Atelier Académics with Stacy Stewart Smith — Couture CAD: Digital Beading in Illustrator, Part 1
Atelier Académics with Stacy Stewart Smith — Couture CAD: Digital Beading in Illustrator, Part 1
Description
Couture CAD: Digital Beading in Illustrator, Part 1
Atelier Académics — A Recorded Seminar by Stacy Stewart Smith
In this recorded seminar, Stacy Stewart Smith demonstrates how to simulate couture bugle and seed beading digitally using Adobe Illustrator. Working from hand-drawn planning sketches, he walks through building three-dimensional bead shapes using the Rectangle and Direct Selection tools with linear and radial gradients, arranging beads into seamless repeating patterns, and applying grouping, rotation, and reflection techniques to achieve the organic, hand-crafted appearance of real beadwork. The recording concludes with defining and testing a repeatable pattern fill in Illustrator.
Photoshop enhancement of the beading pattern is demonstrated in Part 2.
Recommended familiarity: Adobe Illustrator. Basic flats are not covered in this recording.
Duration: Approximately 58 minutes.
Upon purchase you will receive a downloadable PDF containing your Webex recording link and access instructions. Access is granted for 30 days from the date of purchase.
Select seminars augment the techniques introduced in CAD for Fashion Design and Merchandising (Bloomsbury Publishing, Stacy Stewart Smith).
This seminar is recorded and presented in English only.
This is an independent recorded seminar by Stacy Stewart Smith and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or accredited by any academic institution. No academic credit is awarded.
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.