Furniture Designer
Design and create unique furniture from scratch.
Fashion Illustrator
Translate a Fashion Designer's ideas into drawings.
A Fashion Illustrator creates clothing designs by hand or with computer programs. When you’re a Fashion Illustrator, your illustrations are oftentimes the first things that Fashion Stylists and Fashion Buyers will look at in order to make decisions for their clients. They are also used for ads and sales for the fashion house. To suit these purposes, your drawings must represent the clothing well, and be both marketable and aesthetically appealing.
As a Fashion Illustrator, you typically work for a Fashion Designer or design house, and the higher up the fashion ladder you go, the more amazing the Fashion Designers are that you’ll get to illustrate for. Depending on what the Designer wants, you may work by hand, in a variety of artistic mediums (pencil, charcoal, pastels or paints), or through a computer program like Photoshop.
Regardless of your choice in tools, this position is very creative and needs a lot of artistic talent. You’ll use this talent to help a Fashion Designer flesh out their ideas, because your hand gets their ideas onto paper, and ultimately onto a Model.
Personality Traits
Outside the Box Thinker: Your creative brainpower gets a workout as you come up with innovative ideas.
Ready for a Challenge: You jump into new projects with initiative and drive.
Reliable: You can always be counted on to do a good job.
Salary and Education
How much does a
Fashion Illustrator make?
Nationally: $33,000 – $131,000
Main education level: Bachelor's
source: US Dept of Labor
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