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Lesson 1: Create a Document
Lesson 1: Naming Documents and Saving your work
Lesson 1: Preferences and Settings
Lesson 1: Essentials Classic
Lesson 1: Move Tool
Lesson 1: Rectangle Tool and other shapes
Lesson 1: Align Tool
Lesson 1: Move Tool vs Direct Selection
Lesson 1: Colors and Swatches
Lesson 1: No Fill Option
Lesson 1: Swatches and Color Picker
Lesson 1: Layers
Lesson 1: Grouping
Lesson 1: Locking Objects
Activity 1: Fashion Components
Lesson 1: Helpful Shortcuts for Adobe Illustrator
Lesson 1: ASSIGNMENT
Lesson 2: Pen Tool
Activity 1: Pen Tool
Lesson 2: Croqui
Activity 2: Target customer
Lesson 2: Transform and Reflect Function
Lesson 2: Outlines and Silhouettes
Activity 3: Sketching Silhouettes ASSIGNMENT
Lesson 2: Shortcut for Adjusting the order of Layers
Lesson 2: ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Lesson 3: Key Elements of a Technical Drawing
Lesson 3: Sketching Dresses
Activity 1: Sketch a dress with flow and volume
Lesson 3: Sketching a Shirt
Activity 2: Sketch a shirt ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Lesson 3: ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Introduction to Linesheets
Lesson 4: Sketching Jeans
Activity 1: Sketching Jeans ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Lesson 4: Sketching a Denim jacket
Activity 2: Sketching a Denim Jacket
Activity 3: Embroidery on a Denim Jacket
Lesson 4: ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Lesson 5: Personalized Croqui
Activity 1: Trace the Made Institute Croqui
Activity 2: Personalize your Croqui CLASSWORK ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Lesson 5: Fit Photos
Activity 3: Take your own Fit Photos
Lesson 5: Create a Brush
Lesson 5: Brushes for Gathers
Activity 4: Create your own Brush
Lesson 5: ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Lesson 6: Introduction to Print Design
Lesson 6: Creating Stripes
Activity 1: Create your own Stripe Print CLASSWORK ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Lesson 6: Creating Spots
Activity 2: Create your own Spotted Prints
Lesson 6: Image Trace Tool
Activity 3: Who inspires you for Print design?
Lesson 6: Image Trace tool - extra info!
Lesson 6: Introduction to Final Project
Lesson 6: Example Final Project by Ali Dworsack
Final Project example: Wolfgang Hanulec: @moldyhamyoulike (for reference only)
Lesson 6: ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Lesson 7: Introduction to Accessory Design
Activity 1: Design a Wallet CLASSWORK ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Lesson 7: Using Spec Sheets
Lesson 7: Spec Sheet tips
Activity 2: Complete a Spec Sheet
Lesson 7: Colorboards and Eye Dropper Tool
Activity 3: Create a Colorboard
Lesson 7: Using Multiple Artboards
Lesson 7: Creating PDF files
Lesson 7: FINAL PROJECT DRAFT SUBMISSION
Lesson 8: Wrapping up!
Reminder of Final Project Brief
Lesson 8: Moodboard Peer Feedback
Lesson 8: Technical Drawings Peer Feedback
Activity 1: Progress review CLASSWORK ASSIGNMENT
Lesson 8: FINAL PROJECT SUBMISSION / HOMEWORK
Fashion Portfolio Tips and Tricks
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We've created this online course series to bring professional fashion techniques to the comfort of your home studio, coffee shop, or dining room table. This beginner course is perfect for;
Aspiring Fashion Designers
Aspiring Sketch Artists
Hobbyists Ready to Level Up
We've created these online courses for aspiring fashion designers, sewing/design hobbyists, and dabblers looking to gain some new skills. We offer courses for all levels and welcome beginners to our community.
We recommend that students have a tablet, laptop, or desktop computer, as well as a smart phone to upload photos of their weekly classwork and homework assignments. Additional course specific supply lists will be provided with each course.
Our certificate courses will have a weekly drip schedule that will release that week's lessons, classwork submission prompts, and homework submission prompts. Students will then have access to weekly live office hours via Google Hangouts to speak with their instructor for questions and real-time feedback. Students will be expected to submit their assignments by midnight the evening before the live session. We do not have live sessions on US holidays. You will be given a calendar upon enrollment to check the available dates and times.
Once you purchase our online workshops and hobbyist projects, your schedule is your own. You will not receive a grade, so you can complete each project at your leisure.
Only students taking our Certificate Courses will receive grades. Passing grades will count towards Made Institute's Designer Development Program.
Yes! We are licensed by the PA Dept. of Education. Our curriculum has been scrutinized and approved by the state to ensure our students are getting a quality education.
No. While we are licensed as a Privately Licensed School, Made Institute is not accredited. We have found that many of our students are not looking for a degree, but rather an expedited education that will get them closer to their fashion design goals more quickly. Upon completion of the Certificate Courses, students will receive a Certificate of Completion that can be mailed to students upon request.
For Certificate courses check the course description for the enrollment duration. Our hobbyist projects and workshops will be available as long as the student membership is active.
We offer Critiques throughout the year during the live sessions. Check your welcome email to see when the next one is. These are a great opportunity to formally present your work in an industry style format and get instant feedback!
