Now for the final out of the three, one of the many villains of Dream SMP and the one with the funniest death. I don’t have many fleshed out plans for the rest of the smp members, so this might be my last dream-team related design. No promises though! I’m notoriously unpredictable.
Also thanks to my discord friends for introducing me to Dream SMP and supporting me through the project! They were a lot of help.
Schlatt:
Process Below:
This design didn’t take the longest time wise, but it was the most challenging. I had to take the most breaks in between to remember what looks good.
Like the others, I started with the idea collage to get my thoughts down. I had an idea, but no idea where to go with it. So I started by sketching him with a full business suit. However, there was a problem: Like every artist I have a weakness, and that weakness is slacks. I can’t draw them, it’s difficult for absolutely no reason, I hold an irrational grudge against them.
I gave up after spending an hour trying to draw slacks, so I slept for a night and came back to it in the morning.
Collage thingy:
Then I had an epiphany, Satyr Schlatt. This might just be an excuse to open my mythology book for an hour and giggle to myself (it is), but it was also a great alternative to not draw slacks. My one issue with the idea is that Satyrs are part goat, and a ram is a male sheep... so I’ll admit I was stretching a bit, but god, I really don’t want to draw slacks. I got over myself and once it was settled I figured out some anatomy and improvised some fluffy legs.
Final Sketch:
When I got to the color blotching part, I knew I wanted a character with a very dark color scheme, lots of reds and blacks, specifically based off of the Manberg flag. Usually I’m pretty against relying on only red and black in your designs (its a habit we all fall into), so I tried to balance it out with gold jewelry and blue eyes. I still have a feeling that the black is slightly overpowering, but its a big improvement from all of my other color choices. I also don’t know how I would fix it and still make it look okay.
I finished the design relatively proud, in reflection I could have done more with the color, maybe I could have chosen a different suit design so it wouldn’t be all black. Either way, I’m pretty proud of how it turned out! I’m not upset, designing is a learning curve. I can’t learn if I don’t make mistakes.
(Also since apparently I forgot to save an image with the color blotches heres a meme I made in my suffering:)
