these are the reference sheets im working off of for this au
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all the designs are based around the kh2 designs those felt the most personalized in terms of style (except for xion)
namine - i wanted to keep her style but the dress she wore seemed impractical for fighting (like the kind sora does) so I gave her overalls, i tried to work with her colour scheme and soras and gave her shades of blue and grey. after making this i decided to cut the purple because its not a part of her og colour scheme but yellow is so it might be more cohesive now, the purple straps are the overall suspenders and her necklace is her star charm from com. her hair is a bit messier to fit soras mega anime spikes (it kind of makes her look like lion sora lol). the ribbon belt and lace shoulders were added to keep the delicate vibes of her original design. belt chains, side pockets, and gloves being more like arm warmers with x straps on them are all supposed to be sora but in a namine way. her shoes are her classic blue sandals with x straps across like soras shoes and are close-toed to she can run around in them
lea/axel - hes the kairi in this situation the characters were really randomly chosen. His younger self's vest and kairis zipper tube dress thing kind of came together nicely for the tri-zipper shirt, original colour scheme was kept and instead of the lacing kairi does i tried to make it fit him more so the laces wrap around his shoes, I also tried to make his hair look softer to fit the princess vibe. He has his orignal scarf print as kairi's side bag and instead of beaded bracelets they are braided strings. i didnt want to give him the cargo shorts because those are not kairi at all so he just gets black shorts maybe axel would wear them idk
aqua - by far was my favourite to design. long hair from the year riku spent away from hairdressers, collared-flowy-lace-up-zipper-vest-shirt to sub her big ribbon skirt thing, white sleeves are fitted to her arms to fit a medium between riku and aqua, cropped sleeveless turtleneck for her original design, the arm cast is there in the ref, baggy black shorts to match her original black shorts, white leg warmers and ribbon belt to reflect all the ribbons she usually has with black straps from the shorts to the leg warmers in spirit of kh2 character design. shoes are basically just keyblade armor shoes but like normal boots
terra - he has the jacket which looks exactly like roxas' but in terras colour scheme with xs instead of checker marks. in roxas fashion he has a zipper on his shirt which is just terra's shirt. replaced the white with black and the black and red with brown, red is terras accent colour so that was used as needed. belt is kind of a toss up not sure if i should go with this belt or the more terra+namine/sora fashion of a ribbon belt. his arm sleeve is black and the xs should be red (im removing the checkered one it doesnt fit). I wasnt sure about the pants but I found a good place between roxas' skater baggy and the hakama terra wears and i gave him brown jorts. These werent going to axel/kairi they had to go to terra/roxas. I think i drew him with longer socks in something else so that changed. im probably gonna change his hair to look more like concept art roxas without the ventus bangs. i guess he should look like a mix between sora and namine but his hair is brown and he has a jacket so i guess thats close enough. shoes are basically the same idea as aquas but the shape was taken from roxas' shoes
riku - this one was difficult because i had to incorporate xion (who doesnt have much of a design), axel and riku. the main part of this is making the face and hair look reminiscent of axel/kairi but in a riku way. basically i just made him look like axel/kairi if he didnt try to do the high maintainence hairstyle. the little stray hair is to keep design consistency between characters. rikus hair will be silver though not black for another undescribed plot reason (replicas ig). casual clothes based around rikus og design keeping the inside out pants, and vest-shirt and black shorts which thematically matches axel in the way xions kh3 clothes match kairis. the boots and buttons on the vest are more of a nod to xions kh3 clothes. all keeping rikus colour scheme
xion - she turned out surprisingly well but honestly im stiill not sure what to do with her. i tried to give her a pseudo-high-maintainence hairstyle where its like how axel's hair was basically the same but grown out. still has the teardrop markings and wide-sleeved coat as xion does. normal clothes gives her knee high boots, her dress is now a blouse and skirt but maybe she'd wear pants??? axel didnt wear anything else until the end of the game so she really wouldnt either. considering other hairstyles (a blowout would be really funny). thinking of giving her chakrams but in the shape of her final form mask
kairi - should have her normal hair but more uniform-looking. white dress is like a white tank-top and shorts or a bodysuit maybe ? in kairi's fashion terra's pants turn into a pleated skirt and the top of her zipper dress but shortened, keyblade armor on her elbow and lots of bracelets. shoes are keyblade armor but in kairi's pink and purple with a bit of her cross-lacing. the wayfinders all had traditional clothes so i may redesign them to reflect this
roxas - this one was difficult because neither of them had compatible designs. in this one i gave roxas black shorts with like chaps? overtop and a collared vest and his collared shirt to mirror the layers used in aquas design. his keyblade armor is his symbol and its on his shoulder. keyblade armor shoes are mostly flat and i gave him two fully checkered sleeves and his checker design on his shirt. his hair is a bit shorter than his canon design to follow kairi's clean-cut potential keyblade master vibe
sora - really easy switch, not simple to colour. again, the really short/clean hair in soras style. black and white shirt following ventus' motif yellow x straps (ventus' design in soras colours) I made the bottom of one of his undershirts his typical primary colours and gave him the overall black clothes in more of a sora fashion. yellow shoes in ventus' design. and i had to give him the micheal jackson esque single checkered fingerless glove. keyblade armor on his shoulder might make it his typical crown
ventus - ventus' canon design is so layered simplifying it to this was very funny. might give him a polo tho. I just gave him a full black and white motif and simplified it to what namine would have but also enough to make him seem like a ghost in twilight town. has the axel/kairi stray hair reference, i kind of drew it in a backward direction to follow axel/kairi but cleaned it up to look more namine
ill figure it out as i go but this is what im working with rn
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