The Costumer's Manifesto:

The Costumer's Manifesto is written by Tara Maginnis, and proudly hosted by William Baker.

THE MANIFESTO IS MUTATING! IT IS TURNING INTO A WIKI THAT CAN BECOME THE HIVE MIND OF ALL COSTUMERS, FINALLY LIVING UP TO IT'S SLOGAN: "COSTUMERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!" YOU CAN HELP IN THIS PROCESS BY MOVING PAGES TO THE NEW SITE AT THECOSTUMERSMANIFESTO.COM, HELPING TO EDIT THE PAGES THAT ARE THERE ALREADY, AND ADDING YOUR OWN ORIGINAL INPUT.

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Rendering & Portfolio Links

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Pattern for a helpful "Dancing Man". Make this out of heavy cardstock, connect the pieces with brads as shown in the center, and lay it on your paper to make different poses for your body-outlines. If you have trouble rendering figures, this can make things easier till you learn how. (It is ok to print this out for a whole class--Tara)

A suggested pattern for "proper" rendering layout, which I use in my class. (Standards in other teachers classes will vary - ask your instructor for his/her preferred standard form). (It is ok to print this out for a whole class. --Tara)

"Croquis" Outline Sheets: These are forms made for making rendering easier for beginning students. To watercolor on them, just print them out on cardstock not paper. They also can be used as supplementary images for the costume shop "book" of a productions designs, outline drawings of items in storage or a history collection, etc. Images on the left are in quick-downloading Gif format, if you have a faster modem, I suggest the higher quality jpeg images on the right. (It is ok to print these out in any quantity. --Tara)