy—has over two decades of experience transforming fabrics, colors, and shapes into patterns for colorful and original fashion collections. Her work has traveled the globe, and her brand has sold garments to well-known stores such as Anthropologie (USA), Cocktail (China), Peseta (Spain), and Lamp (Japan). She also shares her passion for textile design as a teacher.
While her first course Design of Textile Prints teaches manual and digital printing techniques, this second course shows you how to get the most out of textile prints by creating compositions and unique designs based on freehand drawings.
What will you learn in this online course?
17 lessons & 9 downloads
- 94% positive reviews (284)
- 6,936 students
- 17 lessons (1h 53m)
- 9 additional resources (5 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Create five prints by using the same hand-drawn elements and playing with composition and scale.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone who is creative and curious and who wants to design their own prints and fabrics at a more advanced level.
Requirements and materials
You need to know the basics of creating pattern repeat units and intermediate knowledge of Adobe Photoshop is also required. In terms of materials, you need a variety of drawing materials, including markers, watercolors, ink pads, and a sketchbook.
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A course by la casita de wendy
Inés Aguilar is the designer and creator behind the brand La Casita de Wendy, founded over 17 years ago. She’s developed collections to sell internationally in prestigious stores such as Anthropologie in the EEUU, Cocktail in Hong-Kong, and Lamp in Tokyo.
At La Casita de Wendy, Inés and her team create garments with simple shapes, allowing the graphic designs or patterns printed on the fabric and the selection of colors and materials to be the real protagonists. Through viewing its garments as a unique medium of communication, the brand strives to tell stories with its designs.
Inés combines her role as creative director of the brand with teaching. She has taught in Madrid at the Universidad Europea, the Higher Technical School of Architecture, and the IED design school, where she currently directs the master's degree in textile and surface design.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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What are we going to do?
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U2
Aesthetics and composition of prints "All Over"
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The Reason and the Rapport
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Types of patterns: Motives
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Types of prints: Composition
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Types of prints: Scale
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U3
Creation of prints
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The drawing
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Paper composition: Floral graphic elements
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Paper composition: geometric graphic elements
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Composition with computer
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Advanced ways to rapport
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Mockups
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Mix & Match
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Data sheet
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U4
Result and finishes
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Result according to tissues
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Garments
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FP
Final project
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Composition for Print Design
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