GenAI watercolor
When I learned costume design rendering in the 1990s, my professors created designs predominantly with pencil and watercolor, so that is the method I was taught. I knew people at other schools learned methods using gouache or art markers or alcohol inks—I feel like you learned whatever art-making medium your professor preferred. I know we also did a project using collage to create a set of renderings from a pile of magazines, but the emphasis was on mastering watercolor as a means of conveying your creative ideas. I admit, I never felt confident in that medium, although I did get passable enough. I spent much of my years of study, struggling with mastering the watercolor medium and figure drawing, with forays into construction techniques, like pattern drafting, fabric dyeing, millinery, etc., and almost no experience in conducting fittings with actors, tracking show budgets, generating documents like pieces lists or costume plots, or communicating ideas to directors and other members o...
