Textile Prints with Digital Techniques

You will begin by getting to know Ricardo, who will explain to you a trend that is present in all his textile work: maximalism, and how he found it through his interest in the human body, flora and fauna and collages.

You will know his style of illustration, which mixes photography, color pencil and digital retouching, and also, you will discover some of the fashion brands with which he has collaborated in the creation of textile prints.

You will start the elaboration of your print creating a moodboard with stock images. You will choose the photographs that you will use for your print and you will cut them in Photoshop, to then edit them with filters, brushes, colors and deformations. In addition, you will learn to identify the value of each of the design elements that will make up your illustration.

Next, you will create your composition with the worked images to create a pattern, and you will adjust color details. You will experiment with fund options and print your illustration in different sizes, to make sure that the selected one works for the print on the fabric.

Finally, you will learn about the technique of sublimation, its characteristics and particularities.