Outfit Swap Art Trades

[beebutterbee]

Ah cool! Yeah I like that you have so many different perspectives put into your work too. The world is so gigantic it’s hard to choose what inspiration to take from sometimes xD I think I have a lot of multi-ethnic characters because I have so many people like that in my life. I think it might be an artist/creative thing? Idk a lot of my friend’s parents are also artists or creatives somehow so I wonder if that’s why our parents dated people different from their own heritage? Just things I’m thinking about I have no actual answers lol

And I love Essence’s hair! I think she will be fun to draw

[beebutterbee]

Also my uncle goes to Vietnam to fix orphanages! He’s a welder so he does the metal work for things. I have Vietnamese characters too, although I haven’t drawn them in a while but they are OG Channah characters from when I made them in highschool XD (Also my name is Channah that probably sounded super random out of context )

[Leyelle]

(Also my name is Channah that probably sounded super random out of context )

Ohh, I just assumed that was the name of one of your series lol. Where is the name Channah from? Do you know what it means?

Also fixing orphanages sounds like such an angel job. He is definitely racking up karma.

My names are Spanish and Hebrew (I'm not Hebrew, my parents gave us Bible names.) My name is technically Lael, but I spell it differently to make it fancier and more distinct for marketing lol. All my other names are super common.

I have a couple of Vietnamese characters, but most of the others aren't in novels (one is, though I haven't written the novel, I have the whole plot outlined, it's called "Ice Box" and the FL is Vietnamese.)

Yeah I like that you have so many different perspectives put into your work too.

Yeah, one of my goals is for people of ethnicities from all over to be able to see themselves in my work, because for so long so many of us have felt like we barely even exist, at least in the media.

It is an interesting theory that being artists would lead people to date outside their heritage, perhaps because you're always looking for beauty? Though it's not always the case, because I know older relatives who are artists and still seem to shun this pretty hard.

[ArtGremlin]

my parents gave us Bible names

Same! Me and all my siblings have bible names too ^^

[Leyelle]

how many siblings do you have? I've got 5.

My full name is "Gloria Lael" meaning "Glory belonging to the Lord"

[ArtGremlin]

I’ve got 4 siblings. I guess since there’s probably loads of people in the world with my name it not a super big deal if I put it in this tiny corner of the internet. My name is Miriam (like the sister of Moses)

[beebutterbee]

lol count me in as a third because my name is also a bible name although the nickname Channah is from the way my abuela pronounced my name because she has a super strong Mexican accent, she doesn’t speak much English actually so when she tried to say Hannah it came out with a really STRONG H lol like as in Chanukah. That or she would just say Annah! But we sort of liked the way Channah sounded and it is a Hebrew name too, it has the same meaning as Hannah I believe it just means grace of god or something like that? I’m not very religious though!

My dad occasionally saves Happy Chanukah cards for my birthday now as a inside joke XD

But yeah that uncle is super sweet! He’s very calm too animals always love him I swear. I’m jealous of his trips to Vietnam though he always has the coolest things to bring back home. I’ve been wanting to go for years to study the art there lol

[beebutterbee]

!!! No way I have a character named Miriam!!

[Leyelle]

I think Miriam is a really pretty name, and yeah, your first name probably isn't that dangerous to share in the grand scheme unless it's like "Polka Dotted Monkey III" since there are probably tons of other people with it.

count me in as a third because my name is also a bible name

I think it's pretty common in the western world, and even for a lot of people in the east now too, as the world becomes more of one big melting pot

[ArtGremlin]

Yeah, I think I remember seeing her somewhere-

Also tapas thinks I’m yapping too much. They sent me this little note saying “you’ve posted more than 25% of the replies in this thread. You should let some other people talk.”

[beebutterbee]

lol what that’s so crazy tapas did that too you utterly bizarre … hopefully it doesn’t block you again

[ArtGremlin]

It didn’t block me, it just judged me

[KevinReijnders]

@Leyelle

Here we have Kyara in Essence's Lavender dress.

She isn't as opposed to this one as the overly pink kawaii outfit you gave her last time haha. She even went to the trouble of styling her hair a bit different to fit the look. Buuut she'd rather not walk around in public too long in this

@beebutterbee

Here's Kyara in the Chariot's outfit.

Now this she likes. Baggy cargo pants and a simple top, totally her style. On top of the functional pockets and she might even wear this on a (low stakes) scrapper job.

[Leyelle]

She isn't as opposed to this one as the overly pink kawaii outfit you gave her last time haha

I think she's elegant in this one. and that makes sense lol, Essence isn't that extreme in her fashion as like, a 9 to 5 working adult who isn't a professional cosplayer lol

[Leyelle]

@ArtGremlin Would you like to do one for Mev or Tami? I've got a couple more "iconic" fits (and by that I just mean plot relevant lol) I could swap some characters into.

[Leyelle]

I drew Alicia and Essence in each other's outfits (with the exception of the fact that I did shade either of them because I'm bad at it and always worry about muddying their features.)

Alicia looks gorgeous as fudge in Essence's dress but with a pose that very much so says 'don't look at me' probably partly because it will leave the scars on her back visible, not that anybody can see anything through her crazy long hair.

While I think the fit of Alicia's dress is definitely very different on Essence and gives a very different vibe, she still looks so pretty

[ArtGremlin]

Sure, I’d like to do one with Mev.
This is probably my favorite picture of her.

Which of your characters do you want me to draw?

[Leyelle]

How about Essence? I have a description of her above with the reference images I sent BeeButterBee

[Leyelle]

@beebutterbee I drew Chariot in Alicia's infamous pink wrap dress. When I was going over the list of relevant outfits from my characters o thought this one would suit her well. I also tied her hair up since Alicia likes to do half up half down hair

I'm still bad at taking pictures

[Leyelle]

@ArtGremlin

I drew Mev in Alicia's friend Mel's checked shirt dress she was wearing the day they met. (I coiled up the snakes since Melly wears her hair bob-cut short) but it seems like it suited Mev XD.Still gave her earrings because Melissa wears small earrings pretty often.