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Jun 2024

I just had a weird idea. Let's do art trades where we swap our characters' outfits with each other.

If your character doesn't wear a consistent outfit (like mine don't) they can swap with some relevant outfits from the stories. (I.E. Somebody is probably ending up in one of Alicia's red dresses. I mean it is "Damsel in the Red Dress.")

I'm gonna have to swap Alicia and Essence's dresses at some point too. Scaled up or down ofc, because otherwise Alicia would drown in fabric and Essence would be in the mini-skirt of a lifetime.

I think both Crystal and Belle from @pjthetoonaddict 's stories would look pretty in either dress.

@KevinReijnders Kyara Stormsen would strangle me if I put her in a dress again, and I fear for my life.

I thought it would be fun-

-Wait, what's so evil about that? Wait noooo, you're not about to make me draw paisley are you?

Who is paisley? O-o

Nah I rubbed my hands evilly because I have a feeling Ian is going to end up in a dress.

No no, paisley is a pattern. It's super hard to draw. I think one of Mrs. Moon's outfits will probably end up on Ian lol

She'd definitely strangle you for it haha. But I am no saint when it comes to subjecting her to unwanted costume changes (she even broke the 4th wall on me!) So yeah, I'm game :smiling_imp:

(Googles paisley) oh yeahhh- I definitely knew thatā€¦ but seriously- no one in their right mind would design a character who wears that pattern often. No one would torture themselves that badly :weary:

I can make Alicia wear paisley as often as I like because I don't have to draw or see it it's a novel XD. (but that is one fashion crime she doesn't often commit)

so, just to clarify how this works, we draw our character in the other characterā€™s outfit? Or is it us drawing the other character in our characterā€™s outfit?

@ArtGremlin You would draw my character in one of your characters outfits. I would draw yours in mine. Or that was the initial idea I was thinking.

You can pick whatever outfit you like to draw my character in. Fair warning, Ian is probably going to end up in something purple and lacy XDDD.

So how would we go about this. Do we draw our own characters in the others outfits, vice versa or maybe both? Or just leave it up to the pairing.

I'll just throw it out there now that I enjoy drawing Kyara in a variety of outfits. So my prefences goes out to drawing her in you guys' characters' get-ups haha.

Well you could totally do both if you like. I was saying we would draw each other's characters in the outfits from our own stories, but it doesn't have to follow the exact same rules every single time.

Also for reference, I'll offer up these two outfits for Kyara for potential swaps:

Her chapter 03 variation of the classic Blue Scrapper outfit:

And her casual green Buntha outfit:

No that's true, we can pick and choose as we go.
In my mind, since we've done this massive thread drawing each other's characters already, it be fun to do it a bit different.

But I'm game for either (though I'll prioritize me drawing my own haha. I'm biased)

This is my female lead

For color reference, here eyes are amber-y brown, her hair is dark brown, her skin is cinnamon brown. Also she's only 4'9.

Alright. Iā€™ll see what outfit Iā€™ve got for herā€¦
Oops I should probably add a pic of Ian (heā€™ll be the first victim)

I enjoy drawing my own characters too, so I get it lol. Would you like me to draw Kyara in one of the dresses and swap, or would you prefer to draw her yourself, or both?

I'd say drop me a reference image to one (or both) of the dresses and I'll subject her to it hehe :smiling_imp:

Also shout out to everyone else, drop me an outfit ref and I'll torture her with those threads as well haha

@KevinReijnders

These are the two. The one on the right is lavender, the one on the left is flaming red, and those are ruffles at the bottom and glitter on the bodice. They're obviously not drawn to scale of Kyara's body type

I can make these work hehe.
Any kind of footwear that goes along with them?
(In case I feel like doing a full body)

@Leyelle I decided to go with my most recent oc Axelā€™s outfit. I thought she would look cute in it.

I decided the hairstyle was part of the outfit so I put it up and added a smattering of sparkles.

Bro- I forgot her shoe color šŸ„²

This is so cute! It makes her look even more like a doll (Alicia thinks she looks like an 18 inch doll) and yeah, hairstyles are often a part of the outfit, so I included Mrs moon's hair

Awww this looks like such a fun idea!!!?! I need to come back here when I finish my other trades lol XD

This is so cute I love it!

May I share your drawing of Alicia on my IG and tag you?

And yeah I love faces too XDDD. Faces and hair are my faves

@ArtGremlin me realizing that Mrs. Moon's purple suit gives Ian revolutionary war vibes. Apologies in advance for how bad I am at drawing poses.

I tied his hair because she loves tying her hair with ribbons

Bro is beautiful <3 I can totally imagine him wearing something like that if such a fashion existed where he lives.
Feel free to share any of my drawings Iā€™ve made of your characters on IG ^^

Glad you like it XD

Isn't the story post modern? are they pre-revolutionary era (though I know it's not standard earth, so those events probably didn't happen)

Omggg that would be so cute šŸ„ŗ I wonder what modern outfit you would put her in! I need to finish two art trades before I can start tho but Iā€™ll send you a ref of her when Iā€™m ready :3 ā€¦ Iā€™m currently working on said art trades now because this sounds like so much fun

@beebutterbee You can send me a reference of Chariot now if you like, so I can take my time on it lol. I think I'll put her in one of Alicia's dresses because they're both squishy girls, so they'd probably suit her, but it might be interesting to see how she'd wear one of Essence's dresses since their builds are basically exact opposite (well, unless Chariot is tall, then they're just very different.)

To get really technical, their society has been cut off from the world since the 1400s or something. Whatever year it is, they arenā€™t really up to date on the latest trends :sweat_smile: Most of their fashion involves flowing robes, puffy sleeves, fancy boots, and pretty earrings.

So like, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue era XD?

Okay! Sounds good to me :slight_smile: When I get to I think I would be fun to draw Essence in this outfit from a sort of punk/alternative girlie I have lol Sheā€™s an alien :sparkles:

(Fun fact her story is on the same planet well um moonā€¦ Butter Bee takes place in but they are so vastly different lol)

Here is a Chariot ref btw! She isnā€™t super super short but compared to a lot of characters her being 5ā€™ 4ā€/5ā€™ 5ā€ looks very short. Feel free to draw her in whichever one of your characters clothing ur vibing with most ^_^

@beebutterbee

this is a cool design, what's the story about, and what ethnicity is she?

XD, well that puts her 5-6 inches shorter than Essence, and 7-8 inches taller than Alicia

I'll have to get you a good reference pic and description then. Essence is the polar opposite of my Lise in almost everything lol.

are those markings on Chariot's cheeks blushies or tattoos?

The sort of made up city I made for the story Mey is in is very Turkish and Chinese/Hong Kongā€¦ian? I guess youā€™d say Cantonese :thinking: anyways thatā€™s the inspoā€¦ so her dad is based off of the Uyghur and her mom is based of someone of Chinese and Moroccan decent. So Mey is Black as well as, central and east Asian. But itā€™s scifi so there arenā€™t the actual names of real ethnicities in the story but I show a lot of cultural things tied to her still!

Sorry that was a lot of rambling lol I think my special interest in probably world cultures :sob:

It looks like Chariot is right in between everyoneā€™s height xD I think she reads short because her girlfriend is 5ā€™ 10 so like a half a foot taller than her lol And the circle swirls are just blush! I just have it stylized weird for butter bee lol

A ref pic of Essence would be good tho! :slight_smile: