Sailor shirt
A deep blue sea, this was the image that stuck in my head while making this garment. Since I was young I’ve always loved the ocean, swim in it, surf in it, or even just float on it, to me the ocean always represented infinite potential, endless expanse. This is the idea I wanted to capture most with this shirt. Inspired by movies, pictures, and the like of sailors and maritime stories gave me the inspiration not only behind the same but the aesthetic I sought to achieve.
Inspiration
My mood board for this project largely reflects my inspiration coming from the ocean but also from indigo. Indigo as a creative tool has a long and rich history and it was something driving me to create something that I though embodied the values that indigo brings to the pieces where it is used spirituality, mystery, tradition, and calm.
Fabric
With my inspiration in mind, especially coming from the influence of indigo not only as a material and as a resource but as an influential color in general, I found that denim was the clear choice
In specific, I opted for an 8oz deep indigo denim, something that wasn’t so thin such that it would feel poor quality, but not too thick as to be uncomfortable as a shirt.
Pictured on the left is the exact denim I used for this project.
With my inspiration and my fabric both ready, I began to work on the figures and flats to accompany my sewn garment, below are some of my very first sketches accompanied by my final colored renders
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more refined sketches of clothed figures and flats
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Final rendered flats
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final rendered clothed figures
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Preliminary sketches
Fabrication of the shirt
Easily the most difficult part of the process, cutting a sewing this shirt together took countless hours of trial and error. pictured below are some action shots of the creation of the shirt itself
Final product
