Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Here’s an excerpt of an interview I did for Fashionarium’s ‘Secret Weapons’ Series. Check it out.
Brandon Graham – Menswear Designer & Illustrator
Talk a little about yourself
I’m a menswear designer and illustrator from Brooklyn, New York and I’ve had the pleasure of designing for Levi’s, John Varvatos, Nike, and Fila.
Back in high school, I was originally interested in comic book illustration. Then I found myself paying attention to how I was drawing the clothes and that’s what began my fascination with the business and honing my skill as a fashion illustrator.
What tools do you use and why?
I always use a mechanical pencil to get a thin line. I like Zebra M-301 mechanical pencil (with 5 Hi-Polymer Super HB lead) and Business Copy and Print Paper (20 lb, 92 Bright by Xerox) to do my figure drawings. Nothing fancy.
A secret that people new to fashion illustration might not know, I learned from a guy who was freelancing as a shoe designer at John Varvatos.
He used Tracing paper (25lb/40gsm by Utrecht) to achieve a clean and confident line. This made him a much more efficient designer, too. It took a lot of frustration out of illustration when I began doing the same. When I was starting out, I used to painstakingly plan every line in my illustration because I hated sketchy lines, but as I got older and started working for other companies, I realized I had to get faster.
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