Hot Summer Mood Board

Hot Summer Fashion in Orange and Purple on ello

Perhaps if I put lots of hot sultry images on my blog and everywhere else we might get a few days of lovely weather.  I know it's Scotland and we had our summer last Tuesday but I do hope it gets better for us going away for a wee birthday break.....

Floral Lace Mood Board

Floral Lace Lingerie Moodboard

One of the first things I complete when I start working on a fashion or textile project.  Mood boards or trend boards can be really helpful to set the scene, focus your mind and give the client a visual idea of where you are thinking of going with your designs.  I'm also given mood boards to work from and can be a blessing when a client from PeoplePerHour, for example, struggles to describe what they are looking for.

New Work Children's Wear For Summer 2016

Some new ideas for a client on PPH based in Australia.  What fun it was to get back to children's wear especially for summer.  This was an idea I had for a safari tiger range for children up to 24 months.

Fashion Illustration redroadstudio

Fashion Illustration 

Had a little space between commissions and I fancied working with coloured pencils on an A3 fashion drawing as a wee surprise for someone.  It was well received and, of course, a complete surprise for them.  I love doing that every now and then - I don't think I'm the only one that loves getting a surprise package through the post!

Black & Cream Fashion Mood Board

Monochrome Fashion Mood Board

Textures, limited colour and repetition of line, dots and abstract shapes were the inspiration for this moodboard.  ©redroadstudio.co.uk

Fashion Moodboard by redroadstudio : Circus

Circus Fashion Mood Board redroadstudio

A circus inspired fashion moodboard - flounce, frills, stripes and featuring dance moves and dramatic colours ©redroadstudio.co.uk

'Wabi Sabi' redroadstudio Mood Board

WABI SABI MOOD BOARD REDROADSTUDIO

Using more of an art based theme to this moodboard and mixing it with my other love of typography.  "I saw galaxies in your eyes"

mood board 'wabi sabi'

WABI SABI by 'redroadstudio'

There is something about worn, deconstructed, aged, textured materials that can be quite beautiful - I've created a couple of moodboards based on this theme.  The Japanese call it 'Wabi Sabi'.

Wedding Mood Board by redroadstudio

White Wedding Mood Board

Client looking for inspiration to start some ideas off for them for a white wedding fashion range and very happy to oblige.  You can find more here.

Mood Board redroadstudio

Floral Fashion Mood Board

Client's request for something feminine, modern and a little whimsical.  Heading for summer.  You can find my mood boards and other works here.

redroadstudio Spring Mood Board

Spring

I've found a few moodboards in a folder I had completely forgotten about so I thought it was time to add them here.

Indigo Mood Board

Indigo

One of the loveliest ways to start a new project is creating a mood board.  You can switch off and go through your old sketchbooks, magazines and photographs then arrange them till you are happy with them and get started on those all important ideas.

People Per Hour : T-Shirt Design

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Number 5

A lovely t-shirt project I've been working on with PeoplePerHour.  Which one would you have chosen?

Top 10 Pins on Pinterest (Part 2)

Atelier Versace

Georgio Armani 

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Grant Cowan

How interesting - the Top 10 on my Pinterest at the moment are all fashion illustrations with over 2,500 pins over the last month WOW!  It will be interesting to view this again at the start of 2015 just out of curiosity.

Top 10 Pins on Pinterest (Part 1)

Myrtle Quillamor #1

Kimberly Robello #2

Silver Ridge Studio

Katherine Asher

Illustrator unknown

So my 'Art of Fashion' board has been storming round Pinterest this month with the top 5 almost reaching 1,000 re-pins!  Fantastic!  It always surprises me what goes viral from my boards but it's really interesting to find out.  If you happen to know who the illustrator for number 5 is - that would be great!  Part deux later!

Howard Tangye

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Australian born Tangye studied fashion at Central St Martin's before going on to Parson's School of Design in New York.  We need more colour and pattern this time of year.

Fashion Illustration | Bijou Karmen

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American illustrator Bijou Karman working on An ongoing series of illustrations of the Comme des Garçons collections throughout the years.

Minjae Lee

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Johan Ku

Emotional Sculpture

Johan Ku began his career as a free-lance graphic designer since he was 17, and moved to London for CSM MA Fashion course. His signature features sculpture-like silhouette dresses in white with emphasis on the volume of the knitted materials.

Trendtablet : Mohair : DIYY

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Fashion and design are experiencing a revival of highly creative textiles and knits. The idea of doing yourself yourself (D.I.Y.Y.) is an innovative look at craft as never seen before.