#I had to redo this post twice cause tumblr did a hiccup

[bowties8glasses]

a double commission feature for @ornatehorizon, I designed him a wolf and a blue carpenter bee character! It was very fun making these c^^

creative process:

Ornate gave a lot of direction for both designs. first was the wolf which he had a specific color pallet and hex values for me to work with, this meant I had to switch from my usual CMYK environment to a standard RGB one

starting out, he was happy with what I had going already but also was thinking of him being more fat, and asked if I could sketch both body types to compare

so I did that! plus, cause I was felling like a geanius, I offered two versions of the fat alt to pick from, one having boy boobiess

and he was a big fan! c^^

(shaded version)

Ornate ended up asking if I could render both versions, since I already usually did two renders for design refs, I said yes

now for the bee!

for this one Ornate didn't specify a body shape either but I had a good idea of what he'd want already, I wanted to give it a anatomy inspired by Leavanny, in how the abdomen extends from the torso, and how the legs are attached from it, plus some other style traits

He really liked it! after a few edits, such as a larger abdomen and wider body, we were ready to go for the ref

the hoodie was also part of the character prompt, including the print on it, the ref Ornate gave had a jp script on it, but I took the liberty to make it flowers instead for the sake of making it easier to draw

he also had two different shades of blue for the hair for me to pick from, I ended doing both, the lighter color being the bang c^^