Design Process: Gus
Gus is one of Luz' friends from the show. He is known for being asocciated with the magic of Illusions, being fasinated by humanity and also the colour of light blue.
For the moodboard for Gus, I wanted to put him a more casual look. Gus is very into anything human, as he is the leader of the "Human Appriciation Club" at his school. Because of this, I decided that casual human clothes would fit him best. I also took references of different male textured hairstyles, as I wanted to include that aspect of him, as he is the only POC within the show that has clearly textured hair.
NOTE: "lmk" is short for "let me know" .
After showing Tali the concepts, they chose the middle design for me to complete.
The original colours for Gus were very muted, the clothing being different cool colours with his skin and hair being warm to contrast.
I shared the result with Tali at the same time as sharing the finished one for Willow (she will get her own post of course) . Tali said she likes the designs, and the contrast between Gus' skin/hair and clothes.
Here is the adjusted version of the design. the main differences are the shades of the colours (including simplifying the pants a little) and making Gus' hair slightly more star/flower shaped.
Although I am unsure how clear it is, Gus is meant to be wearing sandals for shoes. I don't tend to draw shoe soles unless I deem it an important part of the design.
When showing Tali the finished design, Discord was not working on my end. And as I wanted to ensure the design is okay, I decided to message Tali on Tumblr directly. They said they like the final design for Gus, which made me very happy, as I loved the small adjustments I did.