I've been working on this team's designs for almost two months now (in my book, that's an INSANELY long time) so I think I'm at that point where I need to either smash my skull on my desk and end it all...or seek help. [scroll to the end to get the gist]
So a little bit of background: this team is a sort of fusion between Western superhero and traditional magical girl themes. I wanted bright, bold designs with lots of contrast, like this first one:
Of course, when I tried to apply this pattern of coloring to the other two girls; I got into a bad rut...they weren't nearly as flashy:
I especially hated Green-chan; a lot of the shades of green were quite nearly the same. So after a long break, I decided to go back to it and make up a completely original color scheme; to hell with the pattern:
...Turns out, I like this change a LOT. The expanded range of colors really helps sell the Western-superhero influence. ^^
BUT NOW, in order for this team to look like a team, the other girls will also need an expanded range...I really don't want to change Red-chan; her design was always the best one, so I'm just going to cross my fingers and hope she looks uniform enough in the end. Purple-chan, however, isn't that great, so I took a stab at modifying her:
...Eeeeeeeeeeeehhh...I was into this last night, but now I'm not so sure. It's like I went from 'Meh' to 'Meh but with more colors'.
Long story short, Purple-chan is the one I would like help with!
A few notes:
-She has a flower-themed (specifically, tulip-themed) costume. I kinda tried to use actual tulip colors with her new scheme, and it didn't work so good, but if anyone else could do it well that'd be swell~
-Her base color is purple. Whatever new design she has should be at least 60% purple.
-The hair being two different colors on the inside and outside is kind of a thing...there are a couple other design 'rules' I have for this set, but I won't bother the general public with that. If you want to know, just ask.
-Basically, I want something bright and colorful, but still mostly purple, and better than that thing I did. ;D
Here's a transparent .png if anyone wants it...this is what normal digital artists use to color, right?? Let me know if I need to provide something else.