#practical development

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First designs for Saturn and SW33T :)

I’ve got the majority of Saturn’s colour palette down because it coincides with the colours of lunar moths in real life. White fur coat = white fluffy abdomen, wine vinyl pants = wine coloured legs etc. He’s also got the features of a lunar moth such as the wings, antennae, and I gave him two pairs of arms instead of one. Some elements of his design are taken from 70s disco culture e.g. platform shoes Saturday Night Fever inspired.

SW33T’s outfit is more simple wherein it mostly draws from casual street styles. Their heavyweight body type means lots of oversized and loose-fitting clothes. The more unique part of their design is their head, which can be switched out with lots of kinds of devices e.g. traffic light, boombox, computer monitor etc. The head changes are juxtaposed by the persistence of the beanie.

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I’ve altered Captain’s design slightly so the translucent flares are now one long skirt. I did this because it makes her legs easier to see underneath the translucency . Also instead of her coat draping off her arms I’ve now made so it’s slightly off shoulder instead because it’ll be much easier to draw. It’s still mostly unzipped so the leotard underneath is still visible. I’m still not 100% certain on her shoes but I know I want to incorporate the skates.

Next to that I’ve got my first design for Fluora! :) I gave Captian’s baggy trousers to her because I like them but they’re not translucent this time. She’s also wearing a high collared jacket without sleeves because she doesn’t need sleeves ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. I’m thinking a racing jacket sort of style but maybe I’ll make the pattern on it match her trousers? Cause then it’ll almost be like a two piece outfit which I think would be nice. I also decided to give her cute leg warmers as a retro accessory.

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So this is my first shot using the textures I took pictures of and putting them into the drawing. I’m happy with the outfit overall so I’m gonna keep it as it is and maybe tweak some minor things but idk. I’m not that happy with the colour palette but that’s probably because I was working with a limited number of textures in the blue spectrum and I couldn’t get colours that I was 100% with without just colouring them myself. I’ll have to see if there’s a way to change the hue/saturation of inserted images like there is on Photoshop but I doubt there is a way.

I also want to work on reducing the stiffness of my drawings so next time I’ll probably try to go for a more less anatomically accurate style and make the characters more shaped. I think that would also help it look more styled even if it ends up looking more abstract that way. I think my drawings would look better if I stop trying to make it look perfect and just try to have more fun with it.

One thing I do really like however is that I learned what the liquify tool is and I used that for the jacket. I think it looks pretty cool! Tutorial credit goes to @bridgetmichelledesign on TikTok.

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Some examples of the textures that I’ve gathered and would like to use in my work. I want to use these for the characters’ outfits so the illustrations have less flat colours and look more collage like.

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