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ChiaNi · Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 10:11 pm

I want to paint the traditional costume for long time. Now I have time to start this project. I am going to start with Chinese first. Because that what I have collect enough information so far. But I am interesting all coustume.

I will happy to see the coustume from your country. Please join this thread.

This one is from an island on south of China. The island call Hai Nan. I like to start with this coustume because my father have this trail blood. Whitch mean I have that too.

This trail call Li. They live around at Hai Nan and Guang Dong. They have very good skill of weave. The fablic have geometry pattern. Most of them doing fishing for living. They do creat their own language and written language base on Latin.

I don't have this information yet. Only offer image for this one.I will keep research to find out where this come from?

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Frost · Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 7:57 am

I like them very much ChiaNi. It's very nice to see cultural costumes illustrated like this. Good job. Looking forward to seeing more!

pritch · Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 8:21 am

Beautiful work! Can't wait to see more!

egerie · Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 9:55 am

it's a very good idea (and so well executed). I'm extremely curious about everything especially with traditions in these times of mainstream globalisation. Thank you for sharing a tiny glimpse of that part of the world Smile

I'm looking forward to see more because those outfit -especially the first one- are very interesting.

ChiaNi · Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2003 1:37 am

Egerie/pritch/frost: thank you for your commend. I will keep this project for a long while. I collect about 70's diffrent trail from China. I have lot image to share.

This trail call Moulou. Their have amont 159,328 pupulation. The major place They stay are Guangxi provincial lacate at South of China. They have their language. Their outfit has simple style. whitch become popular all over whole China at 30's till now. China, Taiwan, Hong Kong still see lady ware this style walk around. Because this style easy and comfortable.

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AndyT · Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2003 1:52 am

Stunning. I'm looking forward to seeing more.
I guess not many others will contribute though. I wouldn't know what to paint. There are no traditional costumes here that I like. And I guess modern Halloween or Carnival costumes don't really fit here.
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ChiaNi · Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2003 7:52 am

AndyT:

Mon · Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2003 8:01 am

ChiaNi -- I would post 'em if I had 'em Smile

But looking at yours is always a pleasure.

/mon
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ChiaNi · Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 11:57 am

Mon thank you for your commend. I wish can see your post soon. It will be my honor.

This trail call SaLa. They live at very broad separate area. It is around the north and west side of China located between Mongolia and Sinkiang. There have the two bigest desert in China. Whitch were combine The Gobi Desert and Takla Makan Desert together. They don't stay in one place. The move around at Desert. Most of them are herdsman. They fallow where are grow grass and moisture for their hard of animails. When the Moisture gone and the land turn to dry. They move again.

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ChiaNi · Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 1:23 am

This trail name Tou. They live at the Desert too. The same area as SaLa trail. They have large amont of pupulation. about 191,624. Same style of living as SaLa trail. But diffrent religion. They are Lamaism. SaLa are Islamism.

Do I boring you Sad

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beat · Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 3:02 am

I'm not bored. I'll join if I had some time to.
are you working out of one single ref book, or many ones ? If you got one cool ref for chinese costumes, I'd like to know about it Smile

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ChiaNi · Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 8:04 am

beat: happy to see your message. It will be great if you can post some coustume. I real love your style.

I have a dack of poker card. on the card had illustration of Chinese diffrent trail costume. Also I have many books about coustume. After finish this dack of card I will dig in my books. Then I will go find more as Japan, India, Thailand, Cambodia, ..... Oh... I realy like to dig in Amarica India. ... and so on. I will be doing this for my life time.

Here is the reffrence.

http://myweb.thump.net/1613/fourcards.jpg

All the face I use myself as model.
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ChiaNi · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 8:31 am

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ChiaNi · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 10:12 am

This coustume acturely isfor men. Kerckz men no metter kids or old man they wear this kind hat made form wool. Their have 141,549 pupulation around SinKiang the Takla Makan Desert at west of China.

here is the reffrence.
http://home.attbi.com/~chiani/wsb/media/38256/site1101.jpg
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ChiaNi · Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2003 12:07 pm

ARRHHHH!!!!!I am droping so fast!!!

don't foget me. I am doing this. It take long time. This will be finish soon.

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egerie · Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2003 3:11 pm

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Wow ...you win !!! Shocked

Mykoz · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 2:02 pm

wow chiani !!! Shocked

you do better and better !!!!

but please stop to impress me !!!!!!! Very Happy

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jeromoo · member Member # Joined: 13 Mar 2002 Posts: 56

hi ChiaNi, since this is definetely a costume thread and did not specify that digital medium is required, so I dug into my college portfolio for a similar theme and presto, I have one of the traditional costumes of the native people of Sarawak (or Sabah?), in Malaysia! Yup, if you guys didn't know yet, I'm from Malaysia.

The Iban people are among the many natives of Malaysia. Their costumes are very rich in warm yellowish colour and usually accompanied with traditional equipments not illustrated here, usually something like a wooden decorative shield and a specific 'weapon' not made for fighting, but more for ritual and dance.

Oh yes, the actual Iban people wouldn't be wearing those slippers and high heeled shoes Laughing

.... I actually painted that out of the modern fashion article. Its done with designer gouache on illustration board.

ChiaNi · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 11:54 pm

jeromoo: I am So happy have you post here. even though I see X

your website is super rock. I found the one you like to post here. It look very cool. All the image in your website are cool.
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jeromoo · member Member # Joined: 13 Mar 2002 Posts: 56

Hi ChiaNi, I feel so honoured to have someone like you to actually go through pile upon pile of artworks in my messy website to find the particular one that I intended to show here! Thanks for your compliments on my website although my designer friends critique it as being very 'boxy' or 'squarish'.

I think I'm gonna post more for this thread (with digital works) because Malaysia is rich with culture and diversity, so that gives me alot of materials to present here! So please wait for me to post them! Smile

ChiaNi, the traditional outlook of this topic is really a stark contrast with the other topics way too associated with fantasy and sci fi themes... Its a refreshing change. Let's preserve tradition the digital way! Very Happy

*ps.. but first I have to handle one major problem first.. which is obvious.. my image hosting!! I have two... and sometimes one works and the other don't and vice versa! sometimes both of them don't work... showing me those nasty red Xs, which really drives me nutters!!

Matthew · Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 6:33 am

hey jeromoo, thought I should help you out.

Geocities doesn�t allow picture linking, that is why your picture won�t show.
Can�t help you with any tips of webproviders thou, I have had problems with some webproviders and I think in the future you won�t be able to link pictures unless you have your own domain. You can link to pages, so an image can be on a html page and then you link that page here.

I have got myself a domain now and are working on setting up some things for it. Smile

have a nice day
cheers
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ChiaNi · Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 8:22 am

jeromoo I try to post your image out. I am not sure yet.

I got it.

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jeromoo · member Member # Joined: 13 Mar 2002 Posts: 56

I've fixed my image hosting!! Now my image can show.. YAY!

Thank you ChiaNi for posting for me, but I can now make it available to you guys!!

Matthew.. I didn't use geocities.. I also didn't use web1000 as AndyT have suggested, but I found another way, that is by using the circle99 community site. Uploading your images there allows you to link the images here! Besides, its free too... with the limitation of 5mb which is reasonable!
A really good news for folks hunting for a good image hosting!

Now, I have a peace of mind and so I can start on the costume thing! Very Happy

ChiaNi · Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 10:24 pm

The Dageak

The Dageak trail live in East of Xinjiang Plateau. In the backgrand is the second highest mountain in the world that where they located.

Dageak in theiry laguage mean " The Crown". This trail root from Iran.

Woman wear scafe over the skull cap. On their hair they will braid coin or button on their hair. Mostly they will have four braid.

The boot their wear have curl on the tip.

The close up. http://myweb.thump.net/1613/dageakcrop.jpg
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Max · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2003 5:42 am

I am impressed ChiaNi! That's some nice designs!

NiM · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2003 5:48 pm

Amazing

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silber · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 2:54 pm

keep working on it!
that's really great and interesting project
I like the "salapost2" image the most.
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ChiaNi · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 8:39 pm

Siber: I will keep posting. I have passion to do this subject. But each picture take long time to finish. Embarassed

I am slow. this thread need people to back me up. Hope more artist come here post some costumes. Help.......

Nim: thank you for the nice commend.

Max Kulich: do you remenber these image?

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jeromoo · member Member # Joined: 13 Mar 2002 Posts: 56

Hi ChiaNi, I'm here to back you up... sorry I took so long to post my contribution because my eyes have problem and need to take break from using computer....

Okay, here's my contribution... the 'models' are actually my imaginary 'mannequins' for displaying the costumes and sorry about the background cuz I'm in a rush to post this...

okay here is the description about the costumes as mentioned in an article...(written by Emma Bishop)

Baju Kurung and Baju Melayu:-

Baju Kurung (worn by the woman)- Strongly dictated by the Islamic dress code, the traditional Malay costume is both modest and conservative without being boring or colourless. Malay women are extremely adept at injecting colour and flair into a dress that truly reflects their warm character. the Baju Kurung comprises a loose tunic with the top worn over a long skirt or sarung. In its original form, it is worn in all shades and colours with the shape and style remaining the same as it has many years ago. On Fridays, Muslim women wear it as a sign of respect for the holy day. It is even the preferred dress on that day by those who usually opt for modern attire.

Baju Melayu (worn by the man)- a loose shirt is worn over a sarung or a pair of trousers. To be more elaborate, kain samping' a piece of brocade(songket) is tied around the waist and trousers to match the shirt. To complete the ensemble, a headdress normally made of velvet called songkok is worn. For Friday prayers, the songkok has becoe an indispensable part of the Malay man's outfit.

Okay, I hope my contribution is educational enough for you all. Hope you will visit Malaysia one day!