Dancer: Initial design

This is an expansion on the first sketches I drew of her. On these sketches I've started to pick out parts of the design and elaborate on them more. The main change as you can probably spot out is that I've changed the hip scarf because it came across as a little stiff on my first sketch and I need to be aware of mobility. The study I did on the clothing folds has also helped me improve on my outfit designs to help me make them look more realistic.

I'm going to try out different patterns on both the drape and the straps going across her chest and also have a mess around with the different colour combinations. The design for the drape and straps were actually inspired by the wings of the Goddess Isis.

You can also see that I've highlighted the coins and the beaded areas. This is because as part of future development, I want to look at different patterns, beading and materials.

This is just a quick sketch showing how the fabrics are attached to the arm and how it would look with the arm extended. I decided to draw this up because it's hard to get the gist of how it works from my first sketches due to her arms being at her sides. Another reason for drawing from this particular view was to test what I had learned from my previous clothing study. But anyway, back to my design. I like this particular feature because I think the material would glide through the air beautifully when she starts to dance and twirl. It also resembles a cape or maybe even wings.