Thread: From Inspiration to Reality

I know many of you design your own costumes and I thought it might be fun to see what the idea looked like compared to the execution.

So do you have a drawing that you then made, or a drawing that you sent to another designer to have made? I'd love to see them side by side.

I know I have some, I'll go find a couple to share.

:-)

What a great idea! :) I sketch costume designs constantly. I'll see if I have any idea to reality pics to share.

all the one's I have handy in digital are costumes I had others make for me.

A local Ballroom Seamstress:







My Troupe's Costumes from Bella:





I'll see if I can share some more later. :-)

Those are gorgeous Shems!

I have a bunch that I could share, but I don't think any of the sketches are currently digital. I'll see if I can find the originals and get my scanner to cooperate.

Here are some that I have worked on: Designs/Plans - a set on Flickr

This includes some that I sketched and made myself, sketches of troupe costumes based on vendor items, and a costume I put together to recreate an old painting. I tried to add in pictures of the ones I could find that had been triggered by the sketches. :) In some cases, a single sketch became 2 or 3 different costumes. I have tons more, but these are the only ones I had close by.

gorgeous work ladies!

I use historical pictures a lot of the time for inspiration.

Shems, I love the costume that the ballroom designer made.

Great thread idea, Shems!

Here are mine. I can't draw, so I use Photoshop. ;)



Blue chunky - didn't turn out like my sketch at all!

wow you guys, those are great. I can't wait to see more. :-)

and Mahsati, I love the one where you are posing like that famous Jean-Léon Gerôme painting.

WOW!!!!

Mahsati: Wow! Fantastic work.

Shems: That first skirt looks like it has incredible movement to it. What a clever design. What shape are the ruffled panels?

I've only made one costume so far, but the part I sketched (the skirt) did turn out very much like I imagined it.

The sketch:



I drew it with the costume's belt, not pictured in the first photo below. For the front, I decided to go with the design on the top right. For the back, I went with the design on the lower left.

Skirt front:



Skirt back with belt:

Love that assuit panel!

What a fun thread!!

yay! had time to upload!
i have a board of designs i've been slowly working on, but the only finished one is this (i was helped out by L.Rose ^_^)
http://www.bhuz.com/file/pic/gallery/24050.jpg
http://www.bhuz.com/file/pic/gallery/24052.jpg
http://www.bhuz.com/file/pic/gallery/24051.jpg
http://www.bhuz.com/file/pic/gallery/24053.jpg

ooh, I love this thread.

I freakin' love this thread.

Shems, that Ballroom design is amazing. Do you have video of it in action?