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How would you compare the canon designs of the TADC cast and your personal take on them?
Asking as someone who loves how you draw Ragatha <3
ohhhh yayyy fun ask!! ^-^
my changes to the characters are driven by what i enjoy drawing instead of specific character design principles, and i actually try to keep changes to a minimum because i enjoy their canon designs and i wanna keep their essence...
but if anything, that makes the differences i did make more intentional so i still like to talk about it!!
i'll start from most to least obvious... and im sticking this under the cut because it's gonna be LONG
starting with ragatha!! i've said this before (in my tutorial for drawing her from a year or two back) but i try to make her recognizable by keeping her basic shapes present but modifying them to fit a different body type... liked giving her a wider, softer appearance as it came more naturally to me for drawing and it calls back to her original inspo (raggedy ann) in a way i think is pretty cute <3
and she's black mostly because i liked the idea of twists for her human hairstyle and the rest of the design followed suit! honestly surprised that i haven't seen that more? maybe it's too on the nose?? but i liked the idea of her having similar hair out of circus since it's such a key feature of her in my mind
here's a doodle of my human design because i don't think i've ever made it public? a bit outdated but the basic idea will still hold when/if i update her to current lore (though i don't really enjoy drawing humans in general so sorry she might not show up again </3)
i also changed her dress a bit. there used to be more details but i dialed it back... i think i only kept what i did because the wider chest looked kinda empty without something extra
a lot of the changes i made with ragatha were gradual... she was the design that gave me the most trouble at the start so i had to slowly figure out how i wanted to draw her... in some ways she's further from canon than my original take, but in most ways i think i brought her back to canon, just in a way that worked for me, and now i think she's one of my favorites to draw!! here's a lil redraw as a throwback to anyone who has been with me from the start hehe
okay next up, caine, who's got the most "intentional" changes... i just think he could have a bit more going on to make his design as flashy as his personality! i also tried to make him look more "official" like he's trying to present himself as in-charge
he also gets slight changes to body type and proportions... his head/teeth are smaller and a little thinner so i don't have to worry as much about how i fit his eyes in there, and i made his biceps a little beefier to strike a fun contrast with his dainty waist and legs hehehe
anddd jax and pomni who i paired up because this screenshot was cute...
jax is more rabbit-like because i like giving anthro characters more animal characteristics than canon because i'm a furry at heart... he gets big ol feet, big ol ears, and a fuzzy tail. even if he annoys me i might as well make him fun to draw :P
also more detailed overalls bc he seems like the kind of guy to always have his hands in his pockets and i had to add more details so that wouldn't look out of place
pomni's a bit of an odd case because i actually did have a more unique design for her back in the day but i slowly reverted back to canon... see below! she just has a fun design which is a big part of why i like her so much, and i guess in the end i couldn't really improve much on peak
ribbit is likely due to change whenever they actually appear in canon... wanted just a bit more patterns and animal characteristics to distract from the fact that they are kinda butt naked??? so i took some inspo from red eyed tree frogs to also work that pink into the design a bit more
anddd the rest of the characters i have very little changed for, so i'll let my brief notes speak for themselves
ok i hope some of you got a kick out of that!! if anyone has anything specific about my takes on the characters that they're curious about, ask in the comments and i'll respond to the best of my ability :'D
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