Interview with Robin Schneider, Illustrator Fashion Star
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Robin Schneider is the Reigning Queen of Adobe for Fashion with several Illustrator and Photoshop for Fashion courses on LinkedIn Learning. She has trained designers at top companies including Juicy Couture and Liz Clayborne, and is the co-owner of Belden Schneider Studio, a Los Angeles-based textile print design studio specializing in repeats, color reduction, and recoloring. Her Adobe for Fashion: Illustrator textbook is being used at fashion schools around the world.
Robin Schneider speaking at CreativePro Week
We’re very excited to have Robin as a speaker at The Adobe Illustrator Summit, which takes place September 22-23, 2022.
Leading up to the Summit, we thought it would be fun to get to know Robin better with a little Q&A.
How did you first get into this industry, professionally?
I started out as a scenic artist and graphic designer in the entertainment industry. I was working on a show called JAG and after 9/11 I decided I needed a change and went back to school for fashion design. I realized there was a big skills gap between fashion software and Adobe software and I was in a perfect position to bridge the gap.
What’s the one thing/technique/goal/workflow/process/idea that’s most commonly underappreciated or misunderstood in your design niche?
Hands down it’s Graphic Styles! This is a huge timesaver and yet so underutilized. With one click I can add a brush, stroke, fill, or any other attribute I need. This guarantees the consistency in my work, which is important when drawing fashion flats (technical illustrations of garments.) When a collection of graphic styles is shared with my team it is easy to keep all artwork consistent between departments.
Obscure tip or trick you use all the time?
Changing Illustrator’s default from butt caps and miter joins to round caps and round joins so I can use the shortcut key “D” for default. For fashion we always use the round settings because we are indicating fabric and having it set as the default is a big timesaver.
What are you most excited to share in your upcoming session?
I’ll be presenting 2 sessions this year, Fundamentals Refresh and A Deep Dive on Patterns. In Fundamentals Refresh I’m going to reunite you with some of the basics you may have lost along the way including how to change the Illustrator default style.
In my Deep Dive on Patterns session get ready for a woven plaid with a twill weave — in Illustrator! I can’t wait to share my love of patterns and how easy it really is to design and modify your own.
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