Costumes Designers For Theatre

Every great design has its beginnings in a great idea, whether your medium of choice is scenery, costume, lighting, sound, or projections. Unmasking Theatre Design shows you how to cultivate creative thinking skills through every step of theatre design - from the first play reading to the finished design presentation. This book reveals how creative designers think in order to create unique and appropriate works for individual productions, and will teach you how to comprehend the nature of the de... [Read More]

Theatre Artisans and Their Craft: The Allied Arts Fields profiles fourteen remarkable artists and technicians who elevate theatre production to new dimensions, explore new materials and technologies, and introduce new safety standards and solutions.Readers will learn how the featured artists delved into entrepreneurial ventures and created their own work for themselves; researching, studying, and experimenting, seeking answers when none were available. The book explores how to make an impact in ... [Read More]

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... [Read More]

Newly revised and updated, The Costume Designer's Handbook is now more comprehensive than ever and is the backbone of any costume designer's library since its original publication in 1983. Features of this new edition include: a foreword by Arvin Brown, Artistic Director of the Long Wharf Theatre guidance on how to read and analyze a play plans for establishing a costume plot insights into working with directors and other designers resources for doing historical research a discussion of t... [Read More]

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 ... [Read More]

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 expressi... [Read More]

THE Original! Custom Designer® Dracula FangsTM are beloved by party goers and actors worldwide because of their natural look and secure fit that enables them to talk easily and naturally, as well as drink cold beverages. They are so secure that dancers of the Columbia City Ballet wear Custom Designer Dracula Fangs onstage for their production of 'Dracula: Ballet with a Bite' every year! Take on the role of a real Dracula vampire with fangs that look and feel like your actual teeth! These are gr... [Read More]

British actress Stefanie Martini (Doctor Thorne) steps into Helen Mirren's shoes in this prequel to the long-running hit series Prime Suspect. When we meet Jane Tennison, it's 1973 and she's just 22, a newcomer to the Metropolitan Police Service. Assigned to her first case, solving the murder of a prostitute, she faces rampant misogyny and problems at home, where her family doesn't approve of her career choice. Seen on Masterpiece, written by Lynda La Plante (Prime Suspect, Above Suspicion), bas... [Read More]

Character Costume Figure Drawing is an essential guide that will improve your drawing skills and costume renderings. Step-by-step visuals illustrate the how-tos of drawing body parts, costumes, accessories, faces, children, and different character archetypes, such as maternal, elderly, sassy, sexy, and evil. By focusing on the foundations of drawing bodies, including body proportion, bone structure, body masses, facial expressions, and appendages, this guide shows you how to develop sketches fr... [Read More]