Adding the Third Dimension

The addition of third dimension to pattern making was not easy. The initial solutions were aimed towards changing the fabric design in a garment style by rendering of fabric image. First an image of a person wearing a garment is taken and the fabric design/colour/motif is changed to digitally iterate the fabric design to save time and cost of fabric development. Figure 1(A & B) show just rendering of different fabric types over the same shape (either a table or human body). Note the fold, drape, bulge are exactly the same in all three images. Although it may sound and look simple but sometimes this is unreal.