#costume as worldbuilding

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

November: Oscar winners

Wakanda Forever / Angela Bassett as Queen Ramonda

Year: 2022

Designer: Ruth E. Carter

After the success of Black Panther in 2018, Ruth E. Carter and Angela Bassett both continued to knock it out of the park with Queen Ramonda's costumes in Wakanda Forever. The queen wears this two-toned purple velvet gown to address the UN in the opening sequence. As with many other onscreen purple dresses, it looks considerably deeper in color in the movie than when seen offscreen. According to Ms. Carter, it took four to six months to create.

As in the first film, a 3-D printer was used to create the collar and crown. I found out the crown is modeled on a style of headdress worn by Zulu married women, called an isicholo.

#wakanda forever #oscar winners #angela bassett #one dress a day challenge #one dress a week challenge #movie costumes #marvel costumes #2022 films #2022 movies #queen ramonda #ruth e. carter #wakandan fashion #wakandan style #black panther #black panther wakanda forever #costume as worldbuilding

[vladdyissues]

The great thing about canon giving you only vague details about a character is the fact that you can take that character to the Build-A-Blorbo workshop and stuff them with whatever headcanons your little heart desires.

#fandom #blorbos #headcanons #danny phantom #star wars #worldbuilding #fanfiction #fanart #and then you get to sit around and play blorbos with other fans #''omg i love your blorbo's costume redesign!'' #''i love your blorbo's tragic backstory!'' #''i love what you've done with his hair!'' #tumblr is the build a blorbo workshop btw

[filurig]

some domesticated Beasts in pareidolia... moar info below

fatfin perch:

the fatfin perch is derived from perca fluviatilis perch, and has been bred to be both larger, fatter and more docile in order to make herding, breeding and keeping them easier for sjörå. sjörå usually section off a section of a lake they inhabit and keep their perch there in order to keep them safe from other predators. and also with the help of their guard pikes...

guard pike:

derived from the northern pike, the guard pike is unmistakeable. selectively bred to be intelligent and loyal, these pikes are kept by sjörå as guarding/herding animals. every sjörå collective usually keeps a fair amount of these pikes in order to ensure the safety of their perch population.

tomteget:

a goat breed which has been bred by tomtar, its a very large animal for a goat and is used by gnomes as mounts and livestock. very robust and several other breeds derived from this one exist which have been adapted for different purposes (such as milk, meat, etc.). its possible that the idea of a "christmas goat" may stem from the tomtar's tendency to travel with these goats.

gloson:

a domesticated version of a relative of the wild boar, the gloson is both huge and striking in its appearence, fitting for the trolls. their wild equivalent is essentially exctinct and its current population are entirely kept by trolls at this point. used mostly as a guarding animal, but sometimes as livestock - it depends on the region (northern trolls tend to use them as the former, southern as the latter). humans have wrongfully interpreted their mane as "sharp" and able to be used to slice the gloson's target, but this is a misconception - while the gloson has quills, they aren't what is used for this manner of attack. instead, the trolls tend to provide them with sharp back armour if they choose to utilize their gloson for battle.

#worldbuilding #fantasy #lore #creature lore #pareidolia tag #spec bio #bestiary #the pike is inspired by that furred salmon folklore creature LOl #the goats are from the christmas goat ofc (bring that shit back here tbh...) #the choice to make them long furred is supposed to call to the goat costumes that existed back in da day hihi #perch isnt based on anything its just part of the sjörå lore in here lol #gloson is a folklore creature but its probably my first directly non sapient take on one

[saffron-rays]

Clothing Concept Art for my World Building

Inspired by Mayan, Palestinian, Cameroonian, Mongolian, and many other indigenous groups’ traditional dress :)

#art #original art #concept art #dnd homebrew #dnd stuff #homebrew #ocs #original character #original fiction #world building #worldbuilding #dnd art #dnd #digital illustration #original concept #clothing #clothing concepts #costume #costume design

[lazycranberrydoodles]

portrait practice with SILO characters rahhhh (for each i tried to work from reference as much as i could and then switched to tracing so that they Looked Right.)

#juliette nichols did unthinkable things to my mind and body (reference to bigtop burger: kid) #you know the post about scifi being sweaty women in tank tops covered in dirt. yeah #the silo writers: ok so theres an antagonist who wears all black. and is the only one in universe to do so. and he has big beautiful eyes #they visited the 'My Favorite Character factory' and stole the secret recipe. i feel so catered to #the main character is a grimy autistic engineer with tattoos (for the first 2 episodes. then she gets a new job 😔) and i love her a lot!!! #its a mystery scifi. it's not what i usually watch but the worldbuilding was really good #you could tell the set and costume design had a lot of love put into them #and the plot was intriguing to follow #do i recommend silo? #yes. its a good show :) #these are portrait practices from august. faces are still currently my least favorite thing to draw but they are slightly easier now #silo #silo apple tv #art #my art #silo fanart

[goforth-ladymidnight]

Fellow ACOTAR Book 1 fans! I could use some help visualizing Feyre's dress in ACOTAR ch. 22:

“Don’t know if I should be pleased or worried,” Alis said the next night as she slid the golden underdress over my upraised arms, then tugged it down.

I smiled a bit, marveling at the intricate metallic lace that clung to my arms and torso like a second skin before falling loosely to the rug. “It’s just a dress,” I said, lifting my arms again as she brought over the gossamer turquoise overgown. It was sheer enough to see the gleaming gold mesh beneath, and light and airy and full of movement, as if it flowed on an invisible current.

If SJM hadn't deleted her Pinterest account, I might have a better idea of what she had in mind, but as it is, this is what I found that I think matches the overall description (in silhouette, not necessarily the color):

I really like the Edwardian Art Nouveau influence, but is it faerie enough? Or should it be more "medieval" looking?

Thoughts?

#feyre book 1 #feylin #planning some drawings for feylin week #acotar worldbuilding #costumes

[icewindandboringhorror]

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#i feel like I posted this already but I also can't find it in any recent posts so... #......he #cats #EVEN if I did post it.. why not poast himb again? it's he #I'm like halfway through actually editing aforementioned costumes and stuff and i WANT to work on sculptures again and I have video #s and that worldbuilding slideshow and all of these things so hopefully like.. more usual stuff soon maybe.. to be posted #for now though yeah.. just cats #The end of the year is also when I panic about the passage of time and how little I've gotten done and how I will never actually be a #sucessful game maker slash author slash cat cafe owner slash set designer slash costume designer slash psychologist #who lives in like Scotland or somehting and also owns my own candle company or something ghbjhb #and will probably just be a mentally ill hermit recluse all my life who dies early of mysterious health issues with 5000 projects left #undone and blah blah the crushing weight of chronic illness and capitalism and so on and so forth #So then I scramble to get projects done to try and meet some goals but usually that means I scatter between projects #so it takes longer to finish all of them. Like instead of dedicating 8 hours to one thing and finishing it one sitting. I'll do 2 hours on #this then 2 hours on that then 2 hours on another things. so they all get done slower even though I'm still technically making progress on #them all. This is also a very poo poo pee pee stink brain way to work and is not like. the most efficent thing but it's just how my brain #organizes tasks sometimes lol #*** #(<ignore this its part of an OCD compulsion lol. anytime you see me type three asterisks I'm not bleeping out a curse word #it's just a Special Secret Foolish Thing I Have To Do At Specific Uncontrolable Times When Brain Says So gbjhhj) #ANYWAY... eeeee #Still haven't resolved my mystery chest injury though so being at te computer for too long is also kind of achey-inducing #Better get over it though because I have like 30+ hours of slideshow vidoe to edit hahaha hee hee hoo!!!!!

[inky-thoughts]

Heirs to the Crown costume worldbuilding notes pt. 1

thought I could do a compilation with the stuff that's otherwise just rotting away in my brain

#inkythoughts art #my art #sketches #doodles #costume design #worldbuilding #fantasy #artists of tumblr #world-building #clothing #worldbuilding notes #heirs to the crown #httc #webcomic: heirs to the crown #attire #festive attire #casual clothing #outfits #ocs #original character #original characters #fantasy worldbuilding #concept art

[galacticsabc]

🌹

#been watching ren faire costume videos even though i know nothing about costume making and ive never been to a ren faire before #art #artwork #indigo star #indigo star rosanna #medieval fantasy #fantasy #dnd #dnd oc #worldbuilding #illustration #drawing #my artwork #my art #digital art #dreamerx86

[kodasea]

Bernard if he existed in my friend @novakyuu's story. (2020)

#kodasea #novakyuu #own art #2020 art #artists on tumblr #cold case crew #art #own character #bernard #mercurial au #fun fact #one of these days I want to give lawrence/angela the same treatment #i loooooove my buds worldbuilding and costumes

[prolibytherium]

I watched Fury Road when it came out and thought it was good but was just kind of 'eh' about it and now I'm watching it again and I'm so insanely into this it's unreal

#I LOVE the costume design I LOVE the worldbuilding #I LOVE the freaky modded out cars and etc #so fucking good #The fucking....ritual spray paint huffing oh my GOD this owns

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

October: Black Redux

Dune / Charlotte Rampling as Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam

A great example of costume as worldbuilding, the Reverend Mother's robes and headdress evoke tradition, mystery, and power. The robe is made of some heavy, rich material with a subtle pattern that is hard to see in the dim lighting of the scene. The tall headdress suggests high rank and also confers an air of authority, while the coarse net veil hides her features just enough to make her inscrutable. All in all, a very effective costume that contributes to making this scene very memorable.

To see all that gravitas turned into something completely silly, check out this video:

#dune 2021 #black dresses #charlotte rampling #one dress a day challenge #one dress a week challenge #movie costumes #scifi costumes #2021 movies #2021 films #reverend mother gaius helen mohiam #gaius helen mohiam #bene gesserit #black dress #black redux #costume as worldbuilding #Youtube

[puppyeared]

#UAUHGG im havung oc thoughts. plaguing myBRAIN. i can feel my heartrate spiking holy shit #ok so. i rly wanna touch up presto and shuffles story without scaring myself out of it by overthinking it. esp the implications of #them having animal features and what they would eat. as well as worldbuilding character dynamics setting background characters ugghh. #constantly have to tell myself its just for fun. basically theyre rival magicians who keep their identities secret and fuck it up in #the funniest way possible LMAO. they rent the same apartment and the landlady accidentally gives it to both of them without them knowing #so they end up walking in on each other out of costume and have this weird tension around not revealing each others identities despite thei #borderline malicious rivalry. blackmail may or may not be involved i havent decided yet #they DO consider backing out of tenancy but they decide not to so they can make sure they dont reveal each others identities #thats the idea but its really abstract bc i dont have a direction or writing in mind. they just rattle in my head like spare change #other stuff i have rn is. they both consider each other a copycat and they have the same skill level of magic #but they have different styles and techniques theyre just too focused on outperforming each other to notice #presto likes to make people laugh so they probably include gags and impossible feats. shuffle is more elegant and focuses on #smooth movements and dangerous stunts. i want to make that reflect in their costumes but its hard bc stage magician costumes tend to stick #to suits and capes.. so idk. then maybe side characters like the landlady and other tenants but i havent given em much thought orz #i really should practice with concepts because i have a bad habit of making everything similar to the first try so its frustrating #and i suck at writing characters. but im doing this for fun so im trying not to get hung up on whether its generic or not #yapping #stares at the floor. maybe i should make a carrd for my ocs #oc talk #presto #shuffle

[n0brainjustvibes]

webtoon comments understand that some outfits are bad on purpose to further characterisation challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

#read some of sidekicks #and. Yeah #not just characterisation! worldbuilding around how hero PR works #and presumably (this was my assumption) how little say sidekicks have over their costumes #which ties into themes but i'm tired and it's pretty early to get into thematic analysis #not even mentioning the genre context it's probably referencing! which i'm not really qualified to judge but like. It's There. #sidekicks webtoon #i am also still reading hero killer don't worry #okay to be fair. i have extra trust in the webtoon because it was recommended. but still

[dakeus-art]

Worldbuilding for my dnd campaign!

I have a thing for costumes, so I had to give my players some examples of the fashion of the land they live in

#I studied scenic art just for the costume design courses #Hated all the rest #My dnd campaign #My art #digital art #Worldbuilding #Character design #Dnd #Dungeons and dragons

[pied-piper-pluto]

freiren sounds so up my alley and the one thing that's holding me back from watching it is that I hate the costume designs.... this is not a freiren-exclusive problem i feel that way about most fantasy anime these days it just bothers me with freiren because otherwise i Want to watch it

#i have trouble putting the beef into words but here is an attempt: #the outfits feel too much like something you'd see someone wearing In Real Life and it breaks my immersion #this would be less annoying to me if it felt equal between male and female characters but the boy outfits feel more fantasyish #but it feels more pronounced with the girl characters #makes it feel like the goal was 'make them cute and fashionable by Anime Standards' was the primary goal #and 'character build or worldbuild via costume design' ws at best a distant second #i could abide Aesthetic First costume design if it was an aesthetic i like but i don't like the aesthetic theyre going for #feels overly cluttered with small details that feel very Modern to me #and also it always bugs me when it feels like a show defaults to Thighs Visible on Only the girl character designs #freiren does not seem particularly fanservicey and that almost makes it more grating for me #if it didn't Smack Of Gender it wouldnt bug me #if short shorts are an element of your fantasy setting why not have at least one dude wear em is all im sayin #anyway apologies to any freiren fans who stumble upon this post like i said it sounds good and i want to watch it #and am happy you can enjoy what i cannot #rambles