#shadybug redesign

[sillygoofylittleartist]

A redesign for Shadybug at the beginning and end of the Paris special.

I think Shady is one of the best Marinette looks in the whole series but I did make a few changes just for fun. I wanted her to be angular and intense, and I liked how her suit covers more of her face and neck. The red on her suit is vivid and a little straining and the majority of the suit is black. As for after her redemption I wanted to keep some aspects of her that make her different from standard marinette. She’s got more edge with her style and is very much a different person in how her experiences have shaped who she is. I made the black and red (thought it’s more hot pink) more balanced to show how she’s become more balanced in her mindset by striving for hope and happiness despite the darkness. I also loved her hair in the high buns so as a sort of compromise between what the special did and what I liked I gave her high pigtails instead of the standard low ones. I also kind of like the idea of her liberation from the darkness and control of the supreme being expressed in how her hair is now looser, in fluffy pigtails instead of sleek buns.

[maddascanbe-blog]

Chapter two of If Only for a Dream features two new faces. Swarm was the culmination of me really wanting to add more blue to the bee's design. Sidenote this would probably be how I design normal Bee Alya too. And Red Queen to be the counterpart to Ladybee. I was going to add the hair color but though it looked too busy, so we'll let her go Bluenette.

[doodle-stroodle]

Shady Bug and Marinette!! <3

Okay, so I don’t know if this Marinette is more scene or emo 😭 There seems to be a lot of overlap so…? Idk

[kari-go]

Could you maybe do your ladybug, gato noir and lion blanch as if they were in the reverse special? Like, evil versions of them lol

I genuinely cannot imagine Stephan as evil. Lion? Absolutely, slay. Ladybug? Yeah, I guess. But Stephan? No. like what is bro gonna do, scare birds??? It's kinda ironic because he's the only one who actually has a solid reason in the main au xd

[maddascanbe-blog]

I was still in a drawing mood so have a "Hero" Shadybug and Claw Noir! I call them Cocci and Wildcat since they both don't feel they've lived up to what their counterparts represent. I'll probably draw/redesign Hesperia some day.

Oh and the "Hero" is loose at best. They're tactics are- less than ideal by the resistance's standards. Okay well- Gabriels standards at least.

Gabriel essentially adopted Marinette after finding out about her home life. Adrien was very surprised to find out his father was actually Hesperia, but they worked it out. Gabriel will occasionally make comments about Marinette being his future daughter-in-law much to chagrin of Mari and Adrien.

If you wanna read how i think the post Paris Special went Read All That is Left

If you wanna see how I drew our favorite misguided duo, See Shadybug and Claw Noir

[maddascanbe-blog]

Okay I know I said Chloe was next in the redesign lineup but I couldn't NOT talk about these two! Shadybug and Claw Noir are stupid names, and this movies plot is looking very similar to a re-write of Chat Blanc I did a while ago but never published. So I had to re-design the villains and did a quick piece for their civilian designs.

I cannot express how much I don't want them to change the designs though. The cannon outfits look like they're trying to be edgy sooooooo hard but are middle schoolers. It fits.

I hardly changed Shadybug since I actually like her design, just made it match my redesign sensibilities. But I took away Claw Noir's spikes and instead gave them with zippers in a shade of green to look like slash marks at a first glance. And gave him the mohawk he deserves instead of the mess he has in cannon. Finally switch their eye colors to normal.

Civilian Evil-Mari looks better than Adrien too. She's not great and I thought she would lend better to pastel punk/goth aesthetics since pink is such a major part of her character design. I did keep her edgy hair and pink streak cause it's cute. And I tried to reference her little ascot/scarf in the shape of her hair ties.

Meanwhile, Evil Adrien would just look like Felix. Writers shooting themselves in the foot there. I actually had 3 directions to go with his civilian outfit. The first being leave his design the exact same, implying that more than ever the 'Adrien' is the mask. The second is giving him an outfit like Felix, dark and stiff showing he's still mourning. And finally the one I went with, going in the direction of season 5 Gabriel. Clean, pressed, and polished to the point it looks sterile and uncomfortable. I did give him a (very) light blue turtle neck to reference OG evil Adrien, Chat Blanc. But overall just pale and fake looking.