COLLECTION A

Fabric

underwear

lionel_117

Designer

Collection A

<img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/b7dc58039aa34aa7b750a433b8ad4ff5/images/2950881666d647619b2e0c1e69cbebe04bd3e862-b91d-4328-9806-0b5077d9a81aq.png" class="custom-image hidden-thumbnail" data-id="2950881666d647619b2e0c1e69cbebe0" data-width="1254" data-height="1254">Recently finished this sci-fantasy female armor project, "Nyxguard".My goal was to create a clean game-ready armor set that balances futuristic and fantasy elements while remaining optimized for real-time applications.The asset features a low-poly workflow, quad-based topology, UV mapping, and 4K PBR textures.I'd love to hear your thoughts on the armor design, proportions, materials, and overall presentation. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.<img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/b7dc58039aa34aa7b750a433b8ad4ff5/images/c380fb8716524b37ab602b002ab49f303f92ca4e-e1a4-4761-abb6-831c7d123872.png" alt="c380fb8716524b37ab602b002ab49f30" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="c380fb8716524b37ab602b002ab49f30" data-width="1086" data-height="1448"><img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/b7dc58039aa34aa7b750a433b8ad4ff5/images/b1e20792bed34f54a9d4c74eb2f92fff111.png" alt="b1e20792bed34f54a9d4c74eb2f92fff" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="b1e20792bed34f54a9d4c74eb2f92fff" data-width="883" data-height="1178"><img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/b7dc58039aa34aa7b750a433b8ad4ff5/images/66e85e640613472aac2ca4e87bff5ad7222.png" alt="66e85e640613472aac2ca4e87bff5ad7" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="66e85e640613472aac2ca4e87bff5ad7" data-width="930" data-height="1240"><img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/b7dc58039aa34aa7b750a433b8ad4ff5/images/5b6693d4c0de4ad8a69331969779fa09Untitled-1.png" alt="5b6693d4c0de4ad8a69331969779fa09" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="5b6693d4c0de4ad8a69331969779fa09" data-width="2000" data-height="1500"><img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/b7dc58039aa34aa7b750a433b8ad4ff5/images/3a05d9f189d74643a86aecdea923b3e3Untitled-2.png" alt="3a05d9f189d74643a86aecdea923b3e3" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="3a05d9f189d74643a86aecdea923b3e3" data-width="2000" data-height="1500"><img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/b7dc58039aa34aa7b750a433b8ad4ff5/images/5ca00c9c04334db0aaa89a9c73eb192eUntitled-3.png" alt="5ca00c9c04334db0aaa89a9c73eb192e" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="5ca00c9c04334db0aaa89a9c73eb192e" data-width="2000" data-height="1500"><img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/b7dc58039aa34aa7b750a433b8ad4ff5/images/b37325d835f14a6084322aeec45c3325Screenshot%202026-05-31%20183026.png" alt="b37325d835f14a6084322aeec45c3325" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="b37325d835f14a6084322aeec45c3325" data-width="1915" data-height="1071">

Nyxguard – Sci-Fantasy Female Armor Set (V03)

<img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/e851f9bbf122441aa0a6697a58bf9c18/images/50d13ea895a841e78bcb2c3598f76ccdChatGPT%20Image%20Jun%2011%2C%202026%2C%2004_57_21%20PM.jpg" class="custom-image hidden-thumbnail" data-id="50d13ea895a841e78bcb2c3598f76ccd" data-width="810" data-height="813"><img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/e851f9bbf122441aa0a6697a58bf9c18/images/a85d273f5085449b8c01703d47f2a170Screenshot_1.jpg" class="custom-image hidden-thumbnail" data-id="a85d273f5085449b8c01703d47f2a170" data-width="741" data-height="805"><img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/e851f9bbf122441aa0a6697a58bf9c18/images/3b9503b36ae74509b4024c5a1de679d8ChatGPT%20Image%20Jun%2011%2C%202026%2C%2004_57_21%20PM.png" class="custom-image hidden-thumbnail" data-id="3b9503b36ae74509b4024c5a1de679d8" data-width="1536" data-height="1024"><img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/e851f9bbf122441aa0a6697a58bf9c18/images/8aa67c6964b04d72866e6d1ac1e2f46aepi_kai.jpg" class="custom-image hidden-thumbnail" data-id="8aa67c6964b04d72866e6d1ac1e2f46a" data-width="1086" data-height="1448"><img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/e851f9bbf122441aa0a6697a58bf9c18/images/6a9b89373dbe4ae98c0f78d2dfb910d5Screenshot_5-removebg-preview.png" class="custom-image hidden-thumbnail" data-id="6a9b89373dbe4ae98c0f78d2dfb910d5" data-width="382" data-height="653"><img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/e851f9bbf122441aa0a6697a58bf9c18/images/cd2d5effb9814d329e149976468be0a61_epi_kai.png" class="custom-image hidden-thumbnail" data-id="cd2d5effb9814d329e149976468be0a6" data-width="1536" data-height="1024">When the CONNECT × Vivienne Westwood challenge was announced, I had absolutely no plans to participate.I am a CLO educator, and my first reaction was simple: my students will probably have questions, so I should prepare a quick overview. I expected a single live session, maybe an hour or ninety minutes, just enough to explain the challenge and help everyone avoid common mistakes.I was wrong.<hr><h3>The moment I realized this challenge was different</h3>The moment I started exploring the challenge requirements, I realized this wasn't only a fashion challenge. It was also a MetaHuman and Unreal Engine challenge. And I had never worked with Unreal Engine before.<img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/e851f9bbf122441aa0a6697a58bf9c18/images/75aa6486e2614f1997502f8650ecf84cScreenshot_14.jpg" alt="75aa6486e2614f1997502f8650ecf84c" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="75aa6486e2614f1997502f8650ecf84c" data-width="1906" data-height="1029">Accepting the challengeMy students wanted to participate, which meant I needed to understand the entire workflow before I could teach it.So I rolled up my sleeves and started learning. Not just enough to complete the challenge myself, but enough to explain it to others.I installed Unreal Engine from scratch, created my first MetaHuman and immediately ran into all the problems a beginner encounters.<img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/e851f9bbf122441aa0a6697a58bf9c18/images/dda63822fc374e8d94842089e4207075Screenshot_17.jpg" alt="dda63822fc374e8d94842089e4207075" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="dda63822fc374e8d94842089e4207075" data-width="1742" data-height="905"> The beginner problemThat is when I discovered something interesting. Most tutorials are created by experienced users. They skip the little things. The plugins that need to be installed. The settings that need to be enabled. The checkboxes that experienced users clicked years ago and no longer think about. For a beginner, those small things become giant obstacles. Sometimes you don't need another tutorial.You simply need someone to tell you: "You're fine. The software really works like this." Four weeks of learningOver the following four weeks, our community recorded thirteen separate lessons ranging from twenty minutes to an hour.We held discussions, solved technical issues, tested workflows and documented every obstacle we encountered.What started as preparation for a competition gradually became a complete beginner's guide to MetaHumans, CLO and Unreal Engine.The difference was simple: We documented the process through beginner eyes.<img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/e851f9bbf122441aa0a6697a58bf9c18/images/96dc65c1e4e34fbb9f784a6c8819ac1cScreenshot_19.jpg" alt="96dc65c1e4e34fbb9f784a6c8819ac1c" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="96dc65c1e4e34fbb9f784a6c8819ac1c" data-width="1738" data-height="939">Four days before the deadlineThe funny part is that even after all of this, I still wasn't planning to enter the competition myself.For some reason, I had decided that my role was to teach, not to participate. Then, four days before submissions closed, I changed my mind. I looked at everything we had already built together. The Unreal scene was ready. The MetaHuman was ready. The workflow was tested. The lessons were recorded.I thought: "Elena, most of the difficult work is already done. Now you only need to create the garment." <img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/e851f9bbf122441aa0a6697a58bf9c18/images/462b171ec0f3490ba654e2309733cfa7Epi%20kai.png" alt="462b171ec0f3490ba654e2309733cfa7" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="462b171ec0f3490ba654e2309733cfa7" data-width="2172" data-height="724">Creating Saturn UnboundThe main garment was completed surprisingly quickly. The corset itself came together during the first day. The second day became almost entirely dedicated to lacing. As many designers know, creating chaos is easy. Creating beautiful chaos is difficult. I rebuilt the lacing several times.<img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/e851f9bbf122441aa0a6697a58bf9c18/images/bca92448bb9441aa8e1878b69bcc2519epikai1.jpg" alt="bca92448bb9441aa8e1878b69bcc2519" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="bca92448bb9441aa8e1878b69bcc2519" data-width="2092" data-height="692">Why the lacing became importantLacing has been part of my teaching for years, long before CLO introduced dedicated lacing tools. We used to build complex lacing systems manually. The new lacing feature opened completely different possibilities.For me, the lacing stopped being just a construction detail and became a design language. A way to create tension, movement and controlled disorder. Vivienne Westwood's theme gave that exploration the perfect context. Using AI inside CLOAnother useful discovery during the project was CLO's built-in AI Texture Generator.I used it specifically to generate seamless tartan textures and quickly explore different color variations.For this project it became a practical textile-development tool rather than a design tool, and I was genuinely impressed by the quality of the seamless tartan patterns it produced. <img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/e851f9bbf122441aa0a6697a58bf9c18/images/ea93c4b48d0347adb27e5154899c0e8dScreenshot_27.jpg" alt="ea93c4b48d0347adb27e5154899c0e8d" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="ea93c4b48d0347adb27e5154899c0e8d" data-width="1328" data-height="764"><img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/e851f9bbf122441aa0a6697a58bf9c18/images/19299479129c407cb6ef61123e558438Screenshot_28.jpg" alt="19299479129c407cb6ef61123e558438" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="19299479129c407cb6ef61123e558438" data-width="1114" data-height="596">Bringing the project into UnrealWithout this competition, I probably wouldn't have explored MetaHumans for quite some time. Learning Unreal Engine requires commitment. It requires disk space. It requires time. It requires energy. Most importantly, it requires a reason. This competition gave me that reason.<img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/e851f9bbf122441aa0a6697a58bf9c18/images/8b34d62d388843c3831008441f04a5c7epikai11.jpg" alt="8b34d62d388843c3831008441f04a5c7" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="8b34d62d388843c3831008441f04a5c7" data-width="1729" data-height="692">What this challenge gave meBut even more importantly, my students gave me that reason. They constantly push me out of my comfort zone. They encourage me not to stay on the surface of a new topic but to dive deep and truly understand it.Because of them, I now have an entirely new set of tools and skills that will continue influencing my work long after this competition ends. <img src="https://storagefiles.clo-set.com/public/community/202606/e851f9bbf122441aa0a6697a58bf9c18/images/127b25890c3749e3986582a419dfdf064_epi_kai.jpg" alt="127b25890c3749e3986582a419dfdf06" class="custom-image original-size" data-id="127b25890c3749e3986582a419dfdf06" data-width="1672" data-height="941">To the MetaHuman participantsWhen submissions closed, I was surprised to see around 280 entries. I was even more surprised to discover that roughly 60 participants chose to work with MetaHumans.Having walked that road myself, I understand exactly how much effort that required. To everyone who learned MetaHumans, Unreal Engine and a completely new workflow for this challenge:You are incredible.I have liked many of your projects. Some of them are genuinely strong competitors. But more importantly, they represent curiosity, determination and a willingness to learn something difficult. I admire that.Good luck to all of us.— Elena Androsova, inst @kazan.tools <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://connect.clo-set.com/detail/020b210a9c594ec2a4d1c63d4cfc52f5">https://connect.clo-set.com/detail/020b210a9c594ec2a4d1c63d4cfc52f5</a><div data-vimeo-video="" style="padding:56.25% 0 0 0; position:relative;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1201480489?#t=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" width="800" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write" style="position:absolute; top:0; left:0; width:100%; height:100%;"></iframe></div>

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SFW-Inspired 25 S/S Look

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September 9, 2024, 12:00 AM UTC ~

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October 22, 2024, 12:00 AM UTC