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darthmongoose
Oct '21

While after the timeskip everything has taken place on the same day in Errant so it hasn't come up yet, yes, the characters in Errant will change their clothes every time we change what day it is.

My way of dealing with keeping everyone recognisable and with interesting designs is that the characters all have a strong theming colour and a consistent aesthetic or fashion style so that whatever they wear you can feel like it's the same person. ie. Subo always dresses in greens and earthy browns and beiges, and tends to wear hippie sort of style relaxed clothes made from materials like linen, his clothes aren't sharp or stiff at all, so they have a soft, loose look. He looks like a guy you'd find playing with some poi at a music festival. Jules always wears black, purples and bright neon pinks, their style is goth leaning more cybergoth or punk, or even a bit emo rather than lacey elegant stuff. They look like somebody you'd find selling glow in the dark enamel pins at a comics con.

xstarx07
Oct '21

I am a sucker for character growth, especially when the story takes place over a long amount of time, so of course it's always nice seeing the characters not only grow as a person, but also change their clothes from time to time to reflect that a little bit! :smiley:

The first outfits for my project's characters are more easy and simple, some don't even change much besides some pieces here and there. For most of the crossover characters, they also got different/new outfits, but I plan on letting them show up in some of their iconic ones every now and then after Part I. Also, power-ups; those will show up and change over time, lots of training and character development. Like, going from simple to more detailed armor/weapons, the stronger the power-up is :3

allenT
Oct '21

Most of my anthro characters stay the same outfits (if they actually have them). Changing outfits is when they are in a different development state, and i want to show it to readers clearly.

DiegoPalacios
Oct '21

Personally, i don't care. Is a common break from reality in fiction and can help developing an iconic look.

That being said, it can be a plus if you are willing to make the bonus design effort.

IndigoShirtProd
Oct '21

I don't think it's a particularly bothersome thing if characters are wearing the same outfit throughout the run of the comic. It's something that really that depends on the style and artist. If the style of the comic is more cartoony, you can really get away with not changing outfits. Otherwise, especially in the case of timskips, not so much.

I wasn't originally planning on having the characters in my comic change outfits, but because they change locations often, I thought it would weird if they didn't.

fleurravenbooks
Oct '21

depends on story and character, i won't expect someone in post apocalyptic world to change everyday (if ever) but i do expect rich royal to change their outfits often ( they can repeat ofc), so for them i would expect at least 4 outfits ( pj, everyday wear, fancy wear,etc)

Lilmonstart
Oct '21
FauxAffliction

Yeah I think it´s interesting to show your character´s personality too by their sense of fashion even if it´s just a minor detail ._.
Yeah I´m kinda in that situation of thinking of giving them new outfits at least simple enought to not suffer or just draw them with the same clothes lol

although sometimes´s the character´s design can caught people´s attention
and yeah also the story´s environment depends so I everything fits, thanks :slight_smile:

Lilmonstart
Oct '21
LunarScyphozoa

oof imagine futuristic clothing I die
but yeah the story´s environment helps determine the fashion in the place where the story is going on :0

Lilmonstart
Oct '21
GingerLoge

it´s okay! lol and Truee if is in a modern story they must have more outfits to wear cuz that´s more logical
although having certain like special outfits for each ocassion for the character seems good and interesting

also truee
well in my case I have some people who live in a little village in the old times with no tecnology nor cars, etc
so yeah not anything fancy

Lilmonstart
Oct '21
DesiredUsernameTaken

Oh! the color schemes do sounds good! so they outstand with extra characters xD
that´s why we give mc color hair and the rest regular and normal haircolors xDD
And I do agree sometimes I do get lost with my own story telling xp

Lilmonstart
Oct '21
Legendofgenii

Oh I get it he got his own style and wants to dress like however he likes. rebel boy
and well the character´s clothing can also show the character´s personality and so on :thinking:

Lilmonstart
Oct '21
Kaydreamer

Yeah it´s also fun besides that as It is know that the character´s clothing can show their personality
and the space suit for combat sounds interesting

Lilmonstart
Oct '21
wispysing

Yeah I´m also in the process of avoiding my lazyness or rejecting it due the fact that creating their outfits takes time and all plus sometimes my outfits are kind of made up or improvised xd
oooh the symbolism is also something interesting and important for the character really cool! :+1:

Awesomeness_Studios
Oct '21

Usually when it comes to cartoon characters (I don't mean just simple designs on TV I mean any character that is drawn and appears in a drawing, comic, game, or animation), they will almost always have the same clothing and then change their outfits only for special occasions. It's a good idea to have the same outfit most of the time, since it helps with recognizability and makes it a lot easier for artists to not have to come up with a new outfit all the time.

You can however permanently change an outfit to show their growth. Kids, teens, and adults do not have the same fashion styles, so it's actually a very very ideal to change their outfit when they grow up (or else you might get jokes about their clothes magically growing with them :rofl:)

Lilmonstart
Oct '21
Zin_Trollborn

They all look great! :0

Oooh that makes sense gonna try that :thinking:

Lilmonstart
Oct '21
IndigoShirtProd

Yeaah sometimes I do feel weird too
or If I give other characters clothes and not the main ones
even if they don´t a large amount of clothes

ooh timeskips also torture me lol
the thing is that their main outfit is the one we´re used to and when giving them new outfits it´s kinda hard ._ .

Lilmonstart
Oct '21
Awesomeness_Studios

Yeah their outfits must at least fit with their first outfit so the character doesn´t get lost for the readers I guess

Ooooh yeah definitelly :sweat_smile: