This is LaTeaikia Alexander.
This is the Table of Contents. Graduating Collection:
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Shiloh Christan Football:
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Hello! I’m LaTeaikia Alexander. I’ve created this portfolio as an example of what you can expect from me. My work is contemporary with a fun burst of color and engery. There is a strong guarantee you will not be bored.
Fashion Ilustrations: Womens
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I am proud to show you my work and what I have to offer you.
Girls
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Thanks for your precious time and please enjoy the book!
Mens
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Handbags
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Technical Sketches:
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Photoshop:
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This is My Graduating Collection.
This is the mood/trend board for my mini collection. At the time, metallic could be seen on every runway. Not just any metallic either. Bold, colorful metallic. I wanted to bring in that element while also keeping with my aesthetic.
As you can see, a few changes were made from the initial designs to the completed looks.
These are the initial designs for my graduating collection,. This year the theme of the show was metal and shine. Whereas, most students did the traditional take on the theme, high gloss satin and silks, I took a different route and worked with animal prints, wool, tweed, and wax-coated cotton. My shine came in the form of hardware—zipper trim, studs, and eyelets.
This is the Shiloh Christian Academy Project.
Shiloh Christian Academy granted my class a change to design unisexual t-shirt for their upcoming football season. The only requirements giving was that we use their school colors and put the #Pursuit of Excellence somewhere on the shirt.
These Theseare areMyMyIllustrations. Illustrations.
For the completed design, I wanted to make sure people knew this was a football tshirt, which is 100% evident by the graphic on the cover. The design was also meant to bring recognition to the players. The background of the shirt has each player name on repeat. The buyer of this shirt will know exactly who they are supporting.
All my illustrations are hand drawn. I find drawing them myself allows me to be more creative due to the fact that it Iis simpler to earse on paper and add on than it is in a software. However, once the designs are to my liking, I do digitize them into either Adobe photoshop or Illustrator to fill them in. Those to softwares allow me to see how different prints and textures will appear on the design.
As with my clothing illustrations, all the bags are hand drawn and then digitalized into Photoshop. From there, I fill with the color and textures.
For the making of the bag, I also make my own patterns and sew them together. Most of the handbags are made from faux leather with a fabric lining.
These are My Technical Sketches.
All of my technical sketches are completed within Adobe Illustrator.
These are My Photoshop Skills.
Photoshop is a great skill to have in the fashion industry. I took plain png images of handbags I designed to make stunning editorial photos.