how classy should we go? how loud? how casual? again, design trends are pretty independent of when or where you live. some fashion trends could easily have happened centuries before or after they did in real life. even if i
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Tag: concept
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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Flag content
like the last post about flags, a lot of these are ripoffs of real-life flags. also like last time, it helps to weed out generic ideas in favor of something that hopefully will have more legs. just playing around as
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a need to DANCE!!!
i dance about as well as a large tree but i do find it pretty interesting. body language is of course important to me and dancing obviously opens up a lot of fun opportunities. it’s also just how some people
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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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Get em outta here!
there are times when I need to think about mechanisms that may exist in the background of the comic, but are not focused on heavily. I admit that prisons and legal systems are not a topic that I know a
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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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