Digital Textile Design
4-6 months
Overview
Our Digital Textile Design course is tailored for creative individuals who want to transform their artistic ideas into stunning fabric patterns and designs. This course focuses on mastering Adobe Photoshop for designing, editing, and creating digital textile patterns. From exploring traditional and modern design techniques to understanding industry-specific processes like seamless pattern creation and colorways, this course equips students with the skills to create professional-quality designs for fashion, interiors, and other textile applications. By the end of the program, students will have the expertise and confidence to design unique textiles and build a portfolio for a successful career in textile design.
Course Curriculum
- Introduction to Digital Textile Design
- Basics of Textile Design and Industry Applications
- Types of Textile Patterns: Repeats, Placement Prints, and Motifs
- Introduction to Digital Design Workflow
- Adobe Photoshop Basics for Textile Design
- Overview of Photoshop Interface and Tools
- Working with Layers and Layer Masks
- Understanding Color Modes: RGB vs. CMYK
- Essential Tools for Textile Design: Pen Tool, Brush Tool, and Shapes
- Creating Seamless Patterns and Repeats
- Understanding Repeats and Their Types: Half-Drop, Brick, and Mirror Repeats
- Creating Seamless Patterns Using Photoshop
- Tips for Ensuring Precision and Alignment
- Working with Grids and Guides for Accuracy
- Designing for Different Textile Applications
- Developing Patterns for Fashion (Clothing, Accessories)
- Designing Prints for Home Textiles (Curtains, Upholstery, etc.)
- Creating Scarves, Cushion Covers, and Bed Linen Designs
- Preparing Textures and Overlays for Unique Effects
- Retouching, Scanning of images, Vertical & Horizondal offset
- Resa-Doting- Daba-Bandini-Lehriya-Spray-Hand Desines, Frame Setting in Diffeerent measurements
- Computerized Photo Manipulation, Special Effects, Colour Matching, Repeat Setting - Cross and Negative, Stroke & Recording Paths
- Detailed study on Layers & Layer Management & Layer Based Dress
- Design & Creating new Patterns
- Illustration of Different Brushes, new Brush Creation and Define Patterns
- Creating Digital Sarees on joint free
- Alteration, Retouching Of Damage - Images in Different modes
- Portfolio Management in Composite -mode & splitting spot Channels
- Ideas of Screen Printing & Hand Printing
- Study on Textile Processing & Exposing
- Color Theory and Colorways
- Exploring Color Theory for Textiles
- Creating Multiple Colorways for the Same Pattern
- Adjusting Hue, Saturation, and Brightness
- Working with Swatches and Custom Color Palettes
- Final Capstone Project
- Designing a Complete Textile Collection
- Preparing Production-Ready Files
- Feedback and Refinement