Clothing Design Beginner Part 1: Introductory Lesson

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Hey y’all!

Welcome to the first lesson of my clothing design beginner series. This beginner series will focus on the basics of designing; like applications, navigation, etc.

Overview

This lesson will focus on:

  • Navigating your application
  • Memorising and using shortcuts for tools
  • Important tools to use (ranked)
  • Starter Kit (applications, gaining inspiration, etc.)

Navigating Your Application

In this lesson, I go through the tools that I find most useful/ important.

Tools You Should Remember

  • Arrange
  • Marquee Select
  • Blur/ Sharpen/ Dodge
  • Draw
  • Switch colours
  • Eraser
  • Fill
  • Shape
  • Clone
  • Text

These tools are from Pixlr.com/e/

If you have a different application you will need to find the same/ similar tools. Images of these tools are posted below to make it easier to do shortcuts and/or find them (in another application).


Memorising And Using Shortcuts For Tools

Arrange:
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Marquee Select:
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Blur/ Sharpen/ Dodge:
Screen Shot 2020-09-30 at 5.44.43 pm

Draw:
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Switch Colours:
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Eraser:
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Fill:
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Shape:
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Clone:
Screen Shot 2020-09-30 at 5.45.51 pm

Text:
Screen Shot 2020-09-30 at 5.46.00 pm


Important Tools (Ranked, Opinionated)

  1. Marquee Select
  2. Shapes
  3. Arrange
  4. Fill
  5. Draw
  6. Eraser
  7. Blur/ Sharpen/ Dodge
  8. Clone
  9. Switch colours
  10. Text

Starter Kit

Applications: Top 3
MAC: Pixlr.com, GIMP, Medibang Paint Pro
WINDOWS: Pixlr.com, Paint dot net (getpaint.net), Medibang Paint Pro
MOBILE: ibisPaint x, Medibang Paint Pro, ProCreate

Gaining Inspiration
I recommend Google Images, Pinterest.com or Tumblr.com

Some search ideas:

  • Aesthetic outfits
  • Outfits
  • Thrift flip
  • Girl outfits
  • Boy outfits
  • Clothing inspiration
  • Grunge clothes
  • Streetwear clothes

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