A Study.

Part 4/6 - Buttercup and Westley

      Part 1 - The Family | 2 - Style | 3 - The Sicilian Assassins | 5 - The Prince and the Count | 6 - Florin Castle

I wanted to make it very clear that the man in black / Westley is a pirate. So I used loose billowy clothes that also made him feel bigger and intimidating.

Horse is a Jutland horse, native to Denmark (which is what’s in between Sweden and Germany). It’s a draft horse, so good for farming, which is where Buttercup grew up, on a farm. I also wanted Horse and Westley’s design to somewhat mirror each other. Since Buttercup grew up on a farm, I did not want her to look dainty. 

Buttercup’s story is more than just about love, it’s also about freedom. I realised that freedom was the core to her character. Her horse riding, doesn’t care what others think, and wild personality is all about freedom. I wanted her hair to flow with the wind, for her and her hair feel full of life. In the book, Buttercup had red hair. For her to have such a bold hair colour, especially one that in Europe during the medieval period was not considered desirable, felt right. Her hair and her personality is a defiance to the standard of beauty and of how a woman “should” be. That someone as bold as her would be considered the most beautiful woman in the world felt pretty badass. Having red hair (kinda vermillion) also provided opportunity to work with Humperdinck’s more blood red. When wearing her presentation dress as Princess of Hammersmith (despite the title of Princess, it is a title that does not sound dainty), Humperdinck’s red on her dress subdues the boldness of Buttercup’s red hair. Combining this with a restrictive design for her presentation dress and of her hairstyle, her design become reflective of her situation as a prisoner.

But when on her daily ride her dress can flow and her bright, bold, red hair is free.

Some value and composition studies with Harvey

Sketch dump.

There’s no way no one snuck in some wine/had their own stash.

Also, I just want Edelgard to have some real pure happiness before shit goes down.

Before the war p1, During the war, After the war

Sometimes you discover the funnest things when you're playing with layers.

Just some random Ravenclaw for the 21st century.

Tom Dixon

Found this in my drafts from a year ago 😂

Harry Potter.

Another forgotten one from a year ago (2016) deep in the drawings folder.

Jay.

A character I did in Illustrator for class almost a month ago. (Although I first drew up his design last year) It was my first time using illustrator so I touched it up in Photoshop before I posted this hehe. Also, new logo 😁 

Phantasy Star IV

Chaz, Rune, Alys studies More Chaz sketches and Cast Wren Studies

Cloé.

Here’s a quickie of one of the characters I’ve been working on for the past month.