So, you’ve drawn your superhero costume as a whole, now you need to get a bit more detailed about the design your supersuit. To do this I like to draw what we in the fashion design world call a flat sketch or technical sketch. This is a very clear simple illustration of the design from the front, back and side that includes the placement of seams, hems, closures and details. For this kind of sketch it’s good to use a croquis that is positioned in a very simple, un-stylized pose, with normal proportions close to your own. You don’t have to use croquis, but I do find it helpful to make sure you are sticking to realistic human proportions. I’m providing some simple male and female croquis here with front, side and back views, and you can also find a lot more versions by just searching for them online.
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Place your croquis under a sheet of marker or tracing paper and draw your supersuit design referring back to your sketch or inspiration.
The basic design of my suit is going to have a side seam running up each side of the body, inseams on the inside of the legs, and a center back seam. When you get more comfortable with spandex sewing and patternmaking, you will be able to move and eliminate some of these seams, but for now we are going to work with them. One of the alternate patterns I list in the next section is a side-seamless pattern, but I personally feel like this is not a great idea for beginners because it makes fitting so much harder.
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As you draw your design, think about where lines from the front will meet the back at the side seam and how paneling and color blocking will compliment your body. If you are creating an area of color-blocking or a style line on the front of the suit you might want the to continue the same line in the back, or create a complementary shape. This is why drawing a side view of the suit can be helpful, as sometimes a shape that looks good from the front view will look a little odd from the side. In the words of my favorite designer, the late great Alexander McQueen: “I design from the side; that way I get the worst angle of the body. You’ve got all the lumps and bumps, the S-bend of the back, the bum. That way I get a cut and proportion and silhouette that works all the way round the body.”
As you draw your technical design, you also have to be mindful of practical considerations. As I mentioned before, try to make your style lines relatively simple, and avoid compound curves and points that aren’t on seams. If you do want to create a point, like I have where the legs of my suit meet the torso, you can avoid the tricky triangle inset problem by placing this pointed panel along a seam so it can be sewn in more easily. Try not to make too many small panels, or design places where seams will all come together in a point.
You also need to think about how you are going to get in and out of your suit, which will affect where you put closures, openings or elastic. Adding zippers and closures to spandex can be a bit tricky, creates points of weakness, and tends to make suits less comfortable. If you can avoid the need for a zipper to get into your suit by creating a larger neckline or a cut-out neckline with just a small closure at the top all the better. To use a neckline opening to get into your suit, you will need a neckline that measures at least 90% of your shoulder measurement (un-stretched).
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