Advanced Drawing - ICM362 - 8 Sept Assignment

The late Geoffrey Bean was a well known designer (see previous blog entry) who had a unique styly of illustrating.  Since he was a clothing designer, his sketches focused more on the style of his clothing rather than the human form.

His drawings and designs would show humans with disproportionate features and many times features like the face were only half drawn.  I feel Beane did this for his audience to focus on the clothing designs. It was a bit difficult to find origional Beane sketches online but I was able to fine a couple.

Here is an example of an early Geoffry Beane clothing design sketch:

Geoffry Beane used hashing and cross hashing (for shading) in his drawings giving them a rougher look and unique style.

Here is an example how I tried to emulate the Beane style of drawing for my interest in designing sportswear:

and one more:

You will notice that the facial features in my drawings are similar in style to the early Beane drawings.  I tried to use hashing and crosshashing in similar ways also.

The purpose of a sketch or drawing is to convey your ideas to others.  Although sketches like these are not realistic, it provides a reference for those who will produce the garments and gives a general idea of the style.