A weak area I have been told Im lacking is in costume design since modern character artist need this skill to play dress up with their characters. Even offer different dress on the same base model (especially RPG/MMO). What have you all done to learn this skill? Take a theatrical costume design class? Study sewing…
Hel-looks and style.com are both bookmarked now! Oxy: Costume design has been around forever. There is no magical formula. It draws on all the same aspects that the rest of art does, composition, color theory, shapes, etc. Conceptart.org has a wealth of clothing design to absorb, as do these more couture sites. I know when…
I think you are leading yourself up the garden path with the `fashion` and `texture` leanings. Check out Falcoon`s stuff to see very successful costume design, that isn`t focused on the tiny details like material texture. If it`s game art you are talking about then `texture` would be last on the list to be concerned with.…
[ QUOTE ] More we are the seamstresses than the designers. I just thought that knowing both sides would be of benefit. So you can make the cloth fold and texture right as you know whats underneath. It would be like being a character modeler without knowing anatomy. [/ QUOTE ] Spending a lot of time reading up on fabrics,…
[ QUOTE ] Thats the job of concept artists/ [/ QUOTE ] Hmmm.. Well.. Hmmm.. I admit the guy who told me was a designer, and not in the art department. (He tried calling over a animator about my modeling questions at first.. heh). This was with Flying Labs who is working on a MMOG 16th/17th century pirates game. So all…
Check out www.style.com They constantly update the site with shoots from new floor shows. Go the the couture section (ie: conceptual stuff) and check out the runway shows. My personal favs are Christian Dior and Jean Paul Gautier. Also buy some design/fashion mags. No this does not make you gay. If someone looks at you…
^^^^^I looked closer at his card.. Executive Producer. So he is quite removed. Rick? I didn't disagree. Maybe I used the wrong idea. More we are the seamstresses than the designers. I just thought that knowing both sides would be of benefit. So you can make the cloth fold and texture right as you know whats underneath. It…