Venturing into the Digital World: Digital Costume Rendering, 3D, and Animation
Cloth Modeling and Animation by 
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ISBN: 9781568810904Date: 2000-07-13Written by leaders in the field of computer clothing design and simulation, Cloth Modeling and Animation is a vital resource for researchers and developers of cloth simulation software as well as computer animators and graphics programmers. Readers will learn about cloth's nature and structure, scientific approaches to understanding its behavior and look, and the latest modeling and simulation techniques for automatically animating cloth on the computer.
Costume Design for Video Games by ISBN: 9781138085961Date: 2020-01-08Costume Design for Video Games: An Exploration of Historical and Fantastical Skins explores the rich and colorful history of fashion throughout the ages. Each page goes into detail concerning the social significance of Iconic period pieces. From the real and the imagined, Costume Design for Video Games highlights the development of costumes and characters that pertain to plots, scenarios, and visionary goals, while also exploring silhouettes and the aesthetics of various eras. This survey of costume design for the video game market includes an exploration of the aesthetics of historical, fantasy, and futuristic influences.
- "Art-Directed Costumes at Pixar: Design, Tailoring, and Simulation in Production" / by Aimei Kutt
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Conference Proceedings--SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Courses, 2018, p.1-102
Costumes are an important part of character design, acting, storytelling, and visual appeal in animation. However, it is challenging to achieve art-directed natural-looking motion and detail in CG animated clothing, due to technology, workflow, and budget constraints. This course covers Pixar's latest approach to CG costumes, from design to tailoring to simulation, and how they try to address these challenges. - Fashion and Costume Design in Electronic Entertainment-Bridging the Gap between Character and Fashion Design
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Makryniotis, Thomas; Abingdon: Routledge. Fashion practice, 2018, Vol.10 (1), p.99-118.
The purpose of this article is to shed light on the history of costume design in computer and video games, and to examine the representation of clothing in the medium. It attempts to establish a classification of dress by examining the most representative genres and titles, and it classifies and describes various genres with regards to costume, and their historic preoccupation with certain styles of clothing. - Costume Designer/Everything: Hybridized Identities in Animation Production
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Boumaroun, Lauren; Detroit: Wayne State University Press
Framework, 2018, Vol.59 (1), p.7-31 - A study of the narrative function of character costumes in Pixar animation - centered on the semiotic analysis of the costume design of the animation CocoWu, BiLang
Journal of Basic Design & Art, 2022, Vol.23 (6), p.217-230
Digital Costume Design and Collaboration by - This link opens in a new window
ISBN: 9781138935730Date: 2017-08-14Digital Costume Design and Collaboration gives in-depth instruction on how to draw, render, and fully design costumes using online tools and software. Grounded in the use of Photoshop, the book explains the process of building a costume design from scratch, including information on digital tools and painting techniques. The book demonstrates how to utilize social media, such as Flickr and Pinterest, to compile research; how to create user-friendly web based slide shows; and how to archive digital files for portfolios and personal websites.
Digital Fashion Innovations by - This link opens in a new window
ISBN: 9781000881219Date: 2023-06-05Digital Fashion Innovations: Advances in Design, Simulation, and Industry captures the state-of-art developments taking place in this multi-disciplinary field: Discusses digital fashion design and e-prototyping, including 2D/3D CAD, digital pattern cutting, virtual drape simulation and fit analysis. Covers digital human modelling and VR/AR technology. Details digital fashion business and promotion, including application of e-tools for supply chain, e-commerce, block chain technologies, big data, and artificial intelligence (AI).
Fashion Designer's Handbook for Adobe Illustrator by - This link opens in a new window
ISBN: 9781119978114Date: 2011-10-24Bursting with detailed technical information and full colour illustrations, its highly practical approach ensures fast learning. You will not only learn how to create technical drawings, but also fashion illustrations, flat drawings and storyboards for the fashion industry, and how to combine Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. Once the basics are covered, you have the opportunity to learn more about the sophisticated aspects of this essential software package. If you are a fashion student or a fashion designer, this is the only book you'll need to master the very latest version of Adobe Illustrator.
- Design in 3D: a computational fashion design protocolGreder, Katherine Celia ; Pei, Jie ; Shin, Jooyoung; Bradford: Emerald Publishing Limited. International journal of clothing science and technology, 2020, Vol.32 (4), p.537-549, Article 537.
The purpose of this study was to create a corset—understructure as well as fabric covering—using only computational, 3D approaches to fashion design. The process incorporated 3D body scan data, parametric methods for the 3D-printed design, and algorithmic methods for the automated, custom-fit fabric pattern.Design/methodology/approach. The methods or protocol-based framework that nucleated this design project (see Figure 1) enabled more concentrated research into the iterative step-by-step procedure and the computational techniques used herein.
UCLA Library does not provide subscriptions for these software programs. However, there are often discounted educational licenses available for students. Please visit the respective websites for more information.
Below are commonly used software programs for costume design and digital rendering for film, theater, animation, and more:
- Adobe Photoshop*Adobe Creative Cloud is now available to full-time UCLA and concurrent UCLA Extension students as part of UCLA’s support for digital scholarship and creativity.
- Adobe Illustrator*Adobe Creative Cloud is now available to full-time UCLA and concurrent UCLA Extension students as part of UCLA’s support for digital scholarship and creativity. Often used for research and mood boards, as well creating costume flats for construction.
- ProcreateLoved by creative professionals, Procreate has everything you need to create expressive sketches, rich paintings, gorgeous illustrations and beautiful animations. Procreate is the complete art studio you can take anywhere, packed with unique features and intuitive creative tools.
- MayaMaya is professional 3D software for creating realistic animation and set design renderings.
- BlenderBlender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, even video editing and game creation
- Z BrushZBrush sets the industry standard for digital sculpting and painting. Its features enable you to use customizable brushes to shape, texture and paint virtual clay in a real-time environment that provides instant feedback. Used often for futuristic costume design and creature design.