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Tag: clothing

It’s always a time for pizzazz

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Cal

i always thought it was odd that in fantasy or scifi it is a lot more common to see “ancient clothes + modern setting” than “modern clothes + ancient setting”. i get that they wouldn’t necessarily have modern materials, but
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Posted in BLOGTagged alec, anachronistic, ancient, art, clothes, clothing, concept, design, history, iteration, logo, outfit, pattern
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Relative practicality

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Cal

when you are not bound by the practical considerations of manual labor and movement, things get weird pretty fast. I find that in history the choices of the wealthy or powerful pretty much revolve around “what is impossible for the
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Posted in BLOGTagged art, clothes, clothing, concept, design, highborn, outfit, poor, rich, wealth
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We can take it further

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Cal

some of these had specific design goals in mind, but most are just experimentation to see what I like and what I could potentially use. the colors are interesting, but I need to constantly keep in mind what they will
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An anachronistic (?) choice of head coverings

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Cal

i’m cool making style choices that might seem anachronistic to us. turns out golf visors would be perfect for antelope ears. even if i doubt they would be familiar with a good 18 holes of the king’s game there’s no reason
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Posted in BLOGTagged art, baseball, cap, clothing, concept, design, hat, visor
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Rene outfittery snazzle bedazzle

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Cal

doing some other art stuff for jobs in real life so haven’t had too much focus for the comic as of late. still gonna be slow going. if only we had some snappy clothes to make the wait less painful—-
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Posted in BLOGTagged clothes, clothing, color, colorful, colour, concept, snazzy
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