How often your characters change attire

[gateofselidor]

I change their outfits whenever it suits the story to do so. If they're travelling somewhere new, or if some time has passed and the season has changed, or if I'm switching from mostly outdoor scenes to mostly indoor scenes, that sort of thing. Each of my characters has certain design elements, colours and materials that they prefer, but I don't have a specific palette. I think it would be pretty easy for readers to identify which outfit belongs to which character, though.

[mariusthered]

some do. on tales fromswipecity.

the teens have school uniforms and casual clothes.
liza jones always wears the same working clothes and a fave scarf.
Agent Baxter always wears the same red suit
Miss Harlow always wears the same red shoes.
but i must now confess i made my character Steve Lawson a detective because i got sick of drawing him in uniform lol

[Thesleepypencil]

It depends on the story i'm writing. As well as the character.

in Lalita at the end of the universe The crew has been placed on a ship with the cloths they were first wearing and a pile of orange jumpsuits. So i have a default outfit they wear. Though suprisingly enough i give them multiple events that allow them to change clothes.

Other stories i draw are the same. Some of them wear one outfit with the occasion to change. Others have a whole wardrobe. The ones with wardrobes i actually design a wardrobe so i know what cloths they have to pick out of. Example.

I've got pages of this stuff for every comic i design
((I really like drawing cloths okay))

[Sanz]

I change thier clothes all the time! Because i love making new outfits. Usually they are around the same kind of out fit. Like the mc, she wheres a space suit but she she has different variations of that space suit. My comic is not in color but if it was they would be different colors too. Since she gets banged up alot her clothes often get destoryed so she has plenty of suits and a dress or two. My one dude mc. However never changes attire and in one of thier encounters she touches on that. "Why is it every time i see you....youre wearing the same ugly clothing...with a stupid hat...." since they are enemies he doesnt acutally care he just tries to shoot her, but later i have him looking at himself and thinking he should get some new pants.

[shazzbaa]

Not often! I suppose I could argue that it's "realistic" because they're travelling and there's only so much you wanna pack etc etc etc but honestly, realism isn't a huge concern. xD Clothes changing is one of those nice things where most people don't notice it if it doesn't happen, and since fashion isn't a strong suit for me, I feel like it would weaken my designs for them to change outfits often. I'd rather be able to spend time on designing each clothing change!

There'll be circumstantial changes (ex: when they're sleeping they're not in their full outfits) and they get "outfit changes" every so often when there's a reason or a good chance for them to do so. I wouldn't say it's always A DIRECTLY SYMBOLIC CHANGE (eg "he's experienced great loss and symbolically cuts off his hair and throws away his coat") or anything -- sometimes it's just "his coat got wrecked so he's getting a new one" -- but I do like the effect of being able to compare a character's first appearance with their later appearance and seeing a visible change in them, even if it's just wearing their hair differently -- you get the feeling that time has passed, and they're different in some way, and things that happen have affected them.

I do keep a very loose established colour palette! Every main character has a colour associated with them and I try to keep that colour in their outfit, even if other colours in the outfit change.

[kkitty]

They only change when the setting changes, but they always keep the same color palette so I don't confuse readers.

[Pandastrophic]

omg, all the freakin time!
I have to get them to change every day in the story since it's set at a university. But to keep everything simple I give everyone a 'style' to stick too most of the time, like my main character is always wearing knit sweaters and I just change the pattern and design abit every time he has to change.

[mappypaint]

Depends on the setting... in a span of 300+ pages, one of my main characters changed clothes 7 times.

1. Racing team logo shirt (his first set of clothes in the story)
2. Highschool Uniform (Coveralls since they will be working on cars)
3. Racing uniform (whenever they are on the race track + helmet if they are racing)
4. Old Racing Uniform (Wore it once when his cousin made him use it)
5. Skyblue pajamas (every night time in his room)
6. Red Polo shirt (going to the mall)
7. RFI Johnny O'range shirt (had him wear it as the guest characters from the comic of one of the tapastic creators)

[kambreapratt]

I wanted to make sure that the characters changed clothes. Rhen is the most standard because he wears his trademark long coat and you can't see his outfit. But the other characters all change costumes.

[Kayke]

My characters change clothes the same amount that a normal person would. So when the day changes they change their outfits. I wouldn't say I have set color pallets for them, but they do all have different style sensibilities. Alex is sporty/preppy, Sam is a little darker and quirkier, Riley dresses in comfortable clothes and doesn't care how he looks, and Holly is more fashionable.

They do have certain articles of clothes that they've worn multiple times, like sweatshirts and shoes... but high school kids tend to do that.

[SethJH]

My characters wear their work uniform for a good portion of my comic so far. However, Aleks, one of the main characters, wears largely the same things but only because he's somewhat lazy and aside from work doesn't go out much. Marija, the other main character, wears things ranging from classy formal attire to casual band t-shirts.

My comic is slow progressing, so pages showing a wide variety of their outfits haven't really come out yet.

[rainbowolfe]

My comic hasn't gotten too far, so I've only shown like 2-3 outfits for any of the main characters. But I have so many more ready XD I guess I just really like creating different outfits.
I generally change their outifts when A) Time(at least a day) passes or B) There's a big event(wedding, funeral, party, etc). I've probably dedicated way too much time to outfits.

[SirHellsir]

This is precisely my case

[Kura]

I don't change the 'main everyday' clothes too often for most characters though there is one character that pretty much has a different outfit each chapter (she has a set wardrobe that she rotates through, just haven't been enough chapters to cover them all and start her wardrobe rotation again), because that's just part of her character, she hates wearing the same thing more than one day in a row.

Outfit changes are more-so representative of the story and situation than reality.

1) Small clothes changes for temporary situations like pajamas, gym clothes, formal event, uniform.
2) When seasons change to accommodate for the weather.
3) When a significant amount of time has passed from the last chapter/scene.
4) A significant character development change within the story.

Also some characters will have layer clothes such as a jacket or sweater, and there will be scenes they will be without it depending on the scene and location. (to add to that the main character changes/styles his hairstyle when outside of the house)

[SirHellsir]

@phenomenom9 @Damatris I've been also planning to changing their clothes each arc and the hairstyles of a couple of them

@ScampiCub something like that, I don't necesarily mean complicated palettes, I have a red hair character that always wear something pink, having this red-pink theme, but can wear other colors with it.

but i must now confess i made my character Steve Lawson a detective because i got sick of drawing him in uniform lol

haha I can relate to that

[glennsong]

Kamiko hasn't changed her clothes yet in the Rabbit and the Moon -- although by this rate she's ruined all of it fighting a demon wolf, so she'll have too.

She mainly dresses in lolita fashion and she's got a variety, but usually classical/gothic lolita attire.

[SirHellsir]

@Thesleepypencil @christinaeliz @rainbowolfe at first I wasn't into designing outfits because I was terrible at drawing clothes, but now is really fun

[getsuart]

Echo's on a journey, she only has her sweater, undies and pants. Same for Hrodland.
They only change clothes when they rset at people's places. But they'll get new clothes a little bit after. It's only because Echo wasn't prepared for a journey, or else she would have thought to take change or another outfit.

But because she wasn't prepared, she stinks a lot.

[Ringarune]

yup, my characters change clothes all the time, I like designing different outfits, so sticking to one would just get boring for me. Don't really have a defined palette though

[joannekwan]

With most day changes or when the occasion calls for it they'll change. Just like in real life, since all three of my series are contemporary. Though each character has a set style and colors they like, I'll design their outfits around that. And Tula has a closet of tops and bottoms that I'll mix and match so you'll see some recurring shirts every now and then if you pay attention.