Your clothes design are all so impresive! Im so enchanted by both the color and shape you give each one even if theyre only sketches, they’re filled with so much character!!
Have you ever uploaded your thought process after making these ? Sorry if you’ve been asked this before but its a skill i would love to learn too!
😭 @coffepandas thank you! That’s so sweet massage 🥹 this is the support that make me go back to study set&costume design atm (I was there for costume but kinda gaslighting into set too lol but it’s fun 😂)
I had answer some comments but I didn’t explain thing properly about how I come up with the concept of each dress. If that’s something you love to hear then I’m gladly do it! I use to write how I done my design in Thai but most of my friends say it’s very confusing so to come up with the proper explain next time I need picture as well. I’ll make it somewhere this year I promise.
But to summarise what I was talking about for general when I do the concept dress
Thinking
Extract the main idea > Colour pallet ( make a bar and do the colour in and you’ll see how much purple,Black,gold is use in the original character dress)
>texture / pattern ( include accessories gemstone , pearl >> like if it’s Azul i will default his first choice for accessories as something from the sea , if it’s Mal I’ll give something relate to briar valley + main colour is black + texture reference from baroque)
>idea ( just a few word or early concept mostly silly one for me like Vil : some thing he force Yuu to train to wear it. Lilia : classic + twisted of modern + fun. Mal : how can we fit in the carriage……..stop going over board Mal…..)
>group theme ( dorm theme , the dorm leader is the biggest/grand concept/ Grimm is part of the 1st year small flowers )
>your own reflection (it’s your design so it’s about your digest on the character and story tbh . Consider your taste your liking as big part as well as the other factor when design)
Sketch
1 Silhouette > basic shape if you stop my video process you’ll see I always start with basic triangle / box to see across the set how long / short / shape of the skirt I want to see and balance it
2 be aware that good set of dress need connection + focus > what I mean is they need 1-2 feature that’s you introduce as the gem of the outfit then the rest is the repetitive share between the clothes in your set let me get some examples from Diasomnia set
The 4 dress are different in skirt length and volume but there are minor element that I plan on matching them. Mal-Lilia share baroque gold embellishments. Lilia-Sil dress both short skirt + have a tail (There also share same detail on the chest part but it’s not very clear in the picture. I kinda think from pattern making perspective that both top sew the same way) Mal - Seb have long disney princess gloves and use rose on their head piece. Lilia- Seb top got the same flare across from one shoulder to other.
This is what I mean when I say connection. Cuz you give each dress a focus. For Diasomnia example let look at Silver dress. His soft cages skirt is the unique feature I did not give other dress .
That’s the focus on this outfit then I repeat the material on his top. Then I bring in a connection from Lilia dress , share the palette with Sebek dress (cuz Glorious masquerade outfit they both similar) then the volume of the dress is with Mal.
So you give 1-2 max focus/unique to the dress then repetitive other stuff. Don’t let one detail stand alone. ( in the dress and between the collection)
Rendering
1 check Monochrome (ALWAYS CHECK MONOCHROME) if the dress look weird 80% is because the monochrome is not right.
2 do not introduce something new after the concept is done always refer to the concept. It do not need a scream. It’s like when you cook you don’t need new flavours to garnish your dish.
3 you can styling your character to the outfit but refer back to the concept. If you add something on you need a repetitive in that dress example : if you bring in an heirloom earring in the dress. It need to be repetitive through color or use the pattern of the earrings on something but smaller size + change color and it will work.
4 same as taking something out be aware that every piece have a repetitive part unless it’s a focus part.
5 in Thai culture there is something called ‘hours of the flight’ it’s like collecting exp. You’ll be expert only if you fuck up your dress enough trust me. I’m the genius in destroy my actual work irl. From accidentally rip it apart last min to pick the wrong fabric cuz it’s cheaper and boom a big mess. The classic tale I told everyone is that my Highschool art teacher bully me that I shouldn’t work as designer cuz I’m terrible of it. Please safe everyone from your shit. But I think I’m have a 20 fun years doing what I like.
The short version of it I’ll try to write about each dress later on!
