A Revelation!!

Unfortunately it took me this long, but better late than never!!

I was looking at my Futures stuff today; the child past, child present, adult past, adult present thing. Before I didn't really know why those groups, but then it clicked.

I get it.

I finally get it.

YES.

It's to prove that it can be:

1) Applicable to and enjoyable for children

2) Used for nostalgic value in adults, as well as just being entertaining

3) Popular again and again for more than one generation.

That's why.

Suddenly it all fits together!

... At least, I hope I got that right.

1920s Art

- Lots of straight lines - avoid round where possible
- Shading is thin or shallow - images look sort of flat
- Exaggerate thin limbs and blush in women
- Browns, golds, creams
- Thick arms in men that seem straight and almost consistent thickness
- Angular and jaunty creates strong male figures and tapered female figures
- ???
- I dunno
- I'm going to bed.

What? More 1920s Assassin?

You better believe it.

I was really tired when drawing this so yeah, it looks lame. Sorry.
This picture is three ways in which she kills people - poison, stiletto knife and heels - and one picture of a nice happy smile.
I'm going to scrap that mauser and give it to someone else, because it's too unwieldy and because Jamie told me about a better gun called a derringer. It's ever so cute and tiny, and very fitting for her, so I imagine she'd have one concealed somewhere.
I still don't think she'd be a gun nut but it's a good little backup weapon. I think, if she really had to use one, she'd choose a derringer over a big clumsy mauser.

I think there'll be one more set of flapper pictures before I call her pretty much completely designed. Exciting!! I'm not looking forward to the other 1920s characters so much - other than perhaps the Range - but hopefully I'll get into them.

Even More 1920s Assassin

Getting bored of her yet?

Adding colour was really useful for progress. I thought I was set on what I wanted but when I coloured it, it didn't look fitting. I think a yellow dress is too loud for her. I tried a blue, but that didn't seem elegant enough. I think a neutral cream looks posh without being overbearing, with bits of turqoise and yellow to add a bit of energy.

The dark patches on the dress are sequins. I'll draw them myself in the proper final picture, but for this I think that texture does the job.
And yeah, that mauser is like a cannon. Oops.

EDIT: I should also credit this site, which has been something of a colour bible for this character. Very very useful for colour schemes, makeup styles and hairstyles.

sdfsdf

I jsut found out Satoshi Kon - the guy who made Paprika and Paranoia Agent - died recently. I'm not a big anime fan, but I thought they were really good. It's kind of sad to hear that someone who made such beautiful things is gone.
There's so much rubbish out there, yet the person that has made this decent anime ends up dying.
Hm.

I think Futures is coming together nicely. We have to make posters for each topic that are divided into 4 groups: child past, child present, adult past and adult present. Child past is giving me the most trouble. I'm sure there's a lot on it, but it's hard to find pictures of it. Especially for things like nonverbal communication.

We had to do 2 pages of the pitch document for GDD too. I've done them but they're not printed. I tried to make these ones a lot lighter so they wouldn't come out dark.

Eh.

That's pretty much all the news.

Deco or Nouveau?

Yay for Rhoda! She's sorted out my passport stuff and now it's all mailed off! No more stress for a few weeks! Exciting.
She said she liked my Assassin pictures too. It made me feel good about them! When I get home I'm going to rewrite the text on it so it's more presentable. I found a lovely Deco style font to use.

On the topic of styles, I was wondering which movement to use - Art Deco or Art Nouveau - or if I could use a mix of the two. Obviously Art Deco was the one associated with the time, which suggests I should use that, but it's not like all the Art Nouveau stuff disappeared overnight.
On one hand, I think the swirly, flowy girlyness of Nouveau suits the Assassin. She'd have a lot of money, and I assume Nouveau trinkets were worth a lot after the war, so she'd like to splash out on expensive things like that.
But.
Would it be outdated? Though it was only a decade or two before, that's the equivalent of me wearing fluorescent parachute pants now. It'd look stupid. Not that I don't already
But maybe furniture goes out of style slower than clothes?

While Deco is nice, and would fit in, I wonder if it'd be a mishmash to combine it with Nouveau elements.

If I can only pick one, I'm leaning towards Deco, but I'd like some flowwy femininity in there too. I imagine the flapper look is partly a front - if only a little bit - and deep down she perhaps enjoys some retro elegance.

EDIT: After having a thorough look, I think she's going to stay mainly Deco. Though Nouveau is glamorous, I don't think it has enough 'edge' to suit her tastes. It's all a bit too demure.

Another go at colour

I had another go at doing lighting. I think this is much more successful than the last attempt!

On the left is ambient light using Multiply, and on the right it's with Hard Light. I think Multiply would be good for a dark area like a cave, whilst the Hard Light would be useful in a sort of unnaturally bright, 'heavenly' area.