Oookayyy~ I haven't been posting much nowadays. I'm just not that kind of person that would update blogs regularly. すみません～
I'm having exams starting this Thursday so I won't be drawing/blogging/writing for awhile. TT.TT
Anyways, I'm gonna post up my recent work. So, have a look and tell me what you think ^^
I haven't been designing clothes in such a long time!! Well, I haven't been designing normal-daily-life clothes to be exact. The characters I drew were always wearing fantastical clothing. Not so much as fashion designing. In the fashion world, those fantastical clothing I drew are considered costumy. And I don't want that. I have to think like a fashion designer while I'm designing, not floating off to my manga fantasy. Well, I can still add some fastastical elements in my designing as my personal touch. After all, you have to be different and unique to stand out in the fashion industry. =]
By the way, these clothes are based off 17th century's men and women's fashion.
Right, so after all my blabbering, here's the coloured version. I love how the military jackets turned out!! The navy sleeveless jacket is based on 17th century military men's jacket, while the red jacket is based on 17th century women's riding habit (as some of you may know, the riding habit is also based on men's military/everyday clothing at that time).
And the creamy-blue lace dress, well...I wanted it to be 17th-centurish but I thought it looks like some Roman goddess dress 0.o And the girl has golden blond hair, which makes it even more so~ Her shoes, however, I like it XD It's also based on 17th/18th century women's shoes. Back then, women loved their shoes to be decorated with jewelries, flowery patterns, etc (IMO). Sometimes their shoes looked more like some treasure from a hidden treasure chest instead of walking shoes! To put it simply, they chose fashion over comfort, as are the girls in 21th century. (Looking at their shoes, I wonder how they even managed to walk!)
In this picture, I added some flowery effects on it with photoshop. I don't know why but as days gone by, I like to stuff up my drawings with lots of small details/effects/etc more and more! And I like to draw my characters in a kind of gothic way. I guess I am pretty much influenced by CLAMP (small details) and Yuki Kaori (gothic drawing style).
Understood what I mean now? LOL The characters just somehow emits the gothic aura. And realise how I've never drawn those typical shoujo cutesy/crybaby/innocent girls before? One of the reason is, of course, Yuki Kaori (her girls always have this "cool" feeling about them), the other reason is that I seriously hate that kind of girls. Too whimpy and useless. I cannot take people like that even in real life. So I'm very much put off by people like that. TOO dependent and clingy. Always waiting for their prince/knight in shining armor to save them. Too much of a damsel in distress. (No offense. If I'm being to rude/harsh, I'm really sorry. It's just who I am.)
I coloured the drawing with colour pencils. I'm not good with digital colouring AND water colour, so...Hehe~
This picture is just my random sketches. Well, not entirely random. I'm planning on starting a new novel/manga/haven't-decided-yet so I drew some characters. But the thing is, I don't know which one to choose as the main character!! So if any of you are reading this, can you help me choose a guy and a girl from the selections? I would really appreciate it if you let me know about your opinion.
Anyway, my personal favourite guy is the guy with slightly combed short hair (the first guy on the right, without the ponytail). And although I like the girl with long curly hair in the center, I actually wanted to have my female lead a strong/mature, soft but sort of kick ass appearance. Like the one on the left with wavy shoulder-length hair. LOL I'm too specific, ain't I? Well, it's because I wanted to set my characters in university-age (I don't wanna do another teenage storyline ><).
So, that's about it. See ya guys after my finals! *Peace*
