Aún después del final de la 5ta temporada, Gabenath siempre vivirá en mi corazón y absolutamente siempre será el mejor ship de miraculous 😭 Estoy enamorada de Hesperia 🧍🏻♀️💜 Gabriel y Nathalie son mis personajes favoritos 💜💙 Mi Instagram, soy muy activa ahí: https://instagram.com/alex_drawsart?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ== https://ko-fi.com/c/f9e37e8775
This has been in the drafts for quite a while! Here's my version of Gabriel Agreste - I love seeing people's varying takes on him and thought I'd give it a go! 🦋
Unlike the other character posts I've made, I'm not going to write out his whole bio, and just include my design notes for now. I go deep into what I imagined for his background in my fics, but it's a little too complicated to explain it all in a post lmao :3
Design Notes/Character Study
Uses his artist hands to create a torture chamber for himself in his mind - both beautiful and horrifying; it's not long before that prison starts bleeding into his reality
Major traits: emotional, protective, cowardly, hot-headed, awkward, single-minded
Inability to mature properly leads his psyche to fracture and lead him down his dark path
Drives: perceived family unit
Merely a tool for the council - does not have the same standing as the other members
Financial insecurity in childhood (refer to economic downturn in 70s-80s) leads him to overcompensate
An artist restricted by the demands of consumerism, capitalism, and commodification
Show through restrictive clothing in civilian mode
Did NOT want to be a father; was pressured by society's picture of an ideal family and his love for Emilie
Dark clothing - mourning attire; his self-image, ego, and sense of self would be destroyed with Emilie's death
White lily - symbol of mourning; extremely toxic to cats :0
Gabriel company branding
Layered clothing
Initial Hawkmoth form based on the Purple Emperor butterfly (Apatura iris)
reference @odeu-m's hawkmoth designs
For different forms, reference different types of butterflies
Villain design becomes more and more abstract, organic, nonhuman as character degrades due to overuse of Miraculous
Changing costumes between seasons should show progression
Becomes less and less like formal attire (powers feel like a form of freedom from his corporate cage)
Note: The Miraculous does not "drive him insane"; rather, it exacerbates negative traits that he already had
Designs (both as villain and as civilian) and akumas reflect mental state
Play with dark/light values, textures, and saturation
Akumas act as an outlet - reference haute couture, impressionism, pop art, horror games (Souls games, Layers of Fear, Funeralopolis), @nn-ee-zz's art
Akumas are a mix of empowering and horrifying - mixed public opinion
Fake eyes - cover actual eyes
Art References: Bryan Charnley, Bryan Saunders, Vincent van Gogh, Yayoi Kusama, Francisco Goya
Fashion References: Dior, Chanel
Forms - beautiful but intimidating; pieces of art
Play with effects like chromatic aberration and such distortions
Picture of Gabriel, Nathalie, Emilie in childhood - emphasize that he is stuck in the past
love your art i think it's neat (i am about to hang it on my wall and pray to it every day) + love seeing fellow gabriel enjoyers! i write about him heheheh :)
Endless thanks to Gabriel's fans! 💗🫶✨🫵 Love y’all!
And of course you can print my art for yourself, I never mind that
Art to promote chapter 27 of my Gabenath fic "As the sun rises again"
“This is all my fault,” he said between sobs.
“No, son... It’s not your fault,” Gabriel said gently.
“Yes, it is! I was the one with the Cataclysm in my hand!” Adrien looked at his right hand, the one he had used to activate the Cataclysm that time and which had unintentionally hurt his father.
“It was all an accident, please don’t blame yourself anymore, Adrien,” Nathalie knelt beside him, gently placing her hand on his back and drawing circles on it.
“If only I could turn back time and avoid making that stupid plan,” Adrien gasped between tears. Gabriel cupped his face in his hands and made him look directly at him.
“You should go rest, Gabriel,” Nathalie coughed slightly.
"I’m just making sure I can monitor you, Nathalie. Now, can I have your hand, please?” Gabriel wouldn’t rest until he saw Nathalie asleep. But first, he’d make sure Nathalie had the monitor connected.
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