Twelve is a big number for a group of characters, and I really found it a bit challenging to make each character be able to stand out on their own from the rest. In the end, I think I managed to achieve this.
For an in depth look into my process, you can see my logging here (link).
Notes on the direction of each character will come in their individual character sheets, which should come in the future.
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| Their full outfits |
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| Some of them without their outer garments |
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| Without their outfits |
While I did take many of their outfits -- or, at least, their visual styles -- from their very first designs that I came up with in 2014 (at age 12), I did try to implement into them what I thought made strong character designs for this recent iteration. I also took into account the fact that these characters will be drawn in comics, meaning they'll be drawn fairly repetitively.
Because of those circumstances, I kept their appearances limited in detail, but I still tried to keep enough to add some "flavour" and identity to each character. I tried to make use of varying shapes, sizes and colour to make each of them distinct from one another.
I thought about their different fashion styles and the types of clothes that I felt best suited each individual personality and their lifestyles. Even without the context of their outfits and their clothing styles, I tried to make each character unique from one another, mainly using face shapes, body types and hair.
Another thing to note is that a lot of what had influenced the direction of the twelve characters' designs (and personalities) was the zodiac sign I assigned to them, during their creation. Since their project is more humorous in tone, their personalities are quite exaggerated and almost archetypical. I’ve actually snuck in hints to their signs somewhere in their outfits (some more subtle than others).
Drawn on Krita
Characters belong to me
Characters belong to me
