(Click for better quality for some dang reason 🙄)
This surprisingly took a minute, (not a reason for my absence, I have portfolios to worry about right now), but I specifically struggled with the hair. I refused to let myself get lazy with the design and wanted to show a sense of character with it.
I got a bit worried in the final design as it looks very similar to her mom’s hair but I think in the end there’s something really beautiful about a small factor like that. I accentuate this more with the name change into heya, it’s similar to hiya but I figured it’d be more like a millie and Molly situation. Now I will admit this isn’t any theory or headcanon I have for Howdy so it admittedly isn’t connected lore wise BUT I wanted to show some subtle hints of confidence and self comfort with showing more skin on the arms and a lack of outfit change presenting heya as a woman who doesn’t want to change the way she dresses entirely and that despite that she know how she feels and what suits her best.
Anyway, I wanted to celebrate this years pride month with my favorite welcome home character and if you remember me,…I GOTTA make it laughingstock 😝:
Disclaimer: if you’re reading this wondering “what does heya mean by ‘big change’? Wouldn’t have this transition been a slow process?” And to answer that; in my original idea I wanted the transition to be something she did turning into a chrysalis. That once she came to terms with her identity, only then was she able to be a butterfly, but in the end I scrapped the idea as I have a very distinct idea for Howdys wing’s and don’t like predicting things so soon in the Wh story and forgot to change the wording in comic to match that.
…I deeply regret this decision and will in fact promptly doodle something of that idea because as of typing this that Sounds really beautiful 🙃😑😐
I’ll be honest I wasn’t expecting Barnaby’s blurb to be so large but I don’t think it’s something you can cut so neatly without risking an unpolished finish.
Happy pride month everyone!!!
Ok well here’s some rough drafts I’ve done for hair and all the works….I worked too hard to not show my efforts
Rough story idea that started it all: Dress mistakingly sent to howdy instead of Seeya, tries it on as a joke…doesn’t laugh. Poppy comes in, end scene.
Hair practices after the fact, still looks nice and could be heya in early development
Final attempt, mom in left corner as reference and hair design idea for an older heya pillar idea labeled “old”
