Create one-of-a-kind outfits with this essential guide to Japanese-style fantasy fashion!
Using the authors' unique Costume Matrix, you will learn how to develop new and daring designs for your anime and manga characters and cosplay creations. First, choose a look to serve as your fashion foundation. Then select an alternate style and fuse it with the first fashion theme to create an unexpected ensemble combining elements have never before been seen together!
Mixing and matching basic themes and styles in this way results in one-of-a-kind mashups and hybrids, for example:
- School Uniforms & Military Apparel
- Casual Basics & Gothic Formal Wear
- Japanese Fashion & Folk Costumes
- Plant Motifs & Animal Motifs
- Nature Motifs & Mechanical Objects
- Seasonal Motifs & all of the above!
- Using the Costume Matrix, the fashion mashup possibilities are endless!
Here are just some of the unique combos made possible by applying the Costume Matrix technique:
- A Folk Costume crossed with a snake motif that results in a Scheherazade vixen with veils transforming into slinky scarf-like vipers!
- A Gothic Lolita paired with a Rabbit for a fun and furry character with fuzzy paws for boots and a crazy carrot-top hairdo!
- A Sailor Girl School Uniform combined with a Female Ninja fighting outfit--with a throwing star as the perfect accessory!
- A mashup of Casual Basics and Plant Motifs creates a head-turning Sunflower Girl complete with a green-leaf collar and flared-petal skirt
Fantasy Costumes for Manga, Anime & Cosplay presents over 55 fantasy fashion mashup examples and provides you with the key to designing your own totally original characters and styles!
Author(s): Junka Morozumi, Tomomi Mizuna
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 166
Cover
Title Page
Contents
Prologue
Gallery
Costume Design Contest Winners
CHAPTER 1: Mixing It Up
1 School Uniform Basics
2 Military Apparel Basics
3 Casual Basics
4 Gothic & Formal Wear Basics
5 Japanese Dress Basics
6 Ethnic Costume Basics
7 Plant Basics
8 Animal Basics
9 Nature Basics
10 Mechanical Object Basics
11 Seasonal Motifs
How to Use This Book
School Uniforms
Military Apparel
Casual Basics
Gothic & Formal Wear
Japanese Dress
Ethnic Costumes
Plants
Animals
Nature
Mechanical Objects
Seasons
Ms. Seamstress's Secret #1: Collars
Military Apparel
Casual Basics
Gothic & Formal Wear
Japanese Dress
Animals
Nature
Mechanical Objects
Seasons
Ms. Seamstress's Secret #2: Sleeves
Casual Basics
Gothic & Formal Wear
Japanese Dress
Ethnic Costumes
Plants
Animals
Nature
Mechanical Objects
Seasons
Ms. Seamstress's Secret #3: Brainstorming
Gothic & Formal Wear
Japanese Dress
Ethnic Costumes
Plants
Animals
Animals
Mechanical Objects
Seasons
Ms. Seamstress's Secret #4: Powerful Poses
Japanese Dress
Plants
Animals
Nature
Mechanical Objects
Seasons
Ms. Seamstress's Secret #5: Shirts & Jackets
Ms. Seamstress's Secret #6: Pants
Ethnic Costumes
Plants
Animals
Nature
Mechanical Objects
Seasons
Ms. Seamstress's Secret #7: Fabric & Materi
CHAPTER 2: Variations
Color Variations
Changing Parts of the Costume
Ms. Seamstress's Secret #8: Footwear
CHAPTER 3: Distinctive Accessories
Items Worn on the Head
Items Worn on the Body
Items Wrapped Around the Body
Items Held or Carried
Ms. Seamstress's Secret #9: Hairstyles
CHAPTER 4: Decorations & Embellishments
Patterns, Lines & Markings
Patterns & Fringes
Sweets & Candy
Epilogue
Matrix
Artistsʼ Profiles
Copyright
Backcover
