Hornet design for @creatingblackcharacters 's DTIYS!
I really wanted to revamp her design since my first attempt I did a while ago, and this was a great opportunity to do so, I'm much more proud with this newer design :)
Some thoughts on the design
The cornrows design at the back of the head was supposed to resemble the body of a gold orb weaver spider (which was the spider I loosely based hornet on). As for the braids sticking out from the side buns, they're like the spider's legs. They have little white streaks at the ends to resemble the streak patterns that gold orb weavers have.
The inspiration for the hair was mainly from @risperihoe on TikTok.
As well as from the person's hairstyle on this image which I unfortunately don't know who it belongs to (if anyone knows whose is it, do tell me and I'll add the credit).
The lower braid was mostly to add a flowing element to her design aside from the cloak.
She has the spider mandibles on the sides of her face. They would open up when she's eating.
In regards to the outfit I wanted to make it more practical. Giving her partial armour in some of the more likely areas for her to get hit such as on the chest, legs and arms.
Another more practical element is the belt with bags where she can store everything she collects through her travels (although it relies on some game logic for it to fit all of the stuff she carries).
And the back holster where she can carry her nail without having to constantly hold it, giving her some more freedom of movement.
The white pattern on the edge of her cloak is embroidery. I imagine it would be a fun detail that when she's resting she embroiders her cloak to make it a bit more personal (I know she's more associated with weaving, and embroidery is a different thing but it was still a cute idea I really wanted to add ;u;).
Got inspired and wanted to try my hands for @creatingblackcharacters DTIYS of the week with a redesign of Apollo from Hades 2
Also forgot to mention that for his hair I got inspired by one of Ice's examples for hairstyles that she drew for Apollo (more specifically the second one with the Afro)
I hope I did him some justice with the redesign :')
