I really need to start a design sketchbook with inspiration photos and written ideas and yeah, sketches. But til I get to that point, I gotta write this shit down before I forget it.

( Boring if you're not into steampunk or designing )

And this is why I needed to attend, if not SCAD, then art school with a fashion major: I have all these ideas in my head and I can't draw them. This is especially frustrating because I get half formed ones all the time-- the mere mention of hey, maybe you could do something steampunk? is enough to set all sorts of stuff firing-- and if I could ( Read more... )

The local library may not have nearly the selection I was accustomed to in RI, but I did find a couple of really neat books there today. One is called "Patterns for Theatrical Costumes; Garments, Trims, and Accessories from Ancient Egypt to 1915." 1/8th and 1/16th scale patterns, men and women, with only the vaguest description of historical ( Read more... )