Just kidding. But seriously, I like this idea enough to keep thinking about it.
I was working on their costumes today during class, cuz I wanted to settle the images in my head before they became too complex.
Trevor's costume... wanted him to seem like a pretty boring guy, I guess, who isn't used to change. Even when he's wearing his slave wear, he's trying to make it as close to how he usually is as possible. I drew these to also show things like hairdos and their basic moods in the story... Trevor's a cranky butt, as you can see. Not very smiley.
Here's Diane. Her normal clothes, I wanted her to dress pretty normally, but also add in some things like the ballet shoes to show her interests. She's pretty laid back, but doesn't like to think that she has a responsibility on her hands. She has bad experiences with being depended on. Based gratuitously on my friend Amry. I should stop that. *laughs*
Here's Dante-head. In his Pre-slave years, I wanted to give him this sort of "I'm capable and I love my job" look to him, but also give a twinge of his attitude through his expression (cuz he's still kind of a jerk in those times too). Though, the change is so obvious after the fifty years at the Holding House. Made his back stoop more and wanted to make him look like he didn't care about anything anymore, including his personal hygiene (i.e. greasy hair). I shoulda drawn food stains on the front of his shirt too. Gahahaha. The earring was just cuz I thought it looked cool and people who don't care get them. Bahaha.
Good Old Musician, who has taken up role of Noble man. Very smiley, as always. I wanted his clothes to look simple, but refined, except for his shoes, which i wanted to contrast with the rest of his clothes. Not only to show that Musician doesn't give a crap about appearances, but also sort of symbolize Musician's remembrance of the past, even though the rest of his clothes have shown that he has clearly moved on in his life. His Abolitionist clothing is simply just a slaves clothes with a few things thrown on top to hide his identity and to make him look sinister. *laughs* He's not very good at that.
Lastly, the actual Slave Trader, Stephen Bleu. Not really a clothes design, more an attempt at figuring how the character would stand or act, as well as getting more of his actual design down. Out of all the character's Stephen's giving me a hard time. It's like, I have an image in my head that I can't get down. In the end, I'm prolly gonna have to change the design entirely and opt for an easier/simpler representation. Oh well.And that's all for now! I'll try and do some baruka stuff or sommat. *laughs*
