<h2 style="text-align: center">INTERVIEW from Winners, 2nd Place in Amateur Category - Hunt: Showdown 3D Apparel Creation Contest.</h2><hr><img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202501/a5a198322a924793a7a827cddcd4f1fe/images/51e65cf892d04e6da515f64d8984d6c30ee512a5e8874bd6ac85b8c702f84ecd.jpg" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="51e65cf892d04e6da515f64d8984d6c3" data-width="1920" data-height="1625"><h1 style="text-align: center">By Ana Zlatkovic - 2nd Place in Amateur Category</h1><hr><h1>1. Where did you get the inspiration of your hunter?&nbsp;</h1>A few months prior to the contest, I had access to a book with beautiful illustrations of the Victorian era fashion depicting lavish dresses of this era. When the contest started, I remembered all those crinolines, corsets, folds and ruffles, and I knew I wanted Victorian elements in my design. With that in mind, I started my research mainly relying on online resources.&nbsp; <h1>2. Could you explain in chronological order what process you went through for the garment creation of your winning work?</h1>I first focused on general research of the Victorian era. My first goal was to learn as much as possible about life in the 19th century, not just the way people dressed, but also what their everyday activities were, how social structure affected their activities and how it defined fashion characteristics of that time. &nbsp;Then I compiled a collection of reference photos to help me organize and remember all the specific Victorian fashion details.<img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202501/a5a198322a924793a7a827cddcd4f1fe/images/6c01a50299a84f758236249ed3369fa250ff363b2c3c49e1a13e3467bdba9e0d.jpg" class="custom-image medium-size" data-id="6c01a50299a84f758236249ed3369fa2" data-width="1369" data-height="928">Victorian dresses had multiple layers and a lot of lacy, ruffled details, especially the dresses worn by the upper class members. That is why at this point I needed to decide what fashion elements my garments should include. &nbsp;The next step was to find a way to simplify and modernize the design to make it practical. I always kept in mind the fact that my outfit was meant for a hunter who should be able to move easily, to hunt efficiently. That is why I chose to leave out crinoline, long train and heavy draping. &nbsp;I printed out some of the reference photos and created a collage to help me see what kind of clothing pieces can be nicely combined. &nbsp;Then I started testing potential parts of my design in Marvelous Designer. I created a few variations of each garment (a blouse with more ruffles, a blouse with less ruffles, wider pants, narrow leg pants, a couple of collar options...) and I started dressing the mannequin and combining different variations of my garments. This is how I filtered garment variations that I liked the most.<img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202501/a5a198322a924793a7a827cddcd4f1fe/images/3314c63ff95e48119cf7fb728f90ffb68724ca312e844e8b84088ce356e279c5.jpg" class="custom-image medium-size" data-id="3314c63ff95e48119cf7fb728f90ffb6" data-width="1817" data-height="1776">My final design was the product of the elimination process followed by some additional detailing and polishing.&nbsp;<h1>3. What was the most difficult part, and what part did you spend a lot of time on to complete this artwork?</h1>Intricate and luxurious Victorian dresses are pretty and fascinating, but I thought that a clean and simple design was more suitable for a hunter. Deciding which fashion details specific to the Victorian era to exclude from my final design was the most difficult part of the process.In terms of actual creation of the design, the most difficult and the most time consuming part was to make certain stubborn parts of my garments to simulate properly.&nbsp;For example, the blouse I made had many small pleats, and all that fabric bunched up in contact with the corset, which made the simulation more difficult.&nbsp;It required patience and a lot of careful tweaking to get it right. Layering settings and particle distance adjustments definitely helped with that.<img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202501/a5a198322a924793a7a827cddcd4f1fe/images/8bb733ecec71412b9d248db23ceb4c139d42ae30c8c74112b40fc6ce12468f3d.png" class="custom-image medium-size" data-id="8bb733ecec71412b9d248db23ceb4c13" data-width="648" data-height="653">The corset train, which had two layers and a pleat along the center back line, also required a few attempts to simulate well.<img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202501/a5a198322a924793a7a827cddcd4f1fe/images/221c6d1b160d4001b5a6c530ce6e478381647f84e5b44cffbe3886715c0fca1f.png" class="custom-image medium-size" data-id="221c6d1b160d4001b5a6c530ce6e4783" data-width="616" data-height="576"><h1>4. What are the strong points that Marvelous Designer has?</h1>Marvelous Designer enables easy and fast design testing. Even when I am working with a pattern that is not completely accurate, fast simulation shows me right away whether I am on the right track, and I can quickly spot the parts of the design I want to improve or eliminate.Also, thanks to its numerous functionalities and settings it is possible to achieve a very detailed result without help from any other software.<img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202501/a5a198322a924793a7a827cddcd4f1fe/images/f554c7224d484c2da91ecc03f1f35da467827f09e3074b39bb35138cad3961f7.jpg" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="f554c7224d484c2da91ecc03f1f35da4" data-width="1920" data-height="1625">Thanks for the interview and your amazing work, Ana Zlatkovic!&nbsp;Link to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.artstation.com/vaida">Artstation</a>

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<h2 style="text-align: center">"Marvelous Designer has enormous potential. I like the different types of fabrics and their different animation! it makes our creations really realistic."</h2><hr><img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202501/2effd6bc63a14256a0477d2740845d77/images/ea56062081334b62b62fff28e7744babdress1.png" class="custom-image medium-size" data-id="ea56062081334b62b62fff28e7744bab" data-width="1080" data-height="1920"><h1 style="text-align: center">Interview with <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.artstation.com/artwork/LeV1ZK">Manon Devaux</a> | Middle Age Dress | 3D Generalist</h1><hr><h1>Artist Introduction</h1>My name is Manon Devaux, I am a 3D generalist specializing in clothing. Graduated from the MJM graphic design in Nantes (France). I work today with an Italian advertising company where I model, texture and animate clothes. While learning 3D I fell in love with dress modelling, especially historical. It probably comes from my passion for history and sewing.<h1>Can you give us a quick overview of the different tools used in your pipeline?</h1>For this project, I wanted to make a beautiful dress, worthy of a throne room. with embroidery and above all lots of ribbons to make it as realistic as possible.&nbsp;Like all historical clothing, I started with the petticoat and the chemise. They are important so I added details in several places.&nbsp;<img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202501/2effd6bc63a14256a0477d2740845d77/images/f6a671886f3042db838dc355198f0acbdress2.png" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="f6a671886f3042db838dc355198f0acb" data-width="1222" data-height="817">I started with a simple pattern (like Mérida in Brave) but added a lot of details: ribbon, gilding, belt, rope, pleated blouse, lace petticoat, etc... The most complicated thing was to play with the layers to that the different linings overlap correctly, especially with the skirt pulled up in one place with a pin.&nbsp;<img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202501/2effd6bc63a14256a0477d2740845d77/images/ae8cd15065b041eab705f859f9a642c3dress3.png" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="ae8cd15065b041eab705f859f9a642c3" data-width="1215" data-height="820">I love long sleeves! It was an obligation for me to do so. But the length of the fabrics and especially the linings was difficult to set up. I had to play with layers and fabrics.&nbsp;I used the standard software avatar. I knew it would only be a "support" for the dress, so I didn't take the time to deal with it. I edited and animated it with Mixamo and Cinema 4D.It was a great challenge with all those ribbons and carnations! especially the direction of the ribbon (one below one above). I had to play with the fabric, its rigidity and its length (which adapts to the morphology of the character) but I'm happy with the result!&nbsp;<img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202501/2effd6bc63a14256a0477d2740845d77/images/422f6bfce9fb4bb5985de5ea0516bcc3dress4.png" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="422f6bfce9fb4bb5985de5ea0516bcc3" data-width="1163" data-height="769">Above all, in this kind of dress, you must never forget the shirring. They are very important, especially with a slightly transparent fabric like voile. It is the detail that makes the dress more realistic.<h1>How can you describe your overall experience of the use of the Marvelous Designer?</h1>I use this software every day for my work, as well as my personal use and I am very proud of it! Marvelous Designer has enormous potential. I'm sure there are still tools that I don't know about, despite my extensive research online. I like the different types of fabrics and their different animation! it makes our creations really realistic.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.artstation.com/artwork/LeV1ZK">Artstation</a>

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