animaloftheelements: In relation to the

animaloftheelements submitted:

In relation to the “Super Manga Matrix” book, I actually have a fairly similar book called the “costume matrix” and well… It’s far more helpful than what I’ve seen of the other book.

its basically the same concept, take a “base” clothing style (school uniform, military uniform, japanese clothes, gothic/formal, casual, foreign cultures) and mix it with another base, or with a “motif” (animal, elements, scifi/mecha, seasons, plants).

each section of the book has one of the bases and combines it, usually showing at least two designs (in terms of motifs though, there may be more than one design but they would use something different i.e. having four school uniform x animal examples but with four different specific animals) so there’s a little more variety

It’s mostly a reference book rather than a “how to draw” and even then they have a little brainstorming game using web diagrams and word association to make a design

It’s got absolutely no escher girl posing however they do have a few slightly questionable designs

the worst of the bunch being this girl

it is combining Military clothing as a base (specifically armor) and a dragon and they got this. Granted its far better than what I’ve seen of most womens’ armor(even by the same author) but it is a disappointing one compared to everything else

I guess what I’m trying to say is, here is the same concept, with better designers

That’s really cool!  And it does seem very helpful for brainstorming, especially since they show you a variety of combinations and bases! 

The dragon armor amuses me, but I do like how the dragon design wraps around her, even if it’s bikini armor x3

Thanks for sharing!