Atelier Académics with Stacy Stewart Smith — Couture CAD: Digital Sequins and Paillettes with Illustrator and Photoshop
Atelier Académics with Stacy Stewart Smith — Couture CAD: Digital Sequins and Paillettes with Illustrator and Photoshop
Description
Couture CAD, Session IX: Digital Sequins and Paillettes with Illustrator and Photoshop
In this session, Stacy Stewart Smith demonstrates how to render sequins and paillettes digitally using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. You will learn to construct individual sequin and paillette shapes with accurate reflectivity and dimensional curvature in Illustrator, then build full sequined fabric surfaces with light variation, shadow, and movement in Photoshop — capturing the dazzling, light-catching quality of couture sequin embellishment.
Prerequisites: Working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. Basic flats are not covered.
Duration: 2 hours 13 minutes
Upon purchase you will receive a downloadable PDF containing your session transcript, recording URL, and access instructions.
This session is part of Atelier Académics Series II: Couture CAD with Stacy Stewart Smith.
Care
Stacy Stewart Smith offers made-to-order garments, fine art, and digital publications — each requiring different care. Please refer to the product description for care and handling instructions specific to your purchase. For garments: dry clean or spot clean unless otherwise noted; do not machine wash. For fine art: keep away from direct sunlight and humidity; handle with clean, dry hands or cotton gloves. For digital products and publications: no physical care required; download and archive your files upon receipt.
Design
Every Stacy Stewart Smith piece begins as a drawing and ends as a decision — a deliberate choice of textile, construction method, and proportion made by a single designer with five decades of practice. The same eye that composes a painting composes a coat: line, weight, negative space, and the relationship between form and the body that inhabits it. Garments are produced in New York City, one at a time, to the measurements and preferences of the individual client. No two pieces are identical. No production run exists. This is not manufacturing — it is making.
The atelier sources textiles for their hand, weight, and longevity. Sustainability here is not a campaign. It is the natural consequence of making only what is wanted, from materials chosen to last, by a craftsman who will not put his name on anything less.