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Need input on a new top
- Thread starter Sunfire
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I happen to like darts on a top if you're going for a more fitted look. I'm assuming this is going to be conforming, and not dynamic???
It's hard to see with a busy pattern like the one in your render, but that could hide the darts if you don't want them to be obvious. Then again, that particular pattern makes it very obvious. Maybe a smaller pattern would be better. The only thing is, I'm seeing some poke through just to the right of the star above the dart.
Hope that helps.
It's hard to see with a busy pattern like the one in your render, but that could hide the darts if you don't want them to be obvious. Then again, that particular pattern makes it very obvious. Maybe a smaller pattern would be better. The only thing is, I'm seeing some poke through just to the right of the star above the dart.
Hope that helps.
Glitterati3D
Dances with Bees
I really don't think a dart is going to help with the stretching. It's just a matter of 3D models, in general. You can do some work to minimize the worst stretching with the morph brush, but that's really a lot of work.
As for your dart, as a seamstress in real life, I would recommend you position it like a real dart, more at an angle like this:
Also, I would suggest you not use a knit fabric as knits would not be darted in real life.
Good point Tracy, now that I think about. All the clothes my mother made for me and clients, all had the angled darts. It's just been too long since I last wore any of them, so I forgot.
OK, now that I got a screenshot, and was able to zoom in, I just realized what looked like poke through when I first looked at it earlier, is just a heart shape, but the color, with light shining on that area, looked like flesh, so you can ignore that comment.
OK, now that I got a screenshot, and was able to zoom in, I just realized what looked like poke through when I first looked at it earlier, is just a heart shape, but the color, with light shining on that area, looked like flesh, so you can ignore that comment.
English Bob
Adventurous
For a dynamic top with no darts, you could try modelling the top to fit a figure with the flattest chest you can dial in. UV map that, then set up a simulation where the breasts grow to the default setting which will stretch the fabric. Hopefully this will give you more realistic results.
What are you using to do the UV mapping, out of interest?
What are you using to do the UV mapping, out of interest?
I would be happy to have a look at the mesh.
Let me beat on it a bit and see what I can come up with.