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digital flats
These are flat/technical sketches created in Illustrator for both cut & sew and fully fashioned tops. Corresponding samples for the sweaters can be found in the Finished Garments section. -
Junior Sweaters
Samples produced by overseas factories using my design specifications/tech packs and sketches. -
movement
Personal collection inspired by ancient Chinese ink paintings, and the idea of movement/parkour, activity, versatility. -
Sacred Geometry
Collection inspired by the concept of sacred geometry, and the power of circles, squares, and triangles. -
Durga
Personal collection inspired by female warriors, especially Durga. -
alice skirt
see the tutorial for this skirt here -
gouache renders
Illustrations rendered in gouache and colored pencil. -
marker renders
Illustrations using ink, marker, and colored pencil. Color/fabric matching for original designs. -
line drawings
Freehand drawings using ink and marker. -
rose
Rose pattern repeat developed using a motif from an existing fabric, 8 colors with 3 colorways. -
hand sketches
These are hand sketched flat drawings. I did these to quickly get ideas down and communicate them to the overseas design team. From here, they would pick a few and ask for a basic tech pack. I would then do a clean technical sketch with the construction details and make garment specifications. -
beauty
A handmade book of images exploring the concept of beauty. -
march of the shadow empress
Illustrations following the narrative of the Shadow Empress, as she follows the rainbow meteor out of the black and white Shadowlands, gaining color along the way. -
Starvation at the Edge
Digital Painting, using free images from the Hubble Space Telescope. -
Transformation 2B
Digital Painting. Read about my process here.
Andrea Lam
fashion + graphic design