Art and Design Review, 2017, 5, 230-240 http://www.scirp.org/journal/adr ISSN Online: 2332-2004 ISSN Print: 2332-1997 Effects of Graphics and Computer Aided Design Software on the Production of Embroidered Clothing in South Western Nigeria Bolajoko Esther Adiji, Tope Israel Ibiwoye Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria Abstract Computer graphics has played significant role in design concept of most fields of Visual Art. Embroidered design on paper and other forms of textile mate- rials are not exempted. Embroidery art has a long standing history of embel- lishment on textile material, many of which are first drawn on paper and later transferred unto the textile material or sometimes drawn directly on the tex- tile material before commencing the embroidery usually done manually with thread and needle. Just like many fields and discipline, the advent of computer technology also has its influence on the practice of embroidery. This paper therefore assesses the effect of computer graphics on the production of em- broidered clothing in selected cities of south western Nigeria. A concise sur- vey was carried out in the study area to assess the impact of computer graph- ics on embroidered clothing. Keywords Computer Graphics, Embroidery, Textiles Design, CADS 1. Introduction Visual Arts are art forms that are primarily visual in nature, such as painting, photography, textiles, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, etc.; the people who studied any of these forms of visual arts are regarded as Visual Artists (Ibiwoye et al., 2014). Embroidery design is a form of Visual Art categorised under Tex- tiles Design. The history of Visual Art in Nigeria can be traced backed to the Nok art; the art of the people believed to have lived between 900 B.C and 200 B.C in what is now the North Central Nigeria. The art of the earlier Ife Kingdom in the South-Western Nigeria was also very unique (Blier, 2005). How to cite this paper: Adiji, B. E., & Ibiwoye, T. I. (2017). Effects of Graphics and Computer Aided Design Software on the Production of Embroidered Clothing in South Western Nigeria. Art and Design Review, 5, 230-240. https://doi.org/10.4236/adr.2017.54019 Received: August 23, 2017 Accepted: November 17, 2017 Published: November 21, 2017 Copyright © 2017 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access DOI: 10.4236/adr.2017.54019 Nov. 21, 2017 230 Art and Design Review