Wiki Page, Oklahoma High School- Drama/Theatre Course (OK Art Tech): 4.5 Developing Costumes

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Developing Costumes

Designing and developing costumes is a process. Many costume designers start with sketches of their ideas. They use those sketches as a guide to make the costume.

It takes a lot of work to progress from an idea to the final product. Let's take a look at some characters' progressions. These examples come from cartoons, but they have a process just like film or plays.

Costume Progression Art

boredpanda. (2019, Mar 27). Here's How 25 Disney Characters Looked in Their Original Concept Art. Retrieved from https://www.boredpanda.com/concept-art-sketches-original-compared-disney-characters/

Ursula

Ursula in The Little Mermaid (1989)

Flynn Rider

Flynn Rider in Rapunzel (2010)

Princess Jasmine

Princess Jasmine in Aladdin (1992)

Anna

Anna in Frozen (2013)

Design in Action

Watch the video below to learn about the progression of the characters' costumes in Encanto.

Video: Encanto -- Character Concept Arts Featuring Deleted Characters with Breakdowns and More

Samuel Oklo Official. (2021, Nov 24). Encanto -- Character Concept Arts Featuring Deleted Characters With Breakdowns and More. [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/lBWg95t3WuE?si=7Jy4njLAXbZgJRPs

Click on the button at the bottom of the video to access the closed captions.

What an amazing difference from the beginning sketches to the final movie costumes! Encanto included bright, colorful costumes that not only matched the mood and vibrancy of the movie but also drew inspiration from the Colombian culture.