lookingland

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 ~ !