CHRISTIANNE BAKEWELL COSTUME DESIGN
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Christianne is a NYC based freelance costume designer who grew up in Nebraska. She received her BA in Theatre Studies from Northern Arizona University and her MFA in Costume Design at Rutgers University. Christianne's most recent work includes Bitter Greens at 59E59, Le Nozz di Figaro with Opera at Rutgers, Blood Wedding with Rutgers Theater Company, and she is also a Costume PA on the 7th season of Orange is the New Black.
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In addition to costume design, Christianne has an interest in wig construction and design. She enjoys the sculptural aspect wig design allows. Christianne has acted as a wig supervisor most recently for Classic Stage Company’s award winning revival of Carmen Jones.
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Drawing Practice Tool

10/28/2013

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I have recently been brushing up on my quick sketching skills and body composition sketches. This can be hard without a live model or one of those fun little wooden joint men. Thankfully while at undergrad I was introduced to a lovely website that is my own personal traveling model. 

posemaniacs.com

This lovely site allows the drawer to do timed sketches 10 seconds - 90 seconds of computer generated models. What I love about this site is the muscle structure of the model is exposed so if you are like me and like to know what is attached to what while drawing, you can see every bit of tissue and bone. 
Some poses are not as beneficial to a costumer than others, but the ability to quickly get the general shape of a model down on paper is a valuable skill. I do not use these poses for designs, but as I said, practice will make perfect. And, I never know, I MAY design a character that lies down all the time, so the lounging models will come in handy. 
Whether you use posemaniacs.com or some other site, a weekly or daily sketch session of poses will allow for a better undertanding of the body and through that the cloth and other materials we design to top it. 
There are many other sites and artist who create poses to help others with their renderings or character poses. I have just gotten used to posemaniacs.com and its workings. 

Question of the Post

Each time I practice a drawing I try to focus on. Lately I have been focusing on faces. 

What's the one thing you would focus on if/when you practice? 
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