the funny thing about costume design ~

i've probably mentioned this before, but when you draw paper dolls and costume designs, it's like drawing anatomy ~ you have to work from the inside out, which means being intimately familiar with the undergarments of various characters. i'm not even posting the base level on this particular study because what's under that shirt is pretty blush-inducing!

anyway, these are sort of non-effort models that will eventually be more serious-effort illustrations for costume designs. i was just trying to get the basic shape & drape going and testing out the buckskins, which i always wanted, but hadn't committed to before now.



waabooz no. 01 & 02

i don't know how detailed these need to be ultimately, so for the moment i'm just going for general color, style, and will likely be adding small particulars (like the design on both belts, the knee bands, the bottoms of the buckskins, and the stole (which i can't decide what it ought to look like exactly ~ gold thread screams too much and i'm thinking it would be much more cheaply cobbled (or else native-made) ~ black quillwork on cotton would be very cool. maybe horsehair instead of tassles if that wouldn't be pushing it too much. sounds like too much. i want to keep it simple.

also missing the neck piece, but i will likely draw that in close up as a separate thing. that, and the winter "cape". gloves. maybe a hat. maybe not.

and i ought to put a french collar on that white shirt now that i think about it.

: D

p.s. found some good reference pics for the clan and hopefully will start putting them together. still not certain about the hair styles, but they seem to lean more "crow" than "mohawk".

how did it get to be 2:30 in the morning ~ !

how to keep something really safe ~

tintype circa 1860s
(horrendous scan ~ they're playing cards
and it's very clear in the image,
but you can't even seen it here.)
when i took down my bulletin board a month or so ago, i put some of the things on it in a "safe" place ~ yup ~ so safe i can't even find them.

i can't believe this.

among other precious non-essentials, i've lost payton, anselm, and a very very very important tintype. not just any tintype, mind you ~ but a very very very important one.

i have this crummy scan (which is extremely crummy ~ i don't even have a good scan!). but i've lost the silly thing! it's here somewhere.

and it's very very very safe.

alternate title: "how to completely lose an evening as you tear your office apart."

i can't believe i could actually lose these three pictures in particular. it's just brain-blowing.

so frustrated.

and they're pictures! they could be anywhere. they could be slipped between the pages of a book, at the bottom of a drawer, tucked into a shelf. i've checked all the albums and checked all the boxes of scraps and other nonsense doodads (packrat me) ~ but they're gone!

what i really can't figure out is that i put casey, adams, and katrina on my other board. why did i move those and not the others? it just doesn't even make sense.

what an inane post. this is how a person loses their marbles.

: o p

marbles found ~ life is good ~

somehow i knew if i just sat still, had some fried cheese, and stopped being a spaz, it would come to me: the one "special" nook i might have tucked the photos into.

~ and sure enough, there they were in the secretary, all neatly piled and waiting to be put away proper (begging the question: why didn't i put them away proper to begin with?) ~ hahahahaha.

anyway, i ran a quick scan of the very very very important tintype and managed to get a better image (not perfect, but you can see the beers on the table better, and that they are holding cards, etc.) ~ i love the tinted pink cheeks in this image. they all look so rosy for being a bunch of pipe-smokin' thugs.

expect to see this picture in a redux when i get done making "adjustments" to it for the story. mwhahahaahaha ~

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