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Cobweb costume design

Cobweb costume design

Cobweb costume design by tavisharts
Cobweb costume design by tavisharts

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tavisharts
One of 4 designs for my costume design final. I chose to do 4 fairies from Midsummer's Night Dream. The four fairies I chose were Titania's servants: Cobweb, Mustardseed, Moth, and Peaseblossom. I wanted to give each of them a very distinct personality for several reasons, first was to show how dark Titania was by showing how tainted her servants are, and I wanted the servants to be able to take the function of all the other fairies rendering it unnecessary to hire more fairies. ( yay for cheaper productions)
Cobweb is probably the prettiest and most dynamic of the 4 costumes. The only problem I have with this drawing is her is her arm (no matter what it likes to look WRONG)
I differed from Shakespeare's story by making her female. I did so because I have always seen cobweb as a female, and I felt that Titania needed at least two female servants.
Cobweb, I can see being the most vain of her servants and probably in charge of arranging social events and fashions for the queen. Titania and cobweb probably have a lot in common and are close friends... well as close as servant and master could hope to be. In the production I would like it to be a bit ambiguous as to whether Cobweb was Titania's lesbian lover or not. I see Titania as being a very… amorous being.
As for her outfit, the items she has in her hand is a mirror (I know no one can tell XP sorry about that). I found one of them at renfair and fell in love with how they look. It's a giant fan of feathers that has a small mirror on one side. The wonderful thing about them is that you can wear them as decoration. A definite plus for Cobweb.
Her dress I designed so that she had see through fabric with cobweb designs and probably some glitter on it to simulate a gossamer. I also wanted to show her hoopskirt so that even when she is backlit you get a sense of a cobweb.
The hardest part about designing cobweb was to keep her outfit simple enough so that she wouldn't seem more formal than Titania. I think showing the hoopskirt helps keep her from being truly formal.

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xEmotional on September 2, 2007, 1:20:12 AM

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xEmotionalvery nice ;]

Faraday on March 24, 2007, 5:56:13 AM

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Faradayi love this dress!!!!!

Princess_Elemmiriel on July 1, 2006, 8:17:42 PM

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Princess_ElemmirielAwesome! really awesome! +faves+

oujo on April 11, 2006, 1:46:36 AM

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oujoMagnificent.

Cartoonz on April 9, 2006, 8:52:42 AM

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CartoonzIt's so beautiful! @____@ *stares* great job!

BiShuChi on March 14, 2006, 8:52:44 PM

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BiShuChiVery nice, I really like it

Nana on March 10, 2006, 10:27:43 PM

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Nanawow!! how did u do the cobwebs?? anyway, great piccie!!!! I love your interpretation!! ^^*

xXx Nana xXx

Penguins_luv_LSD on March 9, 2006, 11:53:30 AM

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Penguins_luv_LSD....amazing.... can't speak....

Anime-Chick on March 3, 2006, 4:07:33 AM

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Anime-ChickYou did a VERY good job at keeping it simple but beautiful. I love the way you made the texture of the skirt come out. I can almost feel it.. XD.. I can't wait to see more of your designs!

Jamaican_Jackass on February 4, 2006, 5:31:19 AM

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Jamaican_JackassWOW well dun this ttly rox!!