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[ejstrunck]

Happy Pride Month! Horde redesigns, all compiled!

[summerlyewe]

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[ejstrunck]

Miscellaneous Hordesmen! And that brings Horde Month to a close. Thank y’all so much for all your support. I’m so pleased with how they all came out, and I’m very excited to get started on the Rebellion folks for you all! Let me know who you’d be interested in seeing!

[ejstrunck]

Only one entry left for Horde “month!” The colours were an absolute nightmare on this one! I tried to stick to her original palette for so long but eventually decided I’d rather she look like part of the Horde than anything.

[ejstrunck]

I ship them now lmao. Frieren and Absolute Wonder Woman as Adventure Time and Masters of the Universe: Revelation.

[ejstrunck]

Mantenna! We’re coming up on the end of this Horde spree and this might be one of my favourites. I love their little outfit.

[ejstrunck]

Leech!! This design was a struggle for me omg idk what it was about it 😂 I’m very pleased with how it turned out though! My favourite bit is the little nurse shark nubbins on his nose. Who’s your favourite Hordesman so far?

[ejstrunck]

your she-ra art fucks crazy style!! i love your animations and designs sihdjshsiaksjrjshdh!!!! do you have any tips and advice for redesign :3

sorry for bothering you!!!

Thank you so much!! And it's no bother at all, nice comments always make my day :)

Redesigning characters is definitely a passion of mine. I think the biggest thing to keep in mind is always having a purpose and intent behind the redesign. In my opinion, redesigning solely because one thinks one can do better is kind of mean-spirited, and you can circumvent that by just having a focus behind the project.

For my She-Ra stuff, my focus is kind of bringing to life what the world felt like to me as a kid when I was playing with the original toyline and watching the Filmation show and everything - trying to age that up and bring that into a more modern lens.

In terms of the actual practise, I think that ideally it's a LOT of studying (though it can also be fun to design off-the-cuff for a character you don't know, but I'm assuming that's not what you mean lol). Being distinctly familiar with all aspects of a character helps your designs feel more rooted in the franchise you're coming from, and I think that helps it resonate with fans. For instance, with my Scorpia design, I elected to make her larger in build and visibly older than most of the cast. This decision was based on her 2008 Classics bio, which casts her as a warrior queen who ruled even before the Horde arrived, but it also carries the bonus of being identifiable by 2018 fans, since she was buff and white-haired in that show. All the while, all the choices I'm making with regards to her silhouette and the placement and shape of her armour are specifically lifted from her Filmation design (which, fun fact, may have been created by Bruce Timm, from what I can tell).

You're looking for the perfect balance between your own vision and homage to what came before.

Anyway I hope that helped!! If you're an adult, please feel free to DM me if you ever want further/more specific advice, I love chatting abt art :)

[ejstrunck]

Kagamine Len as the Feral Predator, shortly after felling Hatsune Miku (in-class practise)

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[ejstrunck]

We interrupt this Horde Month to bring you Glimmer and Bow content

[ejstrunck]

And now, my personal favourite, Grizzlor! I was in throes about whether or not to add the tail and snout - it felt sacreligious - but I came to the conclusion that it looks cool as hell and therefore must be done. Who's your favourite so far?

[ejstrunck]

It's Pyrrha's birthday, so I figured it's time for a RWBY in Crisis update! I haven't been able to work on this as much (the next panel is Taiyang and I don't want to do it) but I haven't been making some progress! Which Volume has your favourite music?

[ejstrunck]

Scorpia! Featuring some concept sketches on the second image.

[ejstrunck]

Welcome to Horde Month! Each week I’ll be posting a new member of the Evil Horde (hopefully). This week, it’s Entrapta!

[jeeperso]

I know its your own take on the character, ejstrunck, but there's someting just... wrong about seeing an Entrapta so miserable-looking, as opposed to ND's happiest woman on Etheria

[ejstrunck]

LMAOO I think the key difference is that 2018 Entrapta is a princess with a cute emotionally stunted goth boyfriend and my Entrapta is a colonised Horde citizen under a warlord who feels nothing but rage and schadenfreude

I can totally get how it could be disorienting tho 😂😂😂

[ejstrunck]

Welcome to Horde Month! Each week I’ll be posting a new member of the Evil Horde (hopefully). This week, it’s Entrapta!

[ejstrunck]

She-Ra poster I made for class last quarter!