Design Elements for Costumes and Clothing

This chapter is about using the various design elements and principles to help facilitate character into clothing and costume designs for a fuller figure. Discussion of fabric patterns, scale of patterns on fabrics and consideration of pattern placement as well as consideration of a variety of textures and issues to be aware of. This chapter also discusses using highlight and shadow both in fabric choices as well as creating using paints with an explanation of opera shading techniques and examples in garments are included. Other principles of design include how to play with proportions on a person of size and techniques that can be used to transform the body in order to showcase desired characteristics or achieve a specific persona.