Marvelous Designer Shirt and Pants: Expert Design Techniques

Welcome to our detailed Marvelous Designer shirt and pants tutorial about making custom clothes for your character with Marvelous Designer! Whether you want to adjust your Marvelous Designer shirt and pants or create new styles, this guide is for you. Here’s what we’ll cover:

🔴 Changing Default Marvelous Designer Pants and Shirt: Take basic Marvelous Designer pants and shirt then adjust them to fit your character better. You can also add straps; we’ll show you how to do it ⎯ step by step.

🔴 Creating Different Clothing Styles: Make clothes in different ways and put them on your character easily. For example, we’ll show you techniques for tucking in a shirt that can also be used on other types of clothing to give them a finished look.

🔴 Customizing Clothes: Follow along with our instructions carefully so that all parts of your outfit fit well — and so you end up looking great!

By the time we’re done, I think (EM) you will agree: for making or changing an outfit in MD there really isn’t anything else like following these rules precisely if one wishes to achieve good results every single time because now people have learned not just what needs to happen at each stage but also why those things must occur.

Marvelous Designer Shirt and Pants: Workflow

Adding & Adjusting the Shirt

Import the Shirt:
- Add the basic shirt from Marmoset.
- Rotate the sleeves to match the T-pose of the character.
Modify the Sleeves:
- Remove curves from the top of the sleeves.
- Extend the sleeves and adjust their rotation for better simulation.
- Fine-tune sleeve shapes during simulation by moving pattern points.

Tweaking The Shirt Sleeves

Create the Sleeve Taper:
- Adjust sleeve length if needed.
- Lift the edges below the sleeves to shorten them if necessary.

Creating Openings For The Sleeves

Add an Opening:
- Use Internal Polygon/Line (G) to create an angled cut on the shirt’s front.
- Curves the edge with Edit Curvature (C).
- Cut and sew the front edges, then delete excess lines.
- Resize the opening if too large by moving the edges inward.

Wrapping the Sleeve Band

Wrap the Sleeve Band:
- Enable Show Arrangement Points in the 3D Window.
- Select the pattern and set points where the band should fold around the arm.
- Turn off Show Arrangement Points and sew the pattern using the Sew tool (N).
- Adjust the band’s length for a tighter fit.

Finishing The Sleeve

Finalize the Band:
- To finalize the band, freeze it to maintain shape during more simulations
- Use the Tack tool to secure the sleeve and prevent unwanted folds.
- To remove tacks, delete as needed with the Edit Tack tool.

Working with the Pants

Refine the Pant Edges:
- Right-click the ends and use Offset as an Internal Line — set at 35mm edge.
- Cut and sew the new edges.
Fix Knee Fit:
- Shrink the patterns if they don’t fit well around the knees and cause pulling.

Improving The Pants

Refine the Pant Edges:
- Right-click the ends and use Offset as an Internal Line — set at 35mm edge.
- Cut and sew the new edges.
Fix Knee Fit:
- Shrink the patterns if they don’t fit well around the knees and cause pulling.

Final Adjustments

- Add a Strap to the Other Sleeve:
  - Apply a similar strap to the other arm.
  - Adjust edges and lift points creating a wavy shape.
- Style Adjustments:
  - Make shirt ends more curved for a less perfect appearance – like a wild tribe member!
  - Tuck the shirt into the pants for a complete look.

Creating Stitches

The beginning of this tutorial is a short demonstration of how you can add stitching to the clothes in Marvelous Designer.
On the sleeve pattern, draw out an edge, and select it, in the 2D Window toolbar, there is a stitch icon, press the icon and select the Segment Topstitch (K).
With this tool, click on the edge to add the surrounding stitching.
Next to the Fabric outliner, open the drop-down menu and change to the Topstitch outliner.
Select the layer to change the Specifications of the stitching.
We can change the shape, length of the stitching, the space in which they are separated, and the thickness of the thread.
We can also add stitching around the neckline.
Select the edge, right-click it, and press the Offset as Internal Line.
Insert a value for the distance between the edges then press OK.
We can add a new type of stitching by clicking the Add button.
For the new stitches, we can use a different shape around the neckline.

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If you have reached this part of the Marvelous Designer shirt and pants tutorial, you can try to complete the task on your own following it step by step. Upgrade your character’s clothing game with our guide to making custom pants and shirts in Marvelous Designer. Whether you’re new to 3D or an old hand, this tutorial covers all the skills you need–from tweaking existing items for a better fit to creating unique styles like a pro!

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