Designed especially for costume designers, this unique notebook contains templates useful for sketching, planning, and organizing costumes for theater productions. This 6 x 9" journal with a total of 120 pages includes 100 two page spread template pages for organizing costumes and information, including sizes and measurements, for each actor/actress and character plus 20 extra blank and blank lined pages for sketching, design, and extra notes . With a cute durable matte softcover in lime green, this costume design notebook is also an awesome gift for costume designers and aspiring costume designers involved in school, community, and professional theater as well as anyone who likes to sketch and design costumes.

Concerts, theatre, television, restaurants, rallies, the Olympics—there’s an element of stage lighting in most industries, environments, and events. And that means there’s a ton of work backstage for lighting professionals with the right education and training. But what’s a lighting professional? And how do you get a job as one? This quick read goes through what an artistic and/or technical career in lighting entails, both on a broad spectrum and on a day to day basis. Spoiler alert? It’s chock-full of creative problem solving, small-team collaboration, and cutting-edge technology—with absolutely no trace of the daily grind. + Answer the question: is a career in lighting for you? + Learn what skills you'll need to succeed as an artist or a technician+ Discover the career paths of stage lighting professionals+ Go along for a day in the life of a Lighting Designer+ Get next-step resources from an award winning designer

Character Costume Figure Drawing will develop your drawing skills to improve your renderings. Not only is this book gorgeous and inspirational, but these comprehensive visual images carefully illustrate--step-by-step--how to successfully render dynamic characters with personality and life. This book presents drawing instruction with detailed breakdowns of various types of characters. Maternal? Elderly? Sassy? Sexy? It all startws with body proportion, bone structure, body masses, facial expressions, and the hands and feet. Hats, props, fabrics, and choice of medium are all thoroughly covered to ensure the ability to develop convincing lifelike characters.* Includes unique three-step drawing guides that develop the sketch from stick figure to full-blown character* Detailed examples of how to draw faces, hands, and feet* Learn to draw realistic fabrics in a multitued of colors and textures* NEW: Learn to draw your character based on the time period they are from* NEW: Learn to draw children and music/dance characters * Written by renowned costume designer with the most trusted instruction* Beautiful illustrations to inspire and help you with your creativity* A whole new section on pe... [Read More]

A graduate of Wellesley College and NYU School of the Arts, Marcia Dixey Jory has worked as a theatrical costume designer for more than twenty-five years, sixteen of which she spent at the Actors Theatre of Louisville where she costumed over eighty productions. She has taught costume design in graduate and undergraduate programs and is a member of The United Scenic Artists' Union. Presently, she lives and works in Seattle.The Ingenue in White, a collection of essays from the author's experiences as a theatrical costume designer, recounts the pleasures and pitfalls of working with actors, directors, playwrights, fellow designers, and costume shops.

As a theatrical designer, it is vital for you to be able to develop your drawing skills to create renderings that can effectively communicate your visual idea. Drawing and Rendering for Theatre starts with the fundamentals of drawing, moves to the types of media, and finishes with specific exercises in each section that will make you more proficient. By the end of this book, you will be versatile enough to be able to create renderings in all areas of theatrical design!Drawing and Rendering will teach you:.How to develop good drawing habits from the start.About composition.How to draw in one, two, and three point perspective.About color.Techniques for different types of media including colored pencils, pastels, watercolor, and more.How to draw digitallyThis gorgeous full-color book is loaded with color examples of both student drawings that are analyzed and critiqued for areas that need improvement, and design renderings by professional theatrical designers. *Beautiful four color book!*Learn the drawing and painting skills you need to express your costume, lighting, or scenery ideas *Examples of drawings critiqued for improvement *Samples of professional design renderings

This text presents drawing instruction with detailed break downs of various types of characters. Maternal? Elderly? Sassy? Sexy? It all starts with body proportion, bone structure, body masses, the facial expressions, the hands, and the feet. Hats, props, fabrics, and choice of medium are all thoroughly covered to ensure your ability to develop convincing life-like characters. * Includes unique three-step drawing guides that develop the sketch from stick figure to full-blown character * Detailed examples of how to draw faces, hands, and feet* Learn to draw realistic fabrics in a multitude of colors and textures

Detailed advice on acquiring and refining the myriad of skills needed to be a theater designer, from drawing to costume design to effectively presenting design work Theater designers need to be proficient in an extraordinarily diverse range of skills to carry out their work—they are expected to be able to draw both creatively and technically; to be able to use color imaginatively; to make accurate scale models of their set designs; to design costumes, whether of a specific period, modern, or entirely fantastical; to understand the relationship of their work to stage lighting; and to be able to use computer-technology in imaginative ways. Here a professional theater designer and teacher describes these techniques in detail with explanatory illustrations, and suggests practical ways to acquire them. Topics covered include drawing and sketching instruction; the use of color and hand-drafting techniques; advice on model-making, textures, and perspective; a guide to costume designs and costume-rendering techniques; creative use of digital techniques; and practical methods for the effective presentation of a range of design-work. Each chapter concludes with a useful series of pract... [Read More]

This introduction to theatre design explains the theories, strategies, and tools of practical design work for the undergraduate student. Through its numerous illustrated case studies and analysis of key terms, students will build an understanding of the design process and be able to: identify the fundamentals of theatre design and scenography recognize the role of individual design areas such as scenery, costume, lighting and sound develop both conceptual and analytical thinking Communicate their own understanding of complex design work trace the traditions of stage design, from Sebastiano Serlio to Julie Taymor. Demonstrating the dynamics of good design through the work of influential designers, Stephen Di Benedetto also looks in depth at script analysis, stylistic considerations and the importance of collaboration to the designer’s craft. This is an essential guide for students and teachers of theatre design. Readers will form not only a strong ability to explain and understand the process of design, but also the basic skills required to conceive and realise designs of their own.

Attend the ball, or even the Halloween party looking your very best in this costume. Whether your daughter is a queen or a princess at heart, this costume without a doubt makes her look like that, and turns imagination into reality. Look absolutely wonderful, and like actual royalty at the party, and watch as others fall in love with this elegant

This American Werewolf in London Theater Jack Mask Adult Halloween Accessory is perfect for your next Halloween costume. Make it scary, fun or a mix of the two — just make it

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