“Digital Textile Design”covers everything students and practitioners of textile design will need to learn about designing and printing digitally. Textile designers are beginning to realise the creative potential of digital textile design and are fast catching up with graphic designers who have taken to working digitally. New digital textile-printing technology is enabling designers to work with an almost unlimited palette of colours to produce work of staggering detail in relatively short timescales……

It is a very exciting time for the textiie and fashion industry. Textile designers are beginning to reaiize the creative potential of digital tools for print design and are fast catching up with graphic designers who have taken to working digitaiiy.Richly iiiustrated with more than 388 photographs and screengrabs, this practical and inspirational book has been written especiaiiy for textile designers. It provides the know-how for students and professionals who wish to use Adobe Photoshop and Iiiustrator as design tools. More than 28 easy to follow, step-by-step tutorials guide the reader through the process of creating prints that are suited to both the traditional textile production process and digitaiiy printing onto fabric.The book aiso examines how designers can access this new technique, iooking at the work of those currentiy exploring its possibilities, and provides an insight into the technoiogy invoived in digitai textiie printing.

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1

TEXTILE DESIGN AND PRINT IN THE DIGITAL AGE

CHAPTER 2

DIGITAL DESIGN TUTORIALS

CHAPTER 3

PATTERNS AND REPEATS

CHAPTER 4

INTRODUCTION TO ILLUSTRATION

CHAPTER 5

DIGITAL CRAFT

CHAPTER 6

TECHNOLOGY FOR DIGITAL

TEXTILE PRINTING

RESOURCES

INDEX

CREDITS