Thing is, we here are just wondering how to get character artists to think in patterns because some of our clients are using MD. For some that's quite a shift in thinking :) That's why MD came to my mind when I saw "fashion design" and "character artist"
I wouldn't count MD as a good tool to come up with new designs anyways. It is great at executing them (processing them, so to speak) but when it comes to actually designing garments I would think that owning a dress form and working with muslin directly on it would be your best bet. What I mean by that is that while MD is…
I should mention, I'm only imagining using MD once I finally figure out a concept. I would be attempting to keep my draughstmanship skills and concept art skills in the same direction so my 3D is mostly just execution and dealing with the challneges towards executing on the concept.
To sum up my opinion : Yes you totally could - but in order to get such recognition, all you need is a sketchbook and Photoshop, just like Sparth. At that level there is not much need for MD at all. Now of course being curious about tools and experimentation is very healthy and can even spark some great design ideas, but…
if you really want to learn fashion design then this is really a different thing from MD. Just like AutoCAD is a tool you'd use as Engineer. But just because you're an AutoCAD user doesn't mean you are one. Where I studied we had fashion design. Was quite interesting, but back then I didn't see much overlap with actual…
our studio keeps a record on who worked on what and some people are more versatile e.g. in sculpting clothing than others. Some guys are better with stylized stuff, some more with armor and gear. But that's just our studio. So far a lot of cloth got sculpted, but now that MD seem to embrace our industry much more with v3.0…
Hello again JEP (very interesting subject, well worth putting some thoughts into ...) Since you are bringing up Sparth, who is a perfect example of what is expected from a concept artist in the strict sense of the word, here is what I think on this subject based on personal experience and what I have observed at various…