COSTUME DESIGN: COMMISIONS — Deimos Matei

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costume design: CommisSions

My occasional ventures into commission work.

Dungeons & Dragon PC; final render • drawn in procreate Jan '24

Dungeons & Dragon PC; tattoo concept • drawn in Procreate June '23

Dungeons & Dragon PC; costume concept sheet • drawn in Procreate June '23

"Star Wars" inspired Burning Man outfit; shirt designs • drawn in Procreate June '22

"Star Wars" inspired Burning Man outfit; layer breakdown • drawn in Procreate June '22

COSTUME ILLUSTRATION: PAPER PROJECTS

VISUAL ART

Deimos Matei

Continued decay of Lord and Lady Macbeth, this time much more literal.
There’s a couple little errors in here I need to smooth out, but I’ve been sitting on this for about a month now and just want to show people

Designed and drawn by yo

It’s sheepskin season for me back in New York! A look at a hat I put together before shipping it out. I could probably felt a full body suit made solely from all the fur stuck to my clothes these days, but hey, wouldn’t have it any other

White & gold coronation for the star prince (mean blond)

Some of the details from the earlier timelapse in mediocre quality because instagram doesn’t like me :D ✨

@c.s.pacat
#laurentofvere #captiveprincetrilogy #digitaldrawing #costumeil

The Lord & Lady Macbeth

Rendering for my surrealist art-horror version of Macbeth as part of my undergrad thesis.
Set shortly after their ascension to the throne and the decay of their choices starts to become visible; the crown of finger bones,

My grizzled sailors! Unreasonably proud of these gritty lads that I designed as extras for a theoretical music video set on the seas. They’re a little looser and simpler than my usual style but I’m absolutely thrilled with how all the tex

Barton Keyes (Double Indemnity)

Especially pleased with these renders from my theoretical design of “Double Indemnity”. His burgundy suit (which tragically doesn’t display well on phones) was a breakaway from the tight color palett

I love some shoulder caps! Got around to making a prototype for a new vest design so here are some more detail-oriented shots while I work on getting some good full photos of it.

Vest is sheepskin and full grain leather

#sheepskin #sheepskinvest #

Lady Macbeth • trying a new rendering style by redrawing some old designs from my freshman year!

Slide 1: hosting gown
Slide 2: sleepwalking
Slide 3: queen

These are part of a surrealist arthouse-esque horror concept of Macbeth I’ve be

Gideon Nav, Cavalier Primary of the Ninth House

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Annnnd here is the layer analysis/breakdown of the Gideon design I did to go with Harrow!

#thelockedtombtrilogy #harrowtheninth #gideonnav #costumedesign #costumeillustration #gideontheninth #thelo

Reverend Daughter Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Necromancer Adept of the Ninth House

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Layer analysis/breakdown of the Harrow design I did over the fall/winter! I’ve slowly been working on designing all the necromancer and cavalier duos (and one tr

Recently just found one my first beetles I ever made when I was about 16 and boy is it nice to see how far I’ve come.

You can really see my dedication to detail evolve as well as my comfort with the materials. My first guy is so flat and simp

Dressing Cheshire; from sketch to screen

Photos from the process of creating the look of Cheshire, one of the main characters in @chasingalicefilm

Talk about a costume based around a single piece of clothing!

Cheshire’s look came together v

Creating Alice; from sketch to screen

Photos from the process of creating the look of the titular character from @chasingalicefilm

From the concept sketch and moodboards to the first look at our pieces to our fittings and all the way to the day of

The Corded Binder

A first iteration of a corded compression top based on some of the concepts from regency short stays and corded stays.
(There’s a clever joke somewhere in this project about being a self-made man)

I have never made anything

Draped pattern for a 1930s bias cut dress

A fun little bonus project from my pattern making class! I didn’t build the full dress, just made the pattern hence why there is only half of a dress and I didn’t fill the skirt in—in the

Another bug! This time a moth with more embroidery than usual

#beading #embroidery #beadedart #beetleart #costumedesign #costumeaccessory #beadedinsects

Process for making the beetle

Images:
1. Wire framed wings on organza
2. Tread wrap wire for the antennae
3. Lay out shells and body and couch down foam or felt for dimension
4. Fill in body and wing shells
5. Remove everything from the frames and

A return to beading

A couple months ago I made a return to creating beaded insects with this little guy. Each piece of him was hand beaded separately within a wire frame and then assembled together to make his final form which is about 1.5” in

Snake shoulders! (Snoulders, if you will)

Throwback to my second leather project ever; hand stamped, carved, and laced (most of lacing being during my lecture classes freshman year)

The base block for these was based on Morraine Sedai’s bole

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