March WIP - Kit or maybe Piper, the Lady Explorer

Valerie Light

I LOVE these! Even from your rough sketches, I would want to pick up a book with her on the cover. I'm drawn to the strong silhouette of B, but maybe with a hat. Really they're all strong options.

braden H

My vote's for 'B'

Jeannelle

I like B. I can see the curly hair helping you out with the poses for when she's being stubborn and maybe getting herself in crazy adventures.

Jacy13

@baileyvidler I'll also vote for B

Niels

I like the silhouette of B, but think C works the best for your description.

baileyvidler

Thanks, guys for your input! I really appreciate it! This is one of those situations where I was totally leaning one way and then literally everyone picked the opposite of what I was planning, hah.

I was enjoying her chunky gloves, so much that I thought, "What if she was a falconer??" So now she has a bird, which veered a bit away from my initial concept, but I think it may be a tad more interesting.

I might change the hat. It's more "cowboy" than I had intended. Does it look "cowboy"?

Here's my sheet composition, which I made through some marvelous copy-paste hack-and-slashery of my final-ish design. Tomorrow I'll redraw it in the correct poses.

Thanks for looking!

Jacy13

@baileyvidler I love the falconer concept! I think it does add to her overall story and gives her more character

As far as her hat goes, I think it looks good. I didn't read it as cowboy, but maybe some others can chime in and tell you what they initially thought.

I'm excited to see the finished piece!

baileyvidler

Thanks, @Jacy13! Plus, who doesn't love a good animal companion?

Glad to hear that it doesn't look like a cowboy hat to you! Maybe it'll look clearer once it's more cleaned-up!

Niels

@baileyvidler Now you said cowboy I can’t unsee it ;). It would be interested to see what multiple hat designs do to the ‘character’ of your character (does this sentence make sense in English?). A small thing though, and of course this is just a rough sketch, but it feels a bit like her hat is floating on top of her head instead of really on it.

KevinTreaccar

@baileyvidler My 2 cents: I didn’t see Cowboy until you said it and color can pretty easily distinguish between outfits that are pretty similar to begin with (cowboy and outdoor explorer/scientist). Just make sure you don’t have chaps and stick with a greener rather than browner outfit and it will lean more toward a forest environment instead of western desert aesthetic.

baileyvidler

@Niels Hah! As usual, I am the instrument of my own downfall! Thanks for the tip on the floating hat! I do that ALL the time, so I'll make sure to keep an eye on that.

@Kevintreaccar Good point about color! Although a shame on the chaps; I personally feel like chaps enhance EVERY character design!

KevinTreaccar

@baileyvidler Exactly. I want to remind Will Terry every time he’s building his list of what’s needed for a character – CHAPS!

baileyvidler

Progress! I'm trying to focus on making my characters less stiff, as that's a tendency of mine.

I did one version with a hat and one version without. I think I like the hat.

Kevin Longueil

@baileyvidler I like it with the hat too. Love the running pose!

baileyvidler

@Kevin-Longueil Haha, thanks! I think that was my favorite pose to draw. Nothing like an angry herd of wild pig-rhinos to get your cardio in!

ruth

@baileyvidler She's great! With the hat gets my vote! Don't forget to switch her arms in the running pose - opposite arms and legs

baileyvidler

@ruth Aaah, you're totally right! Thank you for catching that!

jaepereira

@ruth You beat me to it. The arms/legs in a running pose are pet peeve of mine.