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 Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:46 pm
So, I just wanted to take a second to address all new/amature costumers such as myself with something that I have found to be a great piece of advice when first starting off with costume-making... Keep it simple! I started off with grand designs for costumes a long time ago, none of them have ever come together. The only real costume that I have 'completed' is my steampunk costume but that didn't happen for me over night... or in the first year of my brain-storming. It has come together over several years of shopping, comparing, and asking for advice on where to find materials. Now I think it is an awesome costume that has some complexities but deep down so far it is still one thing, simple. I really just started off with a dress shirt, dress pants, and an old hat my great-grandfather passed down to me with a pheasant feather sticking out the back. When people asked I said I was a steampunk guy and they instantly got it, and others just realized what I was trying to do right off the bat.
I guess what I am really saying is just start small and work your way up, having grand designs is good and all for people with years of costuming experience, but if you are like me and just want to individually make a costume take your time, and start off simple. Not only will your costume develop over time to more reflect you personally, but it will probably be cheaper and a ton more fun than stressing about how you are going to get that piece of whatever you had designed in your preliminary sketch
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:28 pm
Wonderful suggestions! I wholeheartedly agree with what you said. Thank you for putting this up.
I would also like to add that rush jobs tend not to turn out how you hope they would, hehe.
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Silvermoonfall Vice Captain
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