u/PTblackhole

None of the cultural attire's designs are set in stone, so I can change them as much as I want to fit the design.

Also, it doesn't read, but that is a pleated loose short, not a skirt.

This is a modern Fantasy world, and three of the things she's wearing are cultural attire from her city: the white shirt with delicate long sleeves are a symbol that she's higher class, since she doesn't need to do manual work. The socks are a family thing, and the fake additive braids are often given to you by parents at 16.

Her name is Kei: in the first part of the design (age 17 or 18) she's mostly the typical rule follower, wants to honour her family and she's quite naive. She's forced into becoming an adventurer by circumstance, and the most she does to protect herself from the danger is the black shirt you see underneath, as it's a type of armour. Otherwise, she refuses to separate herself from the hair extensions that can be a major issue in battle, wants to keep the shirt no matter how impractical, and same for the socks.

Then, in the second design, she's supposed to look more mature, as she's 3 years older. She's rebelled a bit, and is trying to use fashion as a way to express herself more, without forgetting her origins. She is far from having figured herself out, so the makeup is meant to look more experimental than anything else. Her hair was cut in battle, taking the hair extensions she cared a lot about with it. No one in the crew knows how to cut hair, so it's meant to look messy. She kept what used to be circles, and turned them into the triangle earrings.

She'll also have a backpack in the final design.

Also, I'm using "Kei" as a placeholder name, so if you have any better ideas, please, tell me!

I thought it would be fun to lean into all the little things I liked from my childhood, that are now considered cringe, can you guess what they are?

On her backstory: | used the heart theme because her heart was taken by someone trying to control her. She managed to escape and is now trying to live at her fullest, while desperately trying tc pretend she won't need to face the one who has her heart. She's actively avoiding any type of a hint that leads to him, and it will come back to bite her in the future.

Also, do you prefer with or without glasses?

Edit: in terms of personality, I want her to seem like a very intelligent person, who can be very sharp, and sometimes quite dangerous (she tends to be ready to do a lot more than most for her goals). However, she is still quite naive, as in she doesn't really know much about the world she's in (a modern dark fantasy). She still believes in following the rules and that authority figures are always right.

This is pretty self explanatory, but I'd like your input on this character. Whether that's on the design, or on aspects you'd like to see in their story. Is there anything about being non-binary you'd like to see more representation on? How would you prefer non binary characters to be written? Anything at all can help!

Their backstory isn't fully set yet, so if you have anything you'd like to add in there, please tell me!

For information about this character: they have 4 arms, and 4 eyes, though 2 are usually closed. They're a very caring character, usually considered the parent of the group, energetic, keeping the rest in check (the rest of the main cast can be very chaotic). Although, they can be quite fearful, and sometimes struggles to take the first step forward. They're also putting in a lot of effort into controlling their anger.

As for the world, though different cultures have different views on gender, and they'll be visiting a bunch of places that see gender differently, they themselves come from a society that has set gender roles that are very important.

So, what's your input?

Thank you to anyone willing to help!

Thoughts?

Also, art not mine, I found it on Pinterest

Specifically, in my situation, I find it very hard to vary body types and add flaws to character designs.

If you look at my characters above, they all have... Similar builds. Basically, they're thin, or somewhat strong at most. I personally struggled with eating disorders and general distorted views around weight, so I find it very difficult to make bigger characters, whether that's in terms of fat or muscle or just bone structure. Which has really affected my storytelling/art.

Basically, it usually goes like: I try to make a different character, I see the worst parts of myself in them, I hate the design because of their build, I never draw them again.

I used to mostly justify it because my characters tend to be in situations that require them to be fit, but since I've started designing fantasy races and side characters, that's just not working anymore. And, it's just bugging me.

It's important to me that I vary body types in my art, since I plan on making comics, and a lot of the subjects I handle are around politics, racism, discrimination in general... And on top of that, I just want to put the representation in my stories that I never saw myself as a kid, because I know for a fact this lack of representation is why I ended up like I did.

Have you dealt with this? How can I make different designs and body types seem more appealing to me?

Specifically, in my situation, I find it very hard to vary body types and add flaws to character designs.

If you look at my characters above, they all have... Similar builds. Basically, they're thin, or somewhat strong at most. I personally struggled with eating disorders and general distorted views around weight, so I find it very difficult to make bigger characters, whether that's in terms of fat or muscle or just bone structure. Which has really affected my storytelling/art.

Basically, it usually goes like: I try to make a different character, I see the worst parts of myself in them, I hate the design because of their build, I never draw them again.

I used to mostly justify it because my characters tend to be in situations that require them to be fit, but since I've started designing fantasy races and side characters, that's just not working anymore. And, it's just bugging me.

It's important to me that I vary body types in my art, since I plan on making comics, and a lot of the subjects I handle are around politics, racism, discrimination in general... And on top of that, I just want to put the representation in my stories that I never saw myself as a kid, because I know for a fact this lack of representation is why I ended up like I did.

Have you dealt with this? How can I make different designs and body types seem more appealing to me?

I'm talking specifically about character art here, but can apply to everything. Specifically, in my situation, I find it very hard to vary body types and add flaws to character designs.

If you look at my characters above, they all have... Similar builds. Basically, they're thin, or somewhat strong at most. I personally struggled with eating disorders and general distorted views around weight, so I find it very difficult to make bigger characters, whether that's in terms of fat or muscle or just bone structure. Which has really affected my storytelling/art.

Basically, it usually goes like: I try to make a different character, I see the worst parts of myself in them, I hate the design because of their build, I never draw them again.

It's important to me that I vary body types in my art, since I plan on making comics, and a lot of the subjects I handle are around politics, racism, discrimination in general... And on top of that, I just want to put the representation in my stories that I never saw myself as a kid, because I know for a fact this lack of representation is why I ended up like I did.

Have you dealt with this? How can I make different designs and body types seem more appealing to me?

The hand feet make me so uncomfortable lol but they just seem like they would make sense

The more I try the more it just looks like a furry