Chinese Shirt Flatsketch

This is my flatsketch for my Chinese Shirt. It's not very complex, so I didn't add too much detail, since I couldn't think of anything else to add...

Jacket Revisited

I was having some trouble picturing my jacket myself (this is the yellow jacket from my second sketch), so I revisited, trying to put more detail into just one view

Gold Finch- Flat Sketch 3/15

I realized that I had not done a flat sketch of the jacket for this outfit, so I did it in the background, since I was running out of room on the adjacent page. Unfortunately, the sketch make it look more like a windbreaker than a fahsionable jacket though...

Nest- Flat Sketches 3/15

These are the flat sketches for the Nest dress. I drew in darts for the dress (though I didn't know their name until later), and changed the pleating to the front to prevent bulges at the sides. I also decided to have the back straight with, once again, a zipper down the back. Sorry if the sketch is a little distorted. I'm taking pictures of my sketchbook with my camera, and the page keeps on flipping over!

Peacock- Flat Sketch 3/17

This is the flat sketch for the peacock dress. As you can see, it is a half wrap around. I think I simplified it a lot more in the flat sketch than it would actually be in real life. there would prbably be some gathering at the hip on the right side of the dress, and a lot more stitching at the skirt to make it full and flowy. It would probably require an underskirt as well to make it fuller. But I don't know how to show all of that! The flat sketches look like sun dresses, not the formal gown in my 3D sketch!

Owl- Flat Sketch 3/8

This is the flat sketch for my owl sketch. Autumn had said that this would probably be the easiest dress, and that we would start with this design, however, as I was drawing it, I realized that the draping will need some skill. I hope to make this out of a light, drapy material, which will definately make the fall more natural, and easier to achieve. I was thinking of using light cotton, but I could also use a more sheer material. I might have to go with the cheapest in the end though.
The sketch might look very simple, but it was actually a lot harder to draw than I thought it would be. Perhaps I was too tired, or too picky, or bother, but I ended up having to earase it a lot, and redraw the lines, because for some reason, it just was not looking right. Even now, I think the back view is a lot more acurate and better than the front view. Really, I was debating how long the dress should be, where the bottom of the sleaves should be, etc. It ended up being a lot longer than the original sketch (the first sketch was a mini-skirt, while the flat sketch goes down to the knees). I did this because I found that it had a slimming effect (or at least I think it will, I haven't made it yet!), seeing how loose it will fall on the hips, and then lightly flare out. The mini version hugged the hips too much, and I wanted it more like a flowy summer dress.

Gold Finch- Flat Sketch 3/8

This is my first flat sketch. It was actually a lot of fun. I hadn't expected it to go so well, infact it became harder to imagine the dresses as flat than the pants. I still ended up having traces of a body in the sketches, but for the most part, they're flat. It will take some practice, and looking at how clothes lay flat. I liked drawing the pants flat because I was able to put a lot of detail in the seam, which was something I had difficulty expressing in the modeled sketch. Now the viewers can see the detail I had meant to add in the actual design, and see that it actually sticks out of the pant leg.

Note to viewers...

Sorry that I'm taking so long to post pictures of my sketches. It actually takes a lot of time, in fact, about as much time as making two fresh sketches! I have to photograph the sketches, sometimes multiple times to get a clear photo, and then upload them with footnotes. That's one thing I'm regretting about having a blog, but reading my journal just wouldn't be fun without the pictures! I hope you enjoy them.

Oh, also, I just noticed that all of the posting times are 3 hours off! I wonder how I can fix that... They all read 3 hours early (so it's 10:01 now, not 7:01)