VERY long overdue, this was wip that was supposed to be a sketch of what i want Athy, Jetty & Kiel’s outfits to look like in my Reincarnated!Jennette au that continuously haunts me for some reason. except i got bored at some point and just now i decided to rush coloring them now for some reason now that i remembered it's existence.
first attempt at my r!jetty au debutante dress
my wip from last year
more under the cut :0 it's a bit long so sorry for that
i did this because i ended up feeling dissatisfied with my first attempt at designing a debutante dress for r!jetty since to me i just don't like how i executed things. granted i'm not really serious about my art but the colors looked too muddy lol. aside from that though, i also wanted to finally draw Athy's and Kiel's outfits mention in my other posts since they're obviously integral to this au.
i went more in depth in my first design post, but i decided to stick more true to the neoclassical silhouette that came after the rococo era which heavily influenced Jetty's dresses in both timelines in the manhwa. obviously a huge departure imo bc i think Jetty and her bows are too iconic to be left out of this one and i find it unfortunate that even when redoing my design i still couldn't find a way to incorporate bows lol. besides that, i'm quite happy with how her dress turned out this time.
i didn't point this out in the actual photo but if you're wondering why there are green marks on her neck and hands, long story short it was Viscount Patterson's fault (not to spoil on my own au but they do meet earlier).
Athy's dress is an homage to traditional debutante dresses being white, with the added edge that Athy's dress isn't supposed to stay white and turns into the iconic pink the more she dances. i wanted this to look more elegant and as if she is becoming a blooming flower as the night goes on. though i do wish i did more with the dress since it's supposed to represent how Athy is fully taking her life in her own hands to become Ruler of Obelia and thus, blooming into a new person. i should do a separate sketch for her dress bc it's more complex than what i had intended.
Kiel basically went full-on duke of the north with this one haha. full-disclosure, yes Kiel and Athy do have a thing with each other in this au though i don't intend for them to end up with each other, so i drew his outfit to compliment Athy's which ended up making him look like a Izek clone. however i specifically chose the dark colors because at that point, he and Jennette are still grieving the death of the Duchess due to... very unfortunate circumstances.
for the accessories Ijekiel and Jennette are wearing i'm keeping their connection to Duchess Alpheus, she's like the Lily in this au except she tragically passes away in their late childhood. it's an event that acts as a turning point for their characters and puts a strain on their relationship since she was the only adult in their lives who saw them for who they are outside of being Roger's pawns.
I honestly hope that anastacious does not appear in the donghua and the villain is aeternitas. Sorry but aety deserves to be his own character beyond just being an ancient spirit that possessed Anas. I love the manhwa but I think we couldn't appreciate Aety's potential because of the "cute" scenes between Anas and Jennette. Also, the whole story of Aety with Lucas is much more interesting and the few encounters between athy and aety are much more iconic and the fandom deserves to see them.
Let's hope the donghua does more justice to Aeternitas 🙏
@lithi you don't need to send me asks on anon, silly! <3
Okay, but actually, I agree. Aeternitas was barely a character in the manhwa (Spoon didn't even draw his face properly), his whole character (who was very interesting and funny!) was sacrificed in favor of Ana's, to... let's say mixed results.
You may like Ana more (but compare him to novel! Aety, not his... nothing manhwa self), but Aeternitas is plainly the better villain, it's not even a competition. Anastasius' whole character arc was easily the messiest part of the manhwa, but I wouldn't care if it hadn't affected other characters' development in a negative way (robbing them of said development and screentime). Those characters being glaringly Aeternitas, Jennette (yes, I mean it), and even Ijekiel and Roger to a lesser extent.
Honestly, I have no idea how the donghua will approach this. He isn't mentioned in the series' summary, but neither is Aety, so who knows. In any case, I would love for Aeternitas to get more attention.
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