some people get a lot more extreme with shapes than I do. I’m not necessarily sure that’s a negative for me, but I do want to get more confident in going ‘all out’ than I feel like I currently am.
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Tag: character
uncommon medical phenomena
was looking up conjoined twins the other day. i don’t know why. as an american with the name callum, I have received a lifetime of blank stares in response. is that anywhere equivalent to being born a conjoined twin or
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mens suits are a proven cure for insomnia
i understand that this blog is becoming a fashion one more with each passing day but what are you gonna do I suppose. mens suits suck. they are the same thing over and over again with nearly no variety. in
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Otigo Trappings
as always, playing with things to see what i like and what i don’t. in real life people wouldn’t dress like they do in the fire nation (“we all have to wear red!”), but it definitely helps the reader. you
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the voice of the character
Back when i was laying the groundwork for the comic I worried about having to follow a small cast of characters for years on end and was worried that I might get burnt out on them before long. one of
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The shape of your average LADY (and boy)
some more body shape doodles. just seeing what works and what doesn’t for the story. trying to design the clothes hand in hand with body shapes, which i haven’t done as much in the past as i probably should. the
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At a glance
I find silhouettes and shapes just as important as detail. Silhouettes can be tough for me to integrate into the background and still make it look good. always learning. I find a lot of these have interesting shapes which can
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Clothes makes the man
I really do like drawing and designing clothes. which is kind of odd since I don’t care at all how I dress in real life. playing with shapes, playing with ideas, the norm. trying to make believable designs that I
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A short look ahead
speak peek for a future character. played around with him for a bit but just wasn’t feeling where it was going. so I decided I’m gonna make him a dwarf. why not. it’ll add some interest. it’s always fun to
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An oral tradition
Stories existed long before writing. Some of the most ancient texts we know of likely had a long existence as oral accounts way before they were first penned. Oral traditions do rely on the faultiness of memory, yes, but I
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