#didn't feel like finishing their clothes bc idk i dont make the rules here i just draw things

[somniumfae]

ooooh are you really redesigning gevie :o

short answer: Yesn't

long answer: yes but also no. when i say redesign i dont mean scrapping everything and making a new design wholecloth, i just mean trying a bit harder to make it actually look like a genshin design (with the approximate amount of detail, and also follows some more rules that appear to be in the genshin bible of character design)

allow me to elaborate on the genshin bible of character design. im not very Good at character design so im sure theres many soft rules they have in place that i Dont notice but there are a lot of occurring patterns in their designs (im basing this off of women particularly)

characters ALWAYS have something trailing behind them (hair, clothes, capes, accessories)

there are always hair adornments of some kind (if there isn't, there's sth abt their hair that adds visual interest, like dehya's fake cat ears or ganyu's horns)

there are usually boob windows and/or stockings

asymmetry is common but not necessarily required

clothes are either insane OR have logical base elements that are then made insane

they love metal accents

gevie was following some of these (cape, stockings, asymmetry), but her design didn't really inject enough imagination/detail (insanity) into many of those elements. g!evie has a belt, but it's fairly regular and not much is done to make it interesting. her cape is a weird length and unsatisfying shape. her shirt and shorts are very basic

ive wanted to change gevies design ever since i finished this iteration tbh but its always the "how" that has stumped me because 1) im ass at character design and 2) i feel like gevies outfit represents her well enough to the point that i grow hesitant to change it. gevie is just very much the kind of person to wear shorts and stockings, and my creativity is limited bc i refuse to make gevie wear a skirt.

so the things ive always wanted to reconfigure most are gevies cape and belt. those are the main focus since i do like her shirt and shorts i just need to figure out how to change them to look more interesting. i also need to add a hair adornment and im thinking probably a clip of a fairy wing? but idk im basically never much of a hair decoration/hat guy

ive also wanted to try and make her design more explicitly based off of fairies.

here is where i am at currently (variations of cape) second cape is based off of sorush. im not quite sure which one i like more yet.

i saw a picture of an anime fairy with asymmetrical shoes and i love the idea to shit but id have to see how weird it would look while coloring/figure out what the hell im doing w her stockings in that case.

tldr. im struggling

#asks #sorry this took forever to respond to i wanted to have at least Some kinda picture #but i appreciate the question