Patternmaking Fundamentals for the 3d Artist - Marvelous Designer/Clo3d/Everyone

This is one I've wanted to do for a while now. It's what I wish I had known when I started out, because the basic structural elements of patterns are never explained, it's just "this goes here and you do it". So I worked hard on this one, I really hope I explain things well enough.
I'll keep making videos, and sharing what I know, and they will always be free, but I have set up a donation link, and if you'd like to donate and you can afford it, that would be awesome too.
ko-fi.com/jetsetgeometry
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Thank you to everyone who watches :)

[@tr4x1ymus]

ppl: everything really is a dart! Daniel: always has been.

[@ideationkiki]

I DID go to fashion college and spent 20 years in the industry, You definitely have a vast knowledge of sewing details. I am super new to MD (1 month in) and This is completely different from using illustrator/photoshop (what most of us use to design). Your videos have helped me IMMENSELY! thank yoy!

[@joshuaszeto]

I also studied fashion and this is useful. although I wish I could just add darts anywhere I wanted and not have to worry about the seam. maybe one day we will have a 3d rotary loom that could weave bespoke shapes.

[@Daniel-qq6il]

I appreciate everyone who everyone who watches and comments, I have made a link if you'd like to donate. ko-fi.com/jetsetgeometry I'll keep making videos and sharing what I know, and they will always be free. When I first started learning 3d art, I was totally broke (like most artists) but I very specifically remember the people who would put out free tutorials, and I was always so thankful for them. Without those free tutorials back then I absolutely would not be where I am today, so I want to do the same. Every time I upload a video it's overwhelming to see how many people want to learn, and you're learning from me. It's... really cool. Thanks :)

[@psmontte]

Although the creator may no longer be active on KZbin, I wanted to express how much I enjoyed this tutorial - it's truly the best! As someone who works with multiple 3D software programs, I found it incredibly valuable.

[@EnochSpevivo]

i just wanted to join the chorus of praise to say this is absolutely one of the best possible entries to the world of not only Clo3D, but the critical fundamentals of pattern drafting, as well. 2 hours is a long time to sit down and watch what is essentially a lecture on making clothes, but i find myself watching this repeatedly, and discovering new nuances as i grow my understanding during my own practice. more than once i've found myself curving a side seam while whispering, "it's just a dart... they're all just darts..." in wonderment. all this to say, creators like you are what keep the University of KZbin™alive and well.

[@mariedillingham199]

20 minutes in, and it's taught me stuff that could have saved me hours in the past...

[@alexpurkhalo711]

I'm in the same situation, wondering every why other materials I've learned are even not close this one

[@MarikuJunrei]

im not gonna lie this is hands down the best beginners tutorial I've seen 0 wasted time 100% pure knowledge no fumbling or distracting inner commentary that usually balloons out the run time of most tutorial videos thorough explanation of the process and how it makes sense to you. Thank you for sharing this

[@myahgloom4717]

I have never understood darts. No matter how many tutorials I looked at and what I read they didn’t make sense. In 30 minutes you explained them so well and I cannot thank you enough. You are absolutely incredible!!! I can’t wait to watch the rest of this video and all of your others!!!

[@roundfourde]

This basically sums up every mistake I ever made and even shows how to fix it. None of the three MD courses I bought and followed so far showed this invaluable basic knowledge. Thanks Daniel, I’m a subscriber since you only had 100 subs or so

[@AlexMorellon]

I think you know this, but this is beyond valuable ! I watched a handful of tutorial by other people but had nooo idea why they did what they did. I feel so much more confident about trying things now !! Thank you !

[@nataliastolarz994]

this video might be the single best thing that has happend to YT in a very, very long time 💙

[@jaycemcdougan3896]

This video was extremely helpful, thanks for making it! I'm so thankful you explain the "why" of all these pattern elements. My mind was blown when you showed the purpose of the bodice front dart is to essentially make a cone around the apex. No other video I've seen explains that, not even non-digital patternmaking videos. Making clothes for 3d models is exciting on its own, but I think Clo3d is also a great tool to help me learn how to make clothes in real life. Thanks again!

[@eknight2904]

This should be standard MD/CLO3D training for everyone, thank you so much - it helps the fitting / refitting, creation of patterns towards a character and understanding of the why followed by the how to achieve the what. Only downside is that I immediately saw all the changes I need to make to all the garments I created to far to make them better (ok, that is an upside, too).

[@isaackellis2774]

This is a fantastic resource, thanks for your effort putting this together Daniel!

[@sarasl5841]

Wow, just wow! Do you really doubt if we learned something? This is by far the best tutorial around for MD. And while I am sorry you don't do this anymore, I wish you the best of luck in your job. They are so lucky to have you!

[@yeahgirl11]

Yeah, pretty sad he can't make the videos anymore. Hopefully he'll have the energy to be gracious enough to continue to help people with his videos. He seriously does have some the best videos for MD out there.

[@tanjo0]

Dude this is mindblowing and super useful! thanks so much!

[@piotrhabdas80]

Daniel, as usual amazing tutorial. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and explanations.

[@LucasBezerra1986]

You're awesome, dude. Your content is pure gold!

[@BoasKristjansson]

I did go to some expensive fashion schools and worked in the industry for some time and wow nobody was really able to teach dart manipulation this effectively. Really wish we had clo back then. Thanks for this awesome tutorial mate

[@woollybearco]

Thank you!!! This is so cool. You're widening how I think about pattern making.

[@zofo264]

Love these tutorials - thanks for sharing! :)

[@xxnopexxsxs1019]

i'm so glad you're back. your videos have been so helpful in learning this program. thank you for everything you do and thank you for sharing this info.

[@charlottecarrick2997]

I aprreciate the way youre teaching!

[@enigma-sj1wy]

this is one of the best marvelous tutorials out there

[@wordsshackles441]

What a great explanation. Very educational. Thanks.

[@EdvardSvensson]

Daniel you're amazing, I learned so much from this! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@UNKNOWN-kg7nx]

This is pure gold

[@ben_nickshiv]

Thank you very much! This is one of the most useful tutorial I have ever seen!

[@johannesmagnusson1126]

immensely helpful, thank you Daniel

[@eso_erica]

This is one of the most illuminating videos I've ever seen. Really helpful for understanding patterns and contouring in a simple, visual way

[@RenRaku]

This guide was insanely helpful, thank you so much for the effort and your time making this.

[@xzcxxxxxx]

The best one I have seen till now. I cant thankyou enough for making this video! Great work!!!

[@LunaXxX333]

These videos are great, thank you so much!!!

[@traxmaeus9892]

Hey Daniel. After learning environment design and basically the whole pipeline, I'm learning characters and sculpting for the second month now. Clothing for characters is one of the most important things in this process and learning from You is one of the best things that happened to me on my journey. Thanks a lot for your quality opinions and courses/tutorials, keep up the good work! Love to mention You when people asks me where I've learned some tips, tricks and overall workflow.

[@poffaldp]

Thank so much for this tutorial, there's fundamentals here I've never seen covered or explained so clearly anywhere else and provide an amazing conceptual framework for really understanding what's going on in patterns. I feel energized and excited by what I learned here and how some of my gaps in understanding that I didn't even realize I had now feel addressed. Will be recommending your videos to anyone I know who uses MD, and am eager to watch more and follow your work, thanks again!

[@blainklitzke6393]

This is awesome. Thank you!!

[@mustafasabridemirok1140]

Thank you, Daniel i finally understood something about darts and curves

[@susann9365]

I agree with Jaakko, you’re a wonderful teacher.

[@gelui13]

This was truly useful for me!! It helped me to understand a lot of things, thank you for your work!

[@piotrzielinski2032]

thanks for doing this man great explanation as always!

[@TheDinnyextra]

Hi Daniel! This is the most valuable MD tutorial I ever saw! I learned to use the tools in MD earlier but I never understood the basics of darts, curvatures and angles. I struggled a lot with figuring out what to do and I was thinking to apply to real-life sewing courses to understand these. Now you showed almost everything! Thank you very much! :) Can't wait to make some new garments with this newly learned knowledge. Btw, I'm thinking to switch over to Clo3D. The fullness tool looks like something I always needed but never knew about :)

[@mikadopowerranger5254]

Thank you sooo much you’re an incredible teacher

[@shadownet3d]

This is exactly what I needed to know and understand and you explained it so well. Thank you so much. I have enjoyed all your MD tutorials. I greatly appreciate your time and effort in sharing your experience.

[@alexpurkhalo711]

thank you so much, that was unexpectebly much more usefull than lot of other tutorals or coureses

[@tobyteeart3742]

Thank you for doing this Daniel, I've been looking into learning how to make digital clothes and you have been my main source of information as I'm starting to pick marvelous designer up. I really appreciate that you take the time to cover the fundamentals of making clothing and not just cover how the tools work, which I feel is the most important block of information when it comes to building a good understanding and approach towards clothing creation. Hope you have a great day, cheers!!

[@yaschan99]

You have a great talent for teaching. Really inspiring session!

[@AlexanderVentserov]

hi Daniel, thanks for the tutorial, it's great ! And thanks for sharing your positive. Wish you all good!

[@soniabashash3041]

This is gold!!

[@Mariajitopalacio]

This is amazing! Thank you

[@olivierlebaillif5574]

Many thanks Daniel for this course. As always full of good advices, tips and tricks. You have a definite talent for teaching and passing on knowledge. What people may not realize is that it took you a lot of your own time to build that knowledge and your are spending even more of your time teaching (and for free!) Really grateful. Thanks again

[@atefezare5623]

WOW this is the first time someone has explained the logic to me!

[@stephanieleiva8931]

Thank you! You are briliant !

[@para3717]

amazing tutorial, i can't believe this is free content thanks man

[@sebastianblatter7718]

love your enthusiasm man. thanks for the video it was really helpfull!

[@Elektrashock1]

Great breakdown

[@rastaban1767]

Awesome video you are great teacher

[@LEOTHOM]

Came to learn basics about Marvelous Designer...left with a strong respect for darts, curves and angles. Amazing tutorial! Thank you so much.

[@leonardod3130]

This is the BEST tutorial I have ever seen, you are absolutely the BEST!!! I really enjoy your videos and am immensely grateful to you for sharing your incredible knowledge. I hope to see a new video on your channel sooner or later. Thank you!!

[@mariiazatorska]

incredibly useful!!! Thank you!

[@Dangaa10]

thank you Daniel, i hope you can realize how helpfull those vids are! I'm currently based in Brazil and working on a project that can lead me to biggest steps like SPFW, and you are being a pillar so that can become true, im forever gratefull

[@user-io5nh1sk1p]

Your explanation is really something that many people are confused about. Thank you very much. I hope to see more of your works

[@ahmadq9195]

thank you, that's a really informative tutorial.

[@karolas98]

Dude, you're the best.

[@leo-js6nk]

I've been working in the industry with MD for 6 years now, and this is hands down the BEST MD channel I've seen, covering so much important stuff that is usually ignored or glossed over. Many thanks!

[@kakochka1]

I've watched all of your videos (except streams, cause they are too long for me to watch), and I can say this - your channel is the best source of knowledge on Marvelous Designer (or Clo3d) out there, free or paid. And I've watched a lot of the stuff on that topic, so I know what I'm talking about. Thank you for your great work and keep on going!

[@tinmangaming4957]

This is the best video I have seen about patternmaking and marvelous designer. please make more videos

[@MyEnglishDictionary]

Thank you, Daniel! My husband is a 3D artist. I showed him your channel, and he was so happy. He said this is the best tutorial he’s seen - including Gumroad and Artstation ones that he paid money for. This helped him a lot!

[@herkimerblue3772]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge:)!

[@AndraAhi]

just within the first 30 minutes of this video, it's a must watch for people learning MD. Thank you dude

[@Clear24chris]

The changes you're talking about at the 42 minute mark WILL change things in the finished garment because fabrics have grainlines and often prints on them - how you lay out the pattern determines how a piece is cut with respect to the grainline, which changes the drape and behavior of the fabric.

[@zavalishyn]

Thanks Daniel, very helpful

[@alin999]

That chapter with curves and angles was amazing. Super usefull! Waiting for more of your tutorials, buddy.

[@daryazhurnakova8670]

Very thoughtful and precise explanation. It helped me a lot as a virtual clothes beginner. Thank you a lot🙂

[@pochahotnessgamingadventur7758]

Awesome 👏 video and thanks 🙏 so much! Continue on my friend🎉

[@mskogly]

Thanks! Knew nothing about pattern making. But now we know!

[@vazelevz]

I love how you humble looking to the camera say "Hello" )

[@haoding2706]

2 hours of useful and exciting knowledge without any unmeaningful pause, man your voice is like music

[@Freelancer604]

i didnt even know i needed this

[@buriedbyfire8900]

Dope vid man, learned a ton

[@Mr_Dee]

So well explained Daniel. Awesome tutorial on the basics of contructing patterns ............ with Darts of course:)

[@Faris-1900]

I stumbled among this video and I must say, I am impressed with the detailed content you deliver. It's sad that you stopped making videos.

[@user-ob3ii8pb7e]

Thank you, it is very helpfull!

[@pluse444]

it's greatable . I will save this workshop for myself just in case

[@mikkelmelby]

Wow very helpful!! thanks a bunch

[@LLORTX_V]

Daniel, you are wonderfull

[@sergomers557]

Thank you very much for your work! This is the best video I have ever seen. I can't express how happy I am. Thank you Mr Daniel! I'm sorry, English is not my native language.

[@GaliSinatra]

I learned a lot, thank you!

[@abhimanyuadhikary1716]

I never attended my classes because of morning classes. But i learnt more in this video conceptually than 2 years in college. I love you 🥺

[@dahaniffer]

amazing tutorial daniel keep it going

[@jerryhunter1114]

I'm a bit late to the game but I just started with MD and found this a solid intro. Took me a while to get through bc I practiced almost everything in the video before progressing. Long way to go but already the odd shapes of patterns begin to be less alien-looking.

[@jasonnguyen3246]

amazing video

[@Sunnny851]

one day i was searching to learn MD..from nowhere I got your channel like god was suggesting me..son this is the right way...I am so lucky in short period of time I learn a lot from you..thanks a lot...I have no words..really thanks a lot....

[@noaburr]

I really didn't want this video to end. I learned SO much and learned how to fix so many of the issues I thought were unsolvable at my skill level (which is, complete beginner). Thank you so much for putting the time in to make this.

[@yeahgirl11]

Same here. This man is treasure. Every single thing he does in his videos is legitimately helpful. How many people actually explain how to make a skirt look evenly straight from front to back? Or even how and why the folds should look when a character moves in the outfit? I'm sad that he can't make videos anymore because of his career, but he definitely deserves to be paid well for his knowledge. I'm so grateful that he even has videos up to show us his knowledge.

[@redrayvisuals]

Again - thank you for this amazing explanations... I never had anything to do with sewing and sewing patterns and your video really closes a big gap between these "how you use patterns for real life sewing" tutorials and the question how you use these pattern in a 3d programme like MD.

[@ivideogameboss]

Thank You so much! If only you could make a complete detailed course on MD and explain everything like you do here I would be the first person to buy it. You have a gift. Please do make the course long and detailed and don't skip anything Explain all the keys you are pressing. The course should be going from novice to advance. I'm ready to buy.

[@solecipollari]

We miss your videos, Daniel!

[@Apoyamosaroyce89]

Thank you so much, now I understand how may I do the clothes haha thank you

[@seethe639]

i was so disappointed to find i already liked the video when i went to like it again mid-watch :P

[@PS0103]

Really helpful stuff right here! Thank you Daniel, it's much clearer now how this things work 💙 p.s. It was a surprise to see some patterns from Soviet magazines/Russian forums :)

[@cgnoobs7514]

Like your tuts bro, so details

[@sewingincolor]

I am a seamstress and I am doing 3d fashion now. Great Video!!!!