CERTIFIED CLO3D and Blender Fashion Design Intensive Online Course

CERTIFIED CLO3D and Blender Fashion Design Intensive Online Course
ORGANIZER – Cracow School of Art and Fashion Design (SAPU) – Szkoła Artystycznego Projektowania Ubioru SAPU.
www.ksa.edu.pl
The best 3D designs will be presented at Cracow Fashion week 2024.

Most of the companies are looking now for designers prepared to work in 3D programs.
This course will promote your applications for fashion job of your dreams alongside TOP designers or will allow you to start your own brand just after graduating.

• Evening ONLINE version – 6 p.m. Central European Time
  Duration: 3 months, 60 school hours (45 min a school hour)
  Week days: Mondays and Thursdays.
  Start: 7th September (Thursday)
  Please ask for the detailed dates at kursy@ksa.edu.pl
  Live classes on ZOOM
  Limited number of students – only 12 places

PROGRAM and DETAILED COURSE DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR – IGOR KOVACEVIC

BASIC INFORMATION
*No former experience in 3D is necessary
*Classes held in English
*Direct contact with your teacher
*Access to our WhatsApp group to share your progress, interact and work together

COURSE MAIN TOPICS

PART 1 – 30 hours, lecturer Rafał Idczak
CLO3D BASICS, AVATARS, PATTERNS, SIMULATION, HARWARE and TOOLS

PART 2 – 30 hours, lecturer Igor Kovacevic
FABRIC CREATION, MODULAR GARMENT IN CLO 3D, CAPSULE COLLECTION, PORTFOLIO

GET YOUR DREAM JOB ALONGSIDE TOP DESIGNERS OR START YOUR OWN BRAND JUST AFTER GRADUATING

HOW WILL THIS COURSE CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR SUCCESS?

You will move your skills to a higher level with 3D knowledge
You will learn different 3D programs to choose for your work in fashion design
You will learn how to use CLO3D, Blender, Texture development, Animation, and digital Pattern Making
You will be able to create virtual environments and objects
You will learn the terminology for communication in 3D fashion world
You will reach for extra income by selling your designs converted into NFTs
You will create your portfolio in 3D
You will become efficient in 3D fashion design

WHO MAY ATTEND THIS COURSE?

*This course is for fashion students, fashion designers, stylists, pattern makers, and anybody willing to learn 3D. No former experience. in 3D is necessary
* With each module you will learn a new skill so that your ability to create 3D designs will develop easily
*The new skills and knowledge will add to your technical experience and open new possibilities for you.

ADD YOUR CLO3D FASHION DESIGN EXCELLENCE CERTIFICATE TO YOUR CV.
Your certificate will include:

– Proficiency in 3D fashion skills
– Proficiency and completion of Modules
– Proficiency and completion of Assignments

LECTURERS

Igor Kovacevic
Igor lives in Düsseldorf as a digital fashion designer and creative projects lead with a lot of experience in international projects in Europe and Asia. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion and Textile Design from the Faculty of Textile Technology in Croatia. He worked with Artificial Intelligence for the Fashion Industry in a global working environment and does a lot of creative design work that includes using industry standard 2D and 3D software, as well as generative Artificial Intelligence.

Rafal Idczak
Graduate and lecturer at the Cracow School of Art and Fashion Design in the field of computer graphics for fashion students, computer programs, video editing and artistic photography.
Artist with a diploma in photography and artistic ceramics, dealing with visual arts in the broadest sense. Computer graphic designer involved in retouching, vector design, video editing, 3D graphics, UI/UX desig.

REQUIREMENTS

Made by Igor Kovacevic.
1. Computers or Laptops – Windows or Mac and three-button mouse are
required for this course. Unfortunately, iPad and mobile phones, are not suitable for this course – please refer here for CLO3D requirements:
https://support.clo3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000307168-CLO-system-requir
ements-July-2020-?page=2#.
2. Basic computer skills, basic knowledge of clothes construction, and basics of CLO 3D that could be learned in Part 1 of this course.

HOW TO ENROLL

SIGN UP FOR THE COURSE BY EMAIL: kursy@ksa.edu.pl

• In the title of the message, please include the name of the course and the selected date
• In the mail please include your name and telefon number (obligatory).
• In the return message you will receive the account number for payment of registartion fees
• Only payment of the registration fee reserves a place.
  For more information call: 12 656 17 26

PRICING

• Registration fee 120 Euro – refundable only when the course doesn’t start
• Price – 660 EUR:
  – 1st installment 220 Euro by 30th August
  – 2nd installment 220 Euro by 10th October
  – 3rd installment 220 Euro by 10th November

ACCESS TO THE CLO3D PLATFORM
You will need also access to the CLO3D platform
-CLO3D pricing for students:
1st month for free + 25$ a month for the next 2 months
-CLO3D pricing for nonstudents:
1st month for free + 50$ a month for the next 2 months
https://support.clo3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/115013366988-Does-CLO-offer-student-discounts-

DETAILED COURSE DESCRIPTION
In order not to miss lessons, please put the exact dates in your calendar !!!

PART 1 -TECHNICAL INTRODUCTION
Lecturer Rafał Idczak
It is expected that
students will not learn these basic elements in theory (only), but through interesting, various
and interactive exercises where students learn by practicing.

CLO BASICS
– Interface
– How to save a project in CLO
– Importing and exporting options
– How to navigate within CLO 3D
– Keyboard Shortcuts (some basic ones)

AVATARS
– Adding and hiding avatars
– Changing avatars’ size, appearance and pose
– How to create and save your custom avatars

PATTERNS
– Creating and editing patterns, pattern drafting
– Polygon, Rectangle, Ellipse, Spiral
– Internal Polygon, Rectangle, Ellipse and Dart
– Scaling, transforming and moving patterns in 2D and in 3D
– Hiding, deactivating and freezing patterns

SEWING
– All types of sewing
– Everything about sewing

MATERIALS and FABRICS
– Adding and deleting materials
– Types of Materials
– Property Editor of Materials
– How to change material of a pattern/garment

SIMULATION
– How to simulate (three options)
– How to modify simulated garments
– Maybe ‘tie a knot’ practice
7th Meeting: 29 March, Wednesday,hours 6-20.15 pm
DRESSING UP the AVATAR
– Using option ‘layers’ to dress up the avatar in multiple layers

MODIFYING PATTRENS/GARMENTS
– Strengthen and solidify
– How to use pins, tacks and steam

HARWARE and TOOLS
– Zip
– Buttons
– Property Editor

RIGHT-CLICK
– Copy/Paste and Symmetric Pattern
– Change Length
– Offset
– Deactivate, Freeze and Hide
– Strengthen and Solidify

PART 2 – CREATIVE PROJECTS, BRANDING AND PORTFOLIO
Lecturer Igor Kovacevic
Duration:
30 hours

INTRODUCTION
– Introduction to the course, methods and schedule
– Reflection time: Group discussion
– WORKSHOP 1 Digital fabric creation
– Assignment in Avatar Design

BRANDING
– Creativity, Inspiration, Branding and Stories in Fashion
– Learning from real examples from the Fashion Industry
– Assignment in Brand Stories

1-ON-1
– Private 1-o 2 Octobern-1 consultation with the Lecturer Igor with each student separately which results in personalised approach during the whole duration of the course

PROJECT GARMENT
– Project T-Shirt
– Modular garments in CLO 3D
– WORKSHOP 2 Digital creation of elements for fashion branding in 3D and 2D
– Reflection time: QnA with the Lecturer
– Assignment in using 2D and 3D

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
– Artificial Intelligence in the Creative Process
– WORKSHOP 3 Using Ai in Digital Fashion Creation
– Assignment in Collection Creation

PROJECT PRESENTATION
– Each student presents their projects and gets feedback from other students and the lecturer Igor in real time on how to improve their work

COLLECTION CREATION 1
– What makes a collection?
– WORKSHOP 4 Combining traditional and digital
– Reflection time: Group discussion

COLLECTION CREATION 2
– Capsule collection
– Digital clothes creation with the lecturer Igor in real time

PORTFOLIO
– Do you have a portfolio?
– WORKSHOP 5: Digital Bodies
– How to adapt Portfolio for digital world

PORTFOLIO PRESENTATION
– Peer Review
– Portfolio Presentation
– Finishing the course with course evaluation

PORTFOLIO PRESENTATION c.d.
– Peer Review
– Portfolio Presentation
– Finishing the course with course evaluation

+ up to 10% (3h) only if necessary for the students to successfully finish the course,
happening in the next 10 working days from the day of finishing 30th hour of the course

QUALITY YOU GET (PART 2 OF THE COURSE):

• Interactive lessons incl. real time creation in workshops + assignments
• Reflection time in a form of Q&A session, presentations and peer reviews
• Feedback in real time from me and other students in the creation process
• This is NOT prerecorded course, but practical real time working with other students and lecturer, where you will also have the opportunity to consult 1-on-1 with thelecturer and get personalised approach
• additional lectures if you need more time or want to do something creative or even fun what we didn’t do during the course, choice is in your hands (Unit 11, see below)
• INSIGHTS and KNOWLEDGE necessary for today and the future of developing (digital) fashion industry and job market
• SKILLS necessary for working simultaneously and in a continuous flow between software in digital fashion creation processes in 2D and 3D
• Understanding and using Artificial Intelligence for creative work
• Using 2D and 3D software in digital fashion creation
• How to brand your digital brand!

WHAT WILL YOU HAVE BY FINISHING (PART 2 OF) THE COURSE?
PORTFOLIO (adapted to be posted on social media and printed)

• Moodboard/Storyboard – min. 1, up to 2+ pages
• Min. of 1 fabric design that is ready to be printed by printing standards on textiles
• Garment presentations in a 3D environment with your own textile and graphics madein 2D and 3D, may be useful for print-on demand and/or T-Shirt market (min. 1 – 2pages)
• Designs made with the help of Artificial Intelligence
• Digital Capsule Collection of 1 – 2+ outfits presented as images for portfolio and social media
• One of a kind experience where you will become one of the pioneers in the digitalfashion industry!s

Please note that this course is beginner to intermediate level.