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Going along with the suit post, here’s what you should check before you buy your next button up.
Suit/menswear guides are always useful to check in case you've been a bit overzealous drawing or modeling folds in tailored clothing
*shrug*
I should just call myself ‘the boob jobber’
The size of the breasts is also important to take into account. For example, naturally large breasts tend to sag a lot.
Yep yep. The important part here is that ideally, in a well fitted modern bra, the bulk of the breast is at about the middle of the ribs.
*shrug*
I should just call myself 'the boob jobber'
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FZDSCHOOL EPISODE 52 - Visual Library
How to build up your visual library. Please watch in HD.
A rundown on what a visual library is, why it's useful, and how to develop one.
THIS IS SO HELPFUL FOR WHEN YOURE ORDERING CLOTHES ONLINE AND DONT KNOW HOW TO LOOK UP WHAT YOU WANT!!
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Claire's fancy-pants HISTORICAL FASHION MASTER POST
So my historical costuming resources list from 2011 was less than a page long- I’m not saying that I’ve learned a lot in the past three years, but this list is now sitting pretty at a solid nine pages. Whew. And people wonder why I want to redo this damn series.
This list is by no means an exhaustive one- it’s a list of (primarily western) historical fashion resources, both online and offline, that is limited to what I know, own, or use! It’s a work in progress, and I’m definitely hoping to expand on it as my knowledge base grows. First things first, how about a little:
ADVICE FOR RESEARCHING HISTORICAL FASHION
Read, and read about more than just costuming. Allowing yourself to understand the cultural and historical context surrounding the clothing of a particular region/period can be invaluable in sussing out good costume design. Looking at pictures is all well and good, but reading about societal pressures, about construction techniques, daily routines, local symbolism, whatever else will really help you understand the rhyme and reason behind costuming from any given context.
Expand your costume vocabulary. When you’re delving into a new topic, costuming or otherwise, picking up new terminology is essential to proper understanding and furthering your research. Write down or take note of terms as you come across them- google them, look up synonyms, and use those words as a jumping off point for more research. What’s a wire rebato? How does it differ from a supportasse? Inquiring minds want to know.
Double-check your sources. Especially on the internet, and double especially on tumblr. I love it, but it’s ground zero for rapidly spreading misinformation. Books are usually your safest bet, but also take into account their date of publication, who’s writing them- an author’s biases can severely mangle their original source material.
Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Do everything you can to find out information on your own, but feel free to reach out to people with more specialized areas of knowledge for help! Be considerate about it- the people you’re asking are busy as well- but a specific line of questioning that proves you’re passionate and that you respect their subject matter expertise can work wonders.
Okay, onto the links!
It’s impossible to overstate the importance of getting off the internet and looking into books! God bless the internet, but books are (generally, this isn’t a rule) better-researched and better-sourced. Bibliographies also mean each individual books can be a jumping off point for further research, which is always a fantastic thing.
Remember- owning books is awesome and you should absolutely assemble your own library of resources, but LIBRARIES. Libraries. You’ll be surprised to find what books are available to you at your local library.
GENERAL / SURVEYS
British Costume from Earliest Times to 1820 Fine book with lots of first hand sources, but be wary of the photography in the book- reproduction costumes and thus somewhat less reliable. Though hilarious.
Corsets and Crinolines Norah Waugh’s invaluable survey of corsetry and corset patterns- used the world ‘round by modern corsetieres.
Costume in Detail: Women’s Dress 1730-1930 Elaborate line drawings/diagrams of extant period garments! A fantastic survey.
Cut of Men’s Clothes PDF available online! Patterns for men’s period garments.
Cut of Women’s Clothes Patterns for women’s period garments.
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing Through World History This is a library find, unless you have a pretty three hundred bucks lying around- a great, general resource.
A History of Costume A lot of good text and info, to be taken with a grain of salt. Be wary of any reconstructions and or “supposed” patterns that aren’t directly based on extant garments or firsthand accounts.
Fashion (Taschen 25th Anniversary) A survey of the Kyoto Costume Institute’s fashion collection- broad but beautiful. On every fashion student’s bookcase.
Fashion: The Definitive History of Costume and Style Great overview of fashion history from the Smithsonian and DK publishing.
The History of Costume: From the Ancient Mesopotamians Through the Twentieth Century Broad costume survey, second edition.
What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century this is one of those “I am putting this here because I used it a ton when I was younger” but man, mixed bag. Really cool survey to browse through, but also work that is a copy-of-a-copy-of-a-copy in most instances and thus not necessarily trustworthy as a resource.
What People Wore When: A Complete Illustrated History of Costume from Ancient Times to the Nineteenth Century for Every Level of Society A collection of Racinet and Hottentoth’s costume plates from the 19th century. A beautiful survey but, since these are later illustrations, to be taken with a grain of salt.
Patterns fo Fashion books Detailed, hand-drawn diagrams of historical fashion, inside and out. Pretty amazing stuff.
Patterns of Fashion: The Cut and Construction of Clothes for Men and Women, C.1560-1620
Patterns of Fashion 1: Englishwomen’s Dresses & Their Construction C. 1660-1860
Patterns of Fashion 2: Englishwomen’s Dresses & Their Construction C. 1860-1940
Patterns of Fashion 4: The Cut and Construction of Linen Shirts, Smocks, Neckwear, Headwear and Accessories for Men and Women C. 1540-1660
Fashion in Detail books Not what you want if you’re looking for photos of entire costumes- note the “in detail” bit up there. Just a beautiful series, and great reference for all the little things you might miss otherwise. The V&A has an amazing fashion collection, and it’s great to see them share it with the world.
Nineteenth Century Fashion in Detail
Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Fashion in Detail
Underwear: Fashion in Detail
World Dress: Fashion in Detail The one non-western entry in the series.
Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700 - 1915 LACMA’s response to the V&A’s series mentioned above, also an invaluable resource for historical fashion detail.
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Hello and I think i can speak for everyone following you: thanks for all the great content you put out ! So here's my question: In a time where bosses and HR departments check the facebook and usernames of job candidates for inconstiancies and anything that could cause problems for the company. How do go about writing your critiques, or how does one write a critique about game content or a review of the game itself without closing doors for future job perspectives. Thanks and a nice day Celarx
Those are questions I have no confident answers for unfortunately. In my case, usually I just Do. If what I do has bitten me in the ass, I don’t know it yet. So uh. /gulp Here’s some rambling on the subject:
The sometimes fun, sometimes frustrating fact is that the industry is really small and everybody has worked with everybody. It’s a good idea to get into the habit of double checking everything you intend to put out there, even if you’re using a pseudonym, because it’s The Internet Where Nothing Is Forgotten. Before I post something I try to make sure I’ve expressed what I want to say as clearly as I possibly can, as constructively as I can, and as conscious of the audience as I can be. I also think a little bit about how I’d feel hearing my own statements read back to me. I’d be a little embarrassed by default, but if I’d be super embarrassed or even nitpick myself if I were in a different frame of mind then that post needs a tune-up.
The constructive part is pretty crucial. I don’t believe its necessary to never voice an opinion about anything (though some people choose that as the safest and simplest route) but the internet is already full of people who have nothing to say but IT SUXXX. I don’t think anybody would come after you with pitchforks for an offhand reply to a friend’s status on Facebook saying “lol binfinite” but I mean, we’ve all gone to middle school. You learn how to feel out when or with whom its okay to make certain comments.
It also helps to be extremely conscious of your current standing. If you’re employed somewhere major and are making critiques of other games under your own name, there are entire forums waiting to use such a thing as evidence of SHOTS FIRED. So… a pseudonym or handle is recommended. One specific to those types of opinions, preferably, and at a distance from your regular handle. Then there’s the chance it explodes into A Blog and you feel bad when life gets in the way of you posting on it but ah heh *cough*
As for HR people coming after the entire history of your presence on the internet, I’m not completely sure that’s a regular occurrence in the games industry? I wish I had more solid answers for you. Generally people hire people they know, and given that everyone knows everyone, I can’t imagine a scenario when they’d have to do major sleuthing. The scary way of looking at that is if you’ve been such an enormous butt on the internet that they won’t hire you because of it, they already know (but frankly I’ve seen some people do some slimy things and continue to be employed. ‘be more skilled than you are a douche’ was the takeaway from that) So um x_x sorry I can’t be more help than that.
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Bayonetta character concepts - part 1
I'm just not sure about the lower half...feels a little samey after a bit...the upper parts I'm pretty happy with though.
Any input you have I'd appreciate...
Sorry I couldn't really find much to say. Been busy :X
The thing that I'd like to see ironed out most is the skirt and where it comes from/how it stays up. Hopefully that makes sense.
Crafter and gatherer AFs, from the Collectors Edition artbook.
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Coming to thank you for your helpful tips :) It opened my eyes to all the things I should consider while designing a char and I'm already trying out your sugestions and new ideas with her.
Glad I could help!
Albrecht Dürer, design for tournament helmets in three elevations, Turnierhelme, around 1500 | Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts graphiques, Paris/Courtesy Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg.
Dürer was a gifted artist and an aspiring business man as well, his hometown Nuremberg the place to be, a rich, cultural metropolis at that time. These helmets must have been height of fashion in the arena.
While I like what you did with Arhlis, I thought her original dress looks more like a chiton than a tunic. I would have taken the design in a Bacchanal direction, rather than a feral-child one.
That’s certainly another possibility. To further explain my decisionmaking, I felt dissuaded from using woven materials because those have to be produced and would therefore require she enter a society to get them. I got a ‘completely cut off from society’ impression from the brief so I wanted everything to be made from materials she could acquire through hunting, though it’s possible she returns to get resources like metal tools and fabrics, in which case finer, woven material would make more sense to me. Unless you are suggesting a more chiton-like arrangement of skins, which would be rrraaaather cool. It’s up to Ludmila :D
