#proj-design

[anamoli]

Crazy Idea for Repurposing Talanah's Hand Armor Pieces

In my last post, I combed through every detail of Talanah's outfit to figure out what specialty fabrics and material will be needed. Afterwards, I started counting the number of individual pieces that used a particular material and organizing them into a spreadsheet. When I got to the turquoise leather pieces on her hands, I thought to myself, "That's going to be annoying to climb with."

Or would it?

Soon after I was struck by a crazy idea that just might work. See, grabbing onto a rock isn't the only way to climb up a wall. There's also something called crack climbing, which involves jamming your hand into a narrow opening in the wall, balling up your fingers in until it's really stuck in there, and then using that friction to pull yourself up. You can do this technique bare handed, but there are also special gloves that'll protect your skin. So, I propose turning her hand armor into crack climbing gloves.

Exhibit A

I will have to modify the hand armor to be a little more than just two leather wraps and I don't think using the faux leather would be a good idea to use; it's too thick and the rocks will make quick work of it.

Below are my design ideas and thought processes.

Breaking Down the Design of a Crack Climbing Glove

There are 3 main pieces to a climbing glove:

The rubber: this is the part of the gloves that makes contact with the rock. It provides extra friction and makes it so your hand doesn't slip.

The suede: this part of the glove is the common ground that all the pieces attach to. It's also nicer to have the suede be in contact with your hand instead of the rubber (which would get really slippery once you start sweating).

The strap: this part of the glove makes everything a snug fit, which is exactly how your glove should feel. The glove should feel like another layer of skin.

There is a 4th piece, a layer of padding along the knuckles, but that's more for comfort than functionality. I like comfort though, so it'd be nice to include some padding.

Sourcing Materials

I still want the general look to be similar. There will be the two wraps and the gold embroidery, but I will have to add the finger loops, remove the palm straps (I don't like the feel of something in my palm while crack climbing), and only use the wrist strap.

For a while I struggled with sourcing materials for converting this into a proper climbing glove, namely the rubber. Apparently, there's a rubber shortage. Rubber sheets are only sold to resolers/cobblers and wholesalers, and I don't feel like confronting my phone anxiety to contact these companies just for a cosplay. Additionally, climbing rubber predominantly comes in black, and I'm not going to sacrifice that much inaccuracy to the cosplay.

I thought about ditching the rubber and making suede only gloves, but that has its own set of issues.

First, the rocks are going to eat through that suede fast. I could use multiple layers of suede, but the fact of the matter is that they're not going to last very long, and you know - that kind of defeats the purpose of this exercise. I want to make a durable cosplay dammit!

Second, the rubber has another purpose, it also prevents the suede from stretching out too much. Using only suede would mean the gloves stretch very easily once you start climbing in them, and without any reinforcement the gloves will get loose not snug. Which starts to become a safety hazard. You do not want to fall because of a faulty glove!

Third, I'm vain and I don't think it'll look as nice. I'm allowed to think that.

I did find non-climbing rubber sheets out there that were white, and I could just dye them the color I need. But I kept getting dragged back into trying to find white climbing rubber to dye instead. I was stuck in a cycle of thinking I had to use climbing rubber. Eventually, I thought to myself, "If people can climb barehanded or with tape, which I have done before, then having literally anything else will be just as good. Climbing rubber > shoe rubber > suede > tape > bare hands. It'll be good enough."

Perfect is the enemy of good.

And so, I spent a long time searching for white rubber shoe soles that were around 1mm thick. Anything thicker than that and it starts to get difficult to close your fist while climbing. After a lot of sketchy websites, I finally found a listing on Amazon of all places. It comes with 3 sheets on 3 colors: black, khaki, and white for $15.99. I don't need the other sheets, but this was the only listing I found that was thin enough, white, and didn't have a company's branding imprinted onto the rubber.

Finally, thank goodness the fabric dye was easy enough to find and in approximately the right color! Having 3 sheets of the rubber will be nice as well. I can experiment with the dye until I get a color I'm happy with. Gosh I hope this works.

Redesigning the Cosplay into Functional Gloves

With the materials sorted out, let's figure out a design that's accurate to the cosplay and functional to climb with. Using my climbing gloves as a template, I traced over the suede areas and played around with the placement of the armor pieces until it lined up nicely.

I really like the velcro wrap around, so I decided to keep that part of the design. I'll have to make sure I keep a section between the suede and the rubber open so I can attach the velcro underneath the rubber. As for the opening where the velcro strap attaches to the suede, I'll definitely have to reinforce that opening with some embroidery. My climbing gloves have a layer of rubber in that area, but since I'm not going to do that, the embroidery will have to suffice. It'll be like a buttonhole!

The end product should look something along the lines of this:

I'll use some contact cement in addition to the adhesive that already comes with the rubber just to be safe, but otherwise this should be a safe design for climbing.

Can't wait to make it and test it out!

#cosplay #horizon zero dawn #horizon forbidden west #talanah khane padish #climbing #took me forever to find 1mm shoe sole rubber #proj-2023-00 #proj-design

[kikivoka]

zero drawing in 2023 🌸

reference photo [here]

#drakengard 3 #drakengard #drakenier #dod3 #zero drakengard #nier reincarnation #drakengard zero #fanart #practice drawing for another proj #her design is so slay

[splendidcyan]

Several sketch and color iterations of a woman in Renaissance dresses on one row, and some light armor and rugged fabrics on the second row.

#my art #daggers proj #visdev #costume design #character design #concept art #wip #2024

[falgaia]

Alolan Raichu form of my Mew magical girl, Blaire.

Made as a weekend project and loosely inspired by Xitter user @KuraganeNiello's PokeMikuOC prompts.

#oc: blaire #might do more of these since I wanted to do transformation alt designs and the Proj Voltage designs are giving me good energy #pixel art #pokemon #pixelart #artists on tumblr #falgaiart #digital art #ドット絵 #pkmnart #magical girl #alolan raichu #raichu #raichu gijinka #humanization #pokemikuoc #pixel aesthetic #oc #original character #character design #alternate forms #electric type #poc oc

[containedconspiracy]

whitenight plush?

#postsfromthecontainmentcell #whitenight #whitenight lobcorp #lobcorp whitenight #lobcorp #lobotomy corporation #lcorp #proj moon #project moon #lobcorp fanart #? #does a plush design count as fanart

[kh2prologue]

sinclair doodles from this weekend.

#heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy normal guy. #proj: wb #oc: sinclair #oc: evelynn #not that much to say here. sorry for letting eve's outfit be the same as her old one i was too bored to design her one. #sinclair moment recently but its ok bc i like them a lot. #these are ruthlessly embarassing but just pretend you dont notice that and move on i want to put them somewhere. #doodle

[sanjidanipu160]

#If you like🥰 My Project Design Design project then don't forget to 👍 appreciate my project and give me your valuable feedback ✍️ on the proj #Contact Us for Your Project. #Email: 👉[email protected] #lovely #logo #business #business card design #graphic design needed #thank you so much for visiting our project #pattern #furniture #my love #love #i love you #self love #loving #relationship #romantic #passion #inlove #contact us for your project #[email protected]

[kazoologist]

hey if any of my followers somehow manage to spiritually sit next to me on my flight over the weekend can yall yell at me to NOT make the blue prancing horse embroidery design before i blatantly steal the williams miami merch designs into embroidered patches

#kazoo noises #babys first f1 season #zoomies posting #my miami projs are just. gonna have to be crazy late i suppose. shame. i hate the fact that i keep getting ferrari ideas i REFUSE to root #for them #alas. the blue snaps. but the williams designs must come first.

[mimiteyy]

everyone I kno is getting into or back into stardew so I think I’m gonna play it after projects n spring cleaning

#something abt spring must make people want 2 farm #quiet emily #but first I have character design proj and All Laundry Ever

[anamoli]

Going Over the Details of the Cosplay

While I wait for the sample swatches to arrive, it's time to comb through the models to figure out how all of these materials will come together.

Aloy's Shield-Weaver outfit is simple in design; there's just a lot of layers. I've marked up a render of her with my notes.

As for Talanah's... very little of her outfit makes sense to me. There are many questionable and impractical details that left me scratching my head. Then again, the game designers aren't prioritizing practicality when they're creating. They just want to make something look as cool as possible.

Makes it especially challenging for the cosplayer though.

First, let's talk about her shirt. The asymmetry is awesome, but a nightmare! In essence, I've rationalized the design to be an off the shoulder, wrap shirt that is attached to a stiff leather collar.

Key Points of Weirdness:

On the front of the shirt, left-side, there is a leather trim that does not continue all the way through to the back. At some point it switches to the gold embroidery trim. This transition is hidden by the shoulder straps, so I'll also take advantage of that.

The leather neck collar seems to be under the shirt, but then peeks out on the front right-side! Additionally, it seems to be supporting the shirt up on that side.

Originally, I thought the sleeve flaps protruding out from the arm was a render problem when I reviewed the in-game screenshots. Then once I reviewed the 3D model, I realized that no, they really did just have some flaps sticking straight out through the sleeve.

How are the shoulder straps attached? How are the cuff armor straps attached?? How is the arm piece attached??? In-game they just all magically float there in place.

Next, the pants. WTF are the pants???

Looking at the cutouts, one might say, "Oh, there's just mesh fabric there."

And then you zoom in and NO - NO IT'S JUST BARE SKIN.

Talanah has to wear a thong. Or she goes commando. There's no other way to have cutouts that high on pants and you don't see any underwear. However, aside from that, there's the stability of the pants. You cannot have two separate pieces of fabric connected by 3 tiny points of contact and expect it to smoothly follow the contours of your leg. Especially when moving?

I was pretty confused on this aspect of the cosplay until I remembered that this thing exists:

These are anti-chafing pantlets from the 1930s. My idea would be to modify this pattern for the burgundy fabric of the pants, and then attach the turquoise leather sides onto the elastic. Tack down at key points so the world doesn't see your yahoos, and the pants should be able to shift while moving without pulling and making weird creases.

I might have enough time before the sample swatches arrive to do a mockup of this design. Then I'll be able to get a feel of feasibility and how much fabric I'll need to accomplish this.

#cosplay #horizon zero dawn #horizon forbidden west #aloy #talanah khane padish #shield weaver amor #why are her pants so weird #proj-2023-00 #proj-design

[slightlymediocree]

Documenting one of my projects here!

Im taking an anthropology class called Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion, and our final proj is to present any topic relating to the class in any medium. My topic is Victorian/Edwardian mourning rituals and customs. I chose to recreate an Edwardian (c. 1905-ish) half mourning dress!!

So far, ive went through several rounds of designing and 0 mockups bc i dont have time for that. Im recreating everything using only methods that would have been available at the time. I currently own 2 antique sewing machines from 1911: one hand crank and one treadle. A lot of this project will likely be done by hand because i just enjoy it :)

I'm using a cotton lawn, which, according to Victorian mourning guides, would not have likely been used because the dyed might bleed onto the skin, but I live in a very hot area and will *absolutely not* be wearing wool or silk in 95F weather. The sash is (regrettably) poly taffeta because i dont have the money for silk. Im using snaps and a few vintage buttons for the closures.

Above are pics of some sketches, a blouse fitting, and the belt/sash ive draped. Ive seen similar sashes on lingerie/summer dresses and thought it might be fitting. Taffetta probably wouldve been used towards the end of half mourning according to etiquette books, but ive found extant examples that suggest otherwise. I also found that etiquette rules were a bit more relaxed in Edwardian times compared to Victorian.

I have the skirt and blouse placketts cut out and i need to attatch them. I might add some lace to the cuffs but idk yet. I kinda like the simple short cuffs but a lot of 1905-6 dresses ive seen have large ruffles at the sleeve. I dont really want to make ruffles but they do look cool. I also have a chemise, bustle pad, corset, and petticoat done but i felt weird posting a picture in (Edwardian) underwear, even if it covers much more than our modern underwear.

I will be updating this page and plan to present this project in video format on youtube, ill post a link here once I finish!

Date: 4/19/2024

#edwardian #1900s #1905 #fashion history #victorian mourning #victorian era #edwardian era #victorian dress #historical dress #historical costuming #mourning dress

[splendidcyan]

Ok since Tumblr mobile is letting me post for a minute-- here's a special little WIP of the big project I'm working on thru the end of the year!!!!

#my art #vis dev #visual development #character design #daggers proj #2023

[niuniente]

How to write experience with zine, secret santa, writing projects etc. to your resume

All work is work. All work is valid to your resume. You have deadlines to follow, you have to manage your own time, you have specific requirements you need to respect and if you are in the mod team you have to organize, market, manage etc.

Here’s guide how to add hobby projects into your resume as a work experience, as that’s what it is. I will concentrate on zine experience as modern zines are pretty much professionally made and organized projects, whether the result is a printed or a PDF book.

General tips

- Always add international there, as all online projects WILL have people all around the world (unless it’s a very underground fandom project). Even if you had just one foreigner there, it’s an international project. Sounds fancy and resume’s purpose is to make mundane things sound really fancy.

- If it’s a fanfic zine, you can use a novel anthology.

- If possible, add the number of participants. It’s a really good polish to your reputation if you can say that you organized a project with 60 international participant than just say you organized a random event.

- For Secret Santa and other non-zine events, you can use these same examples. I have written to my resume Secret Santa event hosting as “Event organizer, an international online art project with 100 participants, 2022″.

- Your drawing and writing time is work, too. You can utilize these in your resume.

- You CAN and SHOULD act as each others’ referee in resume and work application from events and zines! Includes beta readers and their work!

Working Experience in Non-Fandom Language

Shortly you write what did you do, in what field, year, and what the project was. You can edit these to fit your resume, as every country emphasis different information in the resumes.

You can also specifying what you did; Marketing material designer, 2022, an international art book project. Printed merchandise material designing, key chains, posters, stickers.

Event or Zine organizer: Event and project manager, 2022, an international art book project (with XXX amount of participants). For events, like Secret Santa: Event and project manager, 2022, and international online art/writing project (with XXX amount of people)

Zine’s social media moderator: Social media manager, Social media marketing, 2022, an international art book project (with XXX amount of participants). [Add here the social media platforms you used if you want; Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram interest businesses the most]

Zine artist/author: Artist/author, an international art book project, 2022.

Merch artist: Marketing material designer, 2022, an international art book project.

Discord manager / Person managing the applications / person checking the participants how they’re doing: Team manager, 2022, an international art book project (with XXX amount of participants)

Web page designing: Web page designer, 2022, an international art book project.

Designing event banners, social media icons etc.: Graphic designers, social media and web page, 2022, 2022, an international art book project. [Add here what social media platforms were used; Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest interest businessses the most]

Layout maker: Graphic designer, a book layout, 2022, an international art book project.

Cover artist: Graphic designer/Artist (depending which you did), 2022, an international art book project.

Any mod position were you are in the management position and others help you out or follow your lead: (XXX*) Team manager, 2022, an international art book project. [*Specify, if possible, what kind of a team you managed like Social media team manager]

Handling a physical zine and its shipments: Online shop manager, order distributions, 2022, an international art book project.

Making videos: Video editor,  social media marketing*, 2022, an international art book project.  (*if the videos are for something else, for example just for fun, you can leave this out)

Animations: Animator, social media marketing*, 2022, an international art book project. (*if the animations are for something else, for example just for fun, you can leave this out)

Gif making: Graphic designing, small animations/gifs, 2022, an international art book project. (*if the gifs are for something else, for example just for fun, you can leave this out)

Calendar: Graphic designer, marketing material, 2022, an international art book project.

Streaming: Streamer / Stream management, Social media marketing*,  2022, an international art book project. (*if the streams are for something else, for example just for fun, you can leave this out)

Beta reading: Proofreading, communications, 2022, an international art book project.

How to Tell More About Your Fandom Project(s) To Normal People

If you are asked to tell more about the project you participated in, don’t worry. You don’t have to start to explain what a zine is, what shipping is, why these characters are kissing steamily, or why the fic you wrote was explicit hurt-comfort otp fic.

You can simply use general terms: Zine = a book or an anthology project. Secret Santa = an online art or writing project Fan video = a full video made for purpose X by editing or drawing fully.

“I participated as an artist/author to a zine of my OTP and drew/wrote this kind of art of them” = I participated in an international art book project/anthology book project. I applied and was selected from many applicants*. The book was put together in X month by multiple people and it was printed. I’m familiar with print requirements, time management, following dead lines and managing my own work.”

*If there was no application process but the event was open for all, you don’t have to speak about the application process at all. If asked, you can say that the event called for artists/authors and I decided to join in.

What you want to emphasis, no matter what you did, is that you can manage your own time, you can follow dead lines and you can follow given requirements. You wouldn’t believe how much there are people at paid jobs who can’t manage their time, hassle with dead lines and require lots of guidance. If you can honestly do something you are asked by a deadline given by the needed requirements - like write a 1500 word fic in 3 months - that IS an asset! You DID manage your time, manage yourself and respected the dead line. As remote work is increasing in many fields, employees who can do those three important things are gold nuggets to companies.

If you are in a mod position, you want to emphasis that you can lead and manage projects, communicate with everyone, keep up with dead lines and schedules, organize, and think also what risks might appear and how to prevent or handle them (like in zine; how many artists/authors might drop out and what do we do in that case?).

What every business and employer needs, no matter what the field, is good communication, proofreading, social media management and marketing, content creators, graphic designs, web designs, and marketing materials.

And those, my friends, are what every single zine project and fandom event contains.

#resume #work experience #zine

[sincerely-nines]

coming up w/ down th rabbit hole jimmy design aka my eco proj hmprh..

[kh2prologue]

some sketches from tonight

#why am i drawing sol so much recently? idk. also if you notice his design shifting dont worry abt it #doodle #i actually rly like how sol came out! jun is cute too but hers was a lot rougher #oc: juniper #oc: sol #proj: wb

[chiscribbs]

WIP game

Rules: in a new post, post the names of all the files in your wip folder regardless of how non descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet and tell us about it!

[OOF, okay- I can't possibly list everything in my wips folder here, so I'll just put the most recent (and hopefully this will push me to finish them). Most of my titles are pretty straight-forward, but some of them might be a bit cryptic if you don't know the abbreviations, I guess (lol). Alrighty, let's go!]

Art WIPS:

GA Character ConArt (ROTTMNT)

Birthday24

Calder R Design Sheet

APT Sketches

ROTTMNT GA AU - Beats

Sona Concepts

GA TAC - Interact01

GA TAC - Plot01

GA TAC - Interact02

GA TAC - asks01

Disconnected ConArt (ROTTMNT)

Human Designs ConArt (ROTTMNT)

GA Chara Profiles (ROTTMNT)

SoPMeme (ROTTMNT)

Disconnected Comic A101

Writing WIPS:

GA AU Snippets

Grown Apart AU - Outline (ROTTMNT)

Shades of Purple - Notes (ROTTMNT)

Disconnected Beats (ROTTMNT)

Collab Rise Proj. Notes

Disconnected AU - Planning (ROTTMNT)

Apoc. Future HC (Rise)

Annalise (Overview)

The Story of the First King

30-90 - Storyboard (Rise)

Disconnected AU - Beats

Short Donnie+April Scene Script

Warrior of the Mind

Character Profiles (revised)

Patient-0 (Story Concept)

...aaaaaand that's all I'm gonna share for now. Ask away! And feel free to do this yourself, if you feel like it - I got it from @phoebepheebsphibs. ❤

#This looked like an interesting idea. And lord knows I have enough wips to participate LOL. #If any of these sparks your interest - please go right ahead and ask! I'll tell you if it's something I don't want to share publicly yet. #chi's babbling again #artistnotes #WIP game