hiii! the time has come for me to talk about frankenmarty's design a bit! I mentioned some brief stuff in my doc post but this is more in depth explanation alongside some story bits.ive done a sketch of marty/martin(as hes known as in this au) just for reference.i accidentally made him look abit young in this drawing (still learning to draw him) but hes still 17.just to clarify, the martys hes made of died at the age of 17 which is my way of still making him the right age without having been undead for so long( that made literally no sense) anyways I hope you like him and are enjoying the frankenmarty stuff!!!(its officially on my mind all the time😭)
(he looks slightly odd because the weird angle i took this image at , nickle vs their terrible phone camera part 121💔)
Martin's Design
-his jacket(and most of his clothing) were all docs when he was younger(as stated in my doc post) but obviously they are built very different.we see young doc in the game and not only is he taller but also isnt made of people sew together so martys jacket is wrapped around him and sewn together.this means it doesnt actually open and is instead put on like a jumper rather than a jacket.the main reason I did this is firstly because I wanted the overlapping curved lines to be a contrast to the sharp more structured lines in docs design to show the difference between the two, and second,because one of martys issues is that(get ready for some over explanation) he is powered by electricity which hit mostly the middle( the heart) of his body and then travels to the rest of him and at first,failed to power his hands enough to move correctly.so to try and fix this,doc gave him metal joints in his wrists and ankles to conduct the electricity through to his hands and feet.the problem is that he still isnt great with his hands(unless hes playing guitar which i will talk about later) and so doing up buttons is proberbly quite hard, so the lack of buttons on the jacket is also a practical thing. the old buttons on the jacket are unused and kinda just sit there but the thread around them is pulling the fabric to make it fit better and is tied in a bow which makes two eights(like 88mph)it was a kinda unnecessary detail but I wanted to include 88 somewhere and it looks cool so um.... yeah. one of the sleeves is sewn from a different jacket, originally just for vibes but then I realised I kept drawing one arm longer than the other BUT it was the arm marty plays guitar (strumming hand) so the weird sleeve is there to accommodate the guitar arms length and more mobility when playing. the polka dot rolled sleeves are supposed to be like the patterned ones marty has with his denim jacket in 1985 just to reference aspects of his original design aswell as the pattern adding to the (hopefully well shown) weirdness of his design. the seam down the front wouldve been the side seem on the original jacket but also was supposed to make the shape of the flux capacitor with the crossed over top part of the jacket(i dont think its that clear though).unrelated but theres also a flux capacitor shaped seam on his neck(and his hands!!)to be honest I kinda hit them everywhere all over him(and doc)for fun and I like knowing their there💗apart from the fact its slightly burnt at the edges from getting involved with docs experiments i think thats it for the jacket!
-as for his silly trousers(im so sorry marty but they look funny and time period accurate so your keeping them)theres nothing really that special about them.on the topic of legs though(crazy thing to say)I originally gave him really long socks to cover his legs but kinda liked it without.i also originally have him shoes but I drew him barefoot for some reason and had the thought that because he doesnt really leave the mansion much for the most part he wouldn't really need them.aswell as this, he also wouldn't feel like he did?he was made without shoes and doc never says he has to wear them so why not? also it gives him more opportunity to be the scamp that he is and run around.hes very jumpy and I had this weird thought that he tends to climb and swing on things like lights or bookshelves so shoes proberbly wouldn't help that. I might mostly draw him with shoes in the future mainly because feet freak me out(I have no idea why)so I do have shoes for him,mostly just forgot to draw them in this sketch(how did i start yapping abt this?????)
-as for all his cuts and scars, the reason they're all so sparatic is mostly because doc took all the good parts of the other martys and left the bad ones so its mainly just lots of sections separated by stitches.the smaller lines are actually scars from the lightning and are supposed to look like lighting too! I thought it was a cool way to add more detail and include the bolt of lightning in his design that would make the most sense as it wouldve definitely scarred him in some way.the bolts are supposed to replicate the original depictions of frankenstien aswell as the white streak in his hair!
-I said id mention his guitar although not technically part of his design.i felt that you cant have marty without his rock n roll so even thought its the 1700s I like to think doc brought back lots of old scraps from electric guitars in the future and made marty his own! it still looks quite similar to the one he has normally just a bit of colour in some places and also a weird mash up of lots of different pieces. I think it woukd be so cool if alot of his stuff is made out of different parts just like he is.it not only makes him feel more normal to himself but also makes it so hes not the only thing in the world made the way he is, kinda like a way to comfort him?
this is all the stuff I can think of mentioning right now but theres definitely more.if you cant tell i LOVE my unnecessary details so im sorry if theres to many. If you think I could improve or add(or takeaway) anything please let me know. aswell as ideas for literally anything in this au! hope yall like it and are enjoying the frankenmarty stuff, as always have a lovely rest of your day!!! 💗