ILLUSTRATOR- DRAWING TECHNICAL SKETCHES

Download Template

illlustrator
A4 File
create dark grey background
-new layer
paste in template
make template transparent if you wish using the transperancy box (WINDOW)
Lock layer
create new layer
Make guides byturning rulers on (VIEW-RULERS)
Click an pull a guide into place for CF and CB
Lock Layer

DRAWING GARMENT SILOUETTE
New Layer-Pants (Make sure every other layer is locked)
Select Pen tool
Zoom in close to template
Click to create ancor point at CF
do the same at the side seam to create a curve
click line to make it black!
Repeat for pant leg

TO CREATE ANGLES CLICK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HANDLEBAR AND THEN CONTINUE DRAWING


WHite arrow-direct selection tool
When something needs fixing:
either click on a line to adjuct OR click and drag using computer arrows to move the line
(DO NOT draw both sides of the pant we can just copy-paste and flip it.)


Manipulating path of line:
Select the line you want to change with the white arrow
Pen tool, hover pover path, click on it to create ancor point
back to white arrow, move point down to pocket click.
Repeat.

To make lines match up:
correct sections of the path

YOU ONLY WANT ONE HANDLE BAR TO MOVE
press ALT, a plus will appear.
Repeat as above to correct line.

to delete an anchor point (say the one between the end of pocket and the hem)
select area using white arrow
pen tool
hover over ancor point you want to delete amd you will see a minus
click once to delete

to make creases, create two ancor points and use handle bar to drag the line
correcting curves:
add in anoter two ancor points, one on either side of the problem areas.
Delete middle ancor point


COPYING PANT
black arrow
click and drag selection box all around pants
reflect pant by going to object-transform-reflect-vertical (as we are working on the CF)-COPY
black selection arrow
hold shift to move pant half along the axis
use arrows to adjust pant

JOINING POINTS TO CREATE WHOLE PANT
connecting TWO points:
use white arrow to click and drag around the area you want to join
right click-join
Repeat for other areas



ADJUSTING LENGTH OF PANT
use white arrow to select area your adjusting
use arrows to make pants shorter/longer


FILL WITH COLOUR.
if colour is above lines select area
right click-send to back


ADDING DETAILS TO GARMENT
WAISTBAND
Turn fill off
pen tool
draw line, using rulers to make sure it is level


window-pathfinder
black arrow
select shape and line(using shift)
select divide from pathfinder

NEVER SPLIT WITH A FILL

GROUPING
double click on psnt to view group.
This will enable you to select the shapes seperately.
To get out just double click somewhere outside the image and it will take you out of the group.
right click to ungroup areas.

NEVER GROUP UNLESS ASKED


right click-send to back to get lines back up!!

DRAWING LINES
CF Line (width should be thinner)
Stroke at Crotch (stroke-profile-seclect line under 'uniform' for a softer line)
Fly Stitch Line (stroke-dashed line-cap-middle box for round cap)
Dash Lines (stroke-width-2pt-profile-select triangle stroke)
Belt Loops (Shape tool-rectangles-layer ontop of waistband)
Button (Rectangle tool-elipse-hold shift-click and drag-repeat for smaller circle in the middle-cirlce tool-change to black with no fill-copy-paste to create 4 holes-switch fill and stroke to draw stitching)
Button hole (line at side-make it thick-change profile of line)



NOTE: For all details simply duplicate for the other side


Click and select button with black arrow
right click-group
move into position
make button into a SYMBOL so that it can be put in  library and re-used again in future

CREATING SYMBOL LIBRARY
windows-symbol
select the thing you want to create into a symbol
right click-create new symbol

ALSO SAVE FRONT AND BACK DASH LINES AS SYMBOLS ETC

Draw in the back
make lines curved at the edges
send to back

BACK
Black selection-object-transform-copy
delete bits you dont need for the back view and add in the new things you do need