#Gimmie more asks on character design or just characters in general I think it’s fun

[peteytheparrot]

Hi, I wanna say that I really love your art and character designs. I have one question though, how do you make character designs where the colors go well together and don't clash? And how do you make simple outfits that are even at times just suits look so different for each character?

Thank you so much omg!! 🥺

Color palettes, Pinterest, and gradient maps on Procreate are my best friends tbh ☠️☠️

Although I usually lean towards colors that are more similar to eachother, Like Ginger is more red and Obsidian is more blue

And I keep the color palettes of characters REALLY simple, I try and keep like, aroundddd 6-7 colors max? Maybe? I just make sure any unnecessary small details don’t get their own separate color for that one thing idk how to explain it well ☠️☠️ colors must be on multiple things or something that’s just how I work lmao

Although for more details on how I do suits you can think of it like, is there a waistcoat or not? Is the suit buttoned up? What type of collar is it? (I feel collars are really important tbh, I mean just LOOK at what I did to Obsidian LMFAO-) Bowtie or tie? Is there a flower on it? A gold chain? Shit like that yk

I always try and keep shit the most simple as humanly possible when making designs because I’m a lazy bitch and I don’t like dealing with a lot of details it makes my brain hurt idk how people do it LMAO-

[mousedetective]

Chapters: 3/9 Fandom: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies), Firefly Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James T. Kirk & Leonard McCoy Characters: Leonard McCoy, James T. Kirk, Spock, Nyota Uhura, Pavel Chekov, Hikaru Sulu, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, Malcolm Reynolds, Zoë Washburne, Jayne Cobb Additional Tags: Friendship, Best Friends, Male Friendship, POV Leonard McCoy, Team as Family, Post-Star Trek: Into Darkness, Shore Leave, Memories, Photographs, Inspired by Fanart, Inspired By Tumblr, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Multiple Crossovers, Conversations, Humor, Drinking, Bar Room Brawl, Secret Brewery, Scotty Has Secrets, Embarrssing Photographs, Appalled Kirk, What The Captain Doesn't Know, Mentioned Keenser Summary:

One night before the Enterprise is set to go on another mission into deep space, McCoy realizes that Kirk never had a really decent childhood. So when he sees Kirk beginning to get a bit...overexcited...when they go on shore leave, he decides to be a little less of his grumpy self and instead help preserve some of these memories for his friend.

So this was the fic that I was supposed to have finished last year that I was going t concentrate on finishing first ( @greenskyoverme requested it and @chitarra10 picked “What Matters More” so I asked @posterofamyth to pick between Star Trek and Sherlock, she picked Star Trek and that broke the tie...”What Matters More” will be updated and finished starting next week, hopefully.) I wrote chapter 3 on the 11th but didn’t get to post it that evening so there will be two chapters going up today on the 12th.

Chapter 3

“The last planet you took us to for shore leave was like a desert, Cap’n,” Scotty said, glaring at his friend and Captain as Kirk sat in the pilot’s seat in the shuttle. “You told us there would be beachside activities and there wasn’t a drop of water in sight for miles. And when we found it, it was only enough to fill a shot glass!”

McCoy watched as Jim began flipping switches on the shuttle. Truth be told, as much as the heat and sand had been annoying as hell, there had been some amusing moments too and he’d made sure to get them on film. He’s switched to an old-fashioned camera when Chekov had noticed what he was doing. The kid had an interest in photography, he’d found, and had quite the collection of antique cameras that surprisingly still worked. Not only that, he’d jerry-rigged them all to interface with the holocubes to store the photos he took. He hated to admit it, but the kid was kind of a genius. After a moment Jim turned and gave Scotty a grin. “Ever hear of a Darmok, Scotty?”

Scotty nodded. “Best damn frozen drink in the federation.”

“Prepare to get shitfaced off of them, because we’re heading to Ranza V,” Jim said before turning around and beginning to pilot them out of the shuttle bay.

“And I suppose I’ve been brought along to be the designated shuttle driver,” McCoy said in a wry tone.

“Course not, Bones. You think I’d leave you out of the fun?” Jim said, flashing him a quick grin. “We just have one teensy little diplomatic situation to take care of, then it’s all the Darmoks we can drink until we black out.”

“I knew this was too good to be true,” Bones murmured. “Just what is this diplomatic matter we have to take care of?”

“Brokering a peace treaty between two warring factions on the opposite side of the planet from the main Federation stronghold,” Jim said. “Both are allies of the Federation but they hate each other and it’s coming to blows and the Federation wants to make sure they don’t get any bright ideas of bringing their blow-up anywhere near civilians.”

Scotty leaned forward. “Just how big are these factions?” he asked.

Jim was quiet. “About the population of New New York? And San Francisco?” he said evasively.

“Good God, man,” Bones said, tipping his head back into his seat. “And they’re all warriors potentially against a Federation stronghold that’s how large?”

Jim sank in his seat a little. “Maybe the size of Long Island?”

“Wonderful,” Bones grumbled.

“You know what this calls for?” Scotty said.

“What?” Jim and Bones chorused, Jim hopefully and Bones sourly.

“Liquor. Potent stuff. Loads and loads of it. The stuff Keenser brews in Engineering that you aren’t supposed to know about. Take us back and I’ll go get the vats.”

Jim turned to Scotty and raised an eyebrow. “Vats? Plural?”

“You think anyone in their right mind likes the weak pansy brew we have on board? I make a mint in trades for the stuff. Keenser’s practically the number man on board because it’s a special Roylan brew that he’s the only one in all of Starfleet that knows how to make, and it’ll knock the socks off even the heaviest of drinkers.”

“Number one, how many wasted crew members do I have at any given time, and number two, when do I get to try it?” Jim asked, giving him a stern look.

“It’s best if you don’t know the answer to number one, and if you park the shuttle sooner rather than later, today, probably,” Scotty said. Jim shook his head and turned to re-dock the shuttle. Once it was back in its spot, Scotty got out of his seat. “Be right back.”

“You know, the things I learn that go on in my ship frighten me,” Jim said, watching Scotty leave before turning to Bones.

“You and me both,” Bones agreed. He looked at Jim in return. “You think this plan will actually work? Get them so drunk they decide not to fight?”

Jim considered it for a minute and then shrugged. “Maybe we should tell Scotty to bring Keenser in case we need to trade a secret Roylan brew recipe for peace on Ranza V,” he said, undoing his harness. “He stood up. “Gimmie a sec.”

And so it was that among the many pictures he had from that day, because both warring factions were so enamored with his camera, included one of a never before made version of the Darmok made with Roylan booze, and an absolutely sappily drunk James T. Kirk with his arm slung around Scotty’s shoulders, kissing Keenser on the top of the head while holding the drink up as celebratory fireworks went off in the background. He had the feeling he might put this on Keenser’s Valentine’s Day card this year, just for the hell of it, and sign it with Jim’s name.

That would be fun.

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