Make skirt - a idea

[pistacja]

This is a simple idea on how skirts could be made in MH. If it's not a good idea then this could be a reference on how to make different skirts without any cloth simulation. I know I'm not the best modeler, and I don't know much about codding but I do know a thing or two about skirts

The base:

The red line on the right shows the splines that were used to make this model.There's no cloth simulation, the only thing that needs to be done is to check if the splines aren't too close to the surface of the body. I usually make only one spline and the rest are copies of it.
Full size:
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs37/f/2008/256/7/4/Skirt___base_by_pistacja69.jpg

Length:


The length can be change by simply changing the position of the splines
Full size:
http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs37/f/2008/256/1/8/Skirt__length_by_pistacja69.jpg
http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs36/f/2008/256/f/b/Skirt_short_by_pistacja69.jpg

Wave:

By adding more points to the spline and making it wavy, you can change the way the skirt looks, you could make the waves sharp to make a school uniform type of skirt.
Full size:
http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs37/f/2008/256/9/5/Skirt_Wave_by_pistacja69.jpg

Shape:



By adding more splines, changing their size (radius) and tilde you can have practically any shape.
Full size:
http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs36/f/2008/256/b/2/Skirt_shape_by_pistacja69.jpg
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs36/f/2008/256/7/1/Skirt_shape2_by_pistacja69.jpg
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs37/f/2008/256/d/2/Skirt_shape3_by_pistacja69.jpg

Cut:

Adding a cut can be done by erasing a bit of a spline. There could be two cut on each side, a cut on the back (eg. when the skirt has a zipper), a cut in the front (for a skirt with buttons), the edges of the cut could be overlapping.
Full size:
http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs36/f/2008/256/c/3/Skirt___cut_by_pistacja69.jpg

[Sethren]

Nifty idea but what about a huge step further.

http://www-ljk.imag.fr/Publications/Bas ... ex_en.html

http://www-ljk.imag.fr/Publications/Bas ... ex_en.html

[Manuel]

The idea can be fully translated in morph method, starting with a base skirt, that can be morphed in all types.
The problem with "guide approach" is the interactive drawing of skecth lines, that require to add a complex interface and functions, turning MH as a vectorial drawing software (think to accessories, and complex garments). So we want use our consolidate morph technology.

Regards,

Manuel

[Sethren]

That sounds great. Now that more explanation was made about vector drawing i can see how that would break the more easy method by using the morph system instead.

[notapix]

excuse two questions: you have made hair with MH? how?

[pistacja]

excuse two questions: you have made hair with MH? how?

No, the hair (just like the skirt) was made in a third party program (3ds max)