'ABOUT ME AND MY DIGITAL DESIGN PATH'
I am originally a product designer with more than 15 years experience in the apparel industry. Over these years I built a strong and broad portfolio which focuses for a large part on and athleisure and sportswear. I held positions as an apparel designer with Nike Global Football Apparel and Zelus Sport, which is an authorized Licensee of Nike Inc.
I have been developing and perfecting my skills in digital fashion for nearly 3 years now. At Zelus Sport I designed Nike Team Sport in 2D, specializing in blending the physical and digital design worlds. I have extensive experience in creating sport avatars as well as sketching and creating 3D garments. My products communicated new designs in a highly professional and compelling way. With my work ethic and skills, I was responsible for efficient, high quality, fast sign offs at Nike EHQ.
In November 2021 my journey in 3D led me to embracing another exciting challenge, following my passion for tech innovation, sportswear and fashion. Working as a freelance Digital Apparel Designer, I focused on broadening my 3D skills, digital apparel creation and product visualization.
I am offering my clients digital product visualization and 3D consultations and offer them a more efficient and sustainable way of working. Since I am highly experienced as both a digital and a product designer, I have a deep understanding of garment constructions, patterns, fit, fabric draping, graphic applications and other garment embellishments. This intrinsic understanding and experience with both digital and product design is essential when creating realistic looking digital garments, accessories or trims.
'WHY WORK WITH ME?'
- Faster design sign offs by internal design reviews
- Reduction of textile waste
- Significant reduction of your production cost
- Higher customer engagement on your website and social media
'HOW CAN I HELP YOU GROW YOUR BUSINESS WITH 3D DESIGNS?'
Design
I can create 3D sketches or full 3D garments which will clearly show a new design concept, garment details and any other unique features. Images of digital garments are easy to use in internal and external presentations and greatly support your seasonal design stories. The look and feel of renders can be adjusted according to your product and seasonal theme.
Development
Using 3Ds I can help you significantly reduce the number of proto samples, which instantly minimises textile waste, reduce the product cost and speeds up the development process. Digital garments can be created on your 'sample size' avatar, which will enable you to communicate correctly your design ideas, fit, and fabric distributions to your factories and avoid any unnecessary misunderstanding.
Sales and Marketing
In my experience, digital garments used in development have a lot of potential for sales and marketing. I can easily add seasonal color ways or graphics to already finalized 3D garments. Rendering high resolution images for your sales catalogs will be infinitely cheaper than blowing your budget on real photoshoots and photo models. Your e-commerce team can also use the same images for your website. Digital garments on your website can increase more interaction with your consumers and potentially increase your sales. Digital clothing has a massive potential for mass market appeal, is cost effective and sustainable.
I love to work with companies who wish to make a difference, and aspire to work more sustainably, demonstrating an awareness of conscious living. As the fashion industry is responsible for a considerable amount of global pollution, every step in the right direction is important.
- Are you a startup or an already established company but not sure how to start with digital clothing?
- Are you considering a pilot project, making one or more digital garments?
- Or do you want to digitalise the full seasonal collection?
Let's connect and discuss how I can help you turn your digital fashion plans into a reality. I would love to hear from you.
'LIST OF SOFTWARES USED FOR DIGITAL ISHIE PROJECT'
- Blender
- Blender Texture Kit
- CLO 3D
- DAZ Studio
- Adobe Substance /3D Sampler + Designer/
- Adobe CC /Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier Pro/
'LIST OF MY CURRENT 3D SKILLS'
A/ Digital Product Creation
- Garment creation /fashion and sportswear/
- Hard and Soft Trims creation /zipper pullers, toggles, labels etc./
- Accessories creation /bags, headwear/
- Digitizing Fabrics and fabric textures /based on digital photographs or scans/
B/ Digital Branding
- 3D Branding and labels /hangtags, inner brand labels, washing labels/
C/ Modeling
- 3D Modeling /props, basic footwear/
- Retail Spaces /modeling interior spaces, shop windows/
- Scene settings for Digital Photoshoots
- Texturing/ UV mapping
D/ Rendering
- Lighting/ Rendering
E/ Avatar Creation
- Creation of fashion and sport avatars
- Rigging and Styling Avatars
F/ Short Fashion animations
- Short Fashion Animations & Trims Animations