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Wip for Allys redesign in progress!

Adria is getting a redesign too!

Some details are gonna be refined more in the final version!

[katiecreative]

🌟 Hey, Welcome to Design Diaries! 🌟

So, I’ve been working on something super exciting that I think a lot of you are going to enjoy Design Diaries! This is a new mini-series where I’ll be diving into my creative process and sharing how I bring my characters and worlds to life.

If you’ve ever wondered how I come up with designs, the stories behind them, or what inspires the little details, this is for you! I want Design Diaries to be a fun mix of:

• Character Design: From rough sketches to finished concepts, you’ll see the creative process step by step.

• Behind the Scenes: I’ll share the inspirations and ideas that shape my characters—whether it’s music, random thoughts, or pure chaotic creativity.

• Worldbuilding Teasers: I won’t spoil everything, but there’ll be little lore drops and hints about how my characters fit into the bigger picture.

I’m planning to share concept art, notes, and even some of the struggles or funny moments I’ve had while creating these designs. It’s all about showing how messy and magical creativity can be.

This series is for anyone who loves:

• Seeing characters evolve over time.

• Geeking out over worldbuilding and story connections.

• Creative chaos, sprinkled with a little lore and a lot of fun.

I won’t give away too much right now, but the first Design Diary will be coming soon, and I can’t wait to share it with you! If you’re curious about my creative process, have questions, or just want to vibe with some cool designs, stay tuned.

Let me know what you’re excited to see or if there’s anything specific lore you’d love for me to talk about. I’d love to hear your thoughts! (Obviously I gotta keep some things hidden but we’ll have to see)

As of right now, I’m in the process of creating assets for the series. I’m still deciding whether I want to wait for my persona to be fully designed (I usually use Catherine as a stand-in since I don’t have a persona that I’m fully happy with yet) or if I should just dive in with a brand-new OC altogether. Either way, I’m absolutely excited about this project!

(I already have a rough script for my Scylla-inspired monster, Skylar, but I want to spend some time fleshing out her lore before moving forward with anything else. There’s so much potential, and I can’t wait to share it!)

I’ve got a basic concept for Skylar, but she’s still a work in progress. I’m using a lot of references to make sure her design feels fresh and unique, and she might go through one more redesign before she’s finalized. I tend to be really critical of my work, so I’m taking my time to make sure I’m happy with how everything turns out.

I know I haven’t been posting much lately, and I appreciate your patience—I’m just a slow artist! On top of that, I’ve been exploring a new art style, blending my own approach with some inspiration I’ve been learning from @vampstel (I have been so inspired by Vampstel that I wanted to do my own series like with their design with me) . I can’t wait to see where this takes me! (If you couldn’t tell I’m really excited for this project)

[katiecreative]

I sworn we had more toggles for this skirt. Am I hallucinating that?

Anyway this is what I’m going use for a full redesign of my oc Dorothea

Now detail wise I have 0 idea on how accurate those details will get.

I can’t wait to start working on this. I’m a bit disappointed that teal doesn’t have its own category in colors in the fabric section. I wanna make my own fabric design for Crown Jewels (it makes my life so much easier than to look up references on Pinterest) since I don’t think anyone’s done that before.

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Sketches wip

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Idk if I’ve shared this but working on a wip. Also I don’t know what wrong with this but I had a vision where the little girl sitting next to her big sister to be reaching out to her older brother to pull him in for a hug

Idk how long this is gonna take before I finish this drawing but hopefully I can figure this out

[katiecreative]

Meet Zane Boseman

(Meet Zane Boseman, this is in case someone had a hard time reading the caption!)

Updates on his designs

- now has dragon scale on the sleeves

- horns changed

- No top hat

- hair changed (although I’m very unsure if I like this hairstyle but can’t figure out what more to do)

I could not for the life of me figure out what more I wanted to do. I had so many good ideas but when it comes to drawing male ocs I have no idea what to do

I usually end up going to @vampstel YouTube channel to figure out what more I can do to improve upon my style

Also go check out their YouTube channel (which is the same handle as here, I’m still new to the platform and I don’t use this to the full extent that I probably should as a artist)

Also I super duper apologize if this post happens to repeat itself. I was trying to make a post last night and I have 0 ideas on what had happened to it.

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*NEW LORE* [Zane Boseman]

* DRAGON SCALES ARE TO HINT AT HIS FULL DEMONIC FORM

* He’s 23, He’s supposed to be a year older than his sister Catherine (who’s currently 22 as of October 6)

* he doesn’t have a good family relationship with the younger sister Rutha especially since the circus days

* the only family member he absolutely has a good family relationship with is Catherine and their mom. Everyone else either didn’t care or they had burnt the bridges for whatever reason

There are so much more I wish I can say for Zane.

The problem is I’m trying (atm) to run numbers to where it lines up. I’ve been reworking his story to match up what he is now.

There’s old concepts of lore I may share one day.

Vote here! ⬇️

[katiecreative]

Here’s a wip of Zane. Uh he’s being redesigned so that way he has more dragon like appearance to hint of his full demonic form.

I’ve added scales to on his sleeves. But idk what else I can add to him. Idk what accessories to give him if any.

Might fix his hairstyle but idk.

[katiecreative]

Meet Astra!!

For some little background information. She’s gonna be part of my comic series HallowTide!!

I had loads of fun designing her. I probably will refine her more as time goes on. But I really like her design.

A little fun fact, While working on Astra I had tons of inspiration for lore from @vampstel

Astra used to work at the cartoon studio as a artist, She’s gonna have some ink stains on her eventually to reflect this, She was part of the golden age era of animation and so she was super duper talented and she was the one that everyone had eyes on, Due to her talent. Her boss wanted to use the ink machine and test out the best employees to be their own official mascot. Like idk the real life mascot. But unfortunately while she turned out ok. She now only sees things in the cartoon world and black and yellow, plus her side bang she has is meant to cover her scar she has which unfortunately I hadn’t figured out a ink eye I tried to use Alice Angel but that did not help for whatever reason I couldn’t figure out how to cover the eye and then trying to use ink as a good enough design that would work. It was a whole mess so no there’s no ink stains here but in her official reference I will have them. This was me warming up to the design.

I absolutely love Astra (20) and can’t wait to draw her and her younger brother Toby (15)and their new salvager friend Daniel (25)

What’s a Salvager?

The Salvagers are a resourceful group living in the ruins of Cinders Edge. They survive by scavenging the forgotten remnants of a broken world, piecing together what others deem worthless. Seen as outcasts by the rich and powerful, they are hated and looked down upon for their poverty and differences. While the wealthy flaunt their excess and status, the Salvagers find value in what’s discarded and use their ingenuity to survive. Their resilience, sense of community, and refusal to conform make them a threat to the privileged, who mock them for their struggles but fear their strength.

Whats HallowTide about?

HallowTide follows the story of Daniel and a group known as the Salvagers, who live in the unforgiving realm of Cinders Edge. The Salvagers make a life by scavenging through the remains of the forgotten, searching for lost treasures and remnants of the past. Despised by the wealthy for their poverty and difference, they must rely on their wits and bonds to survive. As they face both external dangers and their own inner struggles, HallowTide explores themes of resilience, friendship, and hope in a world of ashes

Also you can tell the massive difference between both designs. Wanted to give Astra a more I guess poorer since she doesn’t have any money and just trying to survive through to the next day. I don’t think I’ll share this on twitter just yet in case something happens to the comic.

DO NOT STEAL THIS AND REPOST IT, I would super duper appreciate you for not doing that. I don’t want this shared outside my own accounts I have.

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I’m gonna dump a bunch of stuff for my upcoming comic HallowTide!

Unfortunately I’ve been running into an issue where I am super inspired to make but unsure what to do. I have so many good ideas but the problem is I’m not sure how id be able to do that

So here some lore stuff y’all can have!

[katiecreative]

Little lore dump here

In Scylla, Envy. Sky would use her voice to gather information, she would try to replicate a voice if she gets inside a sailors head or in this case swimmer.

So when Zane is traveling Envy and he happens to go through. Sky could actually use his sister’s (Catherine) voice to trick him.

It’s important because Sky is half siren at least her top half. So her behavior makes perfect sense to trick sailors with the voices of their loved ones.

She’s also part angler fish, Her 6 heads are part snakes and angler fish. I know not the most original idea. But I didn’t want to add too many new details that would overwhelm my plan for Scylla.

[katiecreative]

“Drown in your sorrow and fears….”

Meet Sky! She’s my Scylla sea monster

If you question where the six heads are. Please don’t worry! I have a good idea for those.

While designing this I had loads of help from inspiration. I have to crop this for instagram

I don’t know if I’ll be able to draw the tattoos but I’m doing my own spin on Scylla. (Hopefully that’s ok) I like throwing my ocs to see what they’d do in different situations. And this got me super inspired to work on a animatic.

Also! Major note. She’s soupped to be half angler fish and half siren. Idk how obvious that is to noticed

[katiecreative]

Orpheila Kotova

#HarmonysRedemption

#OrpheilaKotova

🎶 The line between naïveté and hopefulness is almost invisible 🎶

This is Dorothea’s grandma. I can’t wait to do her swan design. I know she doesn’t look like a grandma but I plan to improve upon this design.

[katiecreative]

No longer you from ETM has been on my mind

So here’s my version of the prophet character Cassia.

Also she is blind (this is a new territory for me, And I’m using what’s said about Tiresias online to incorporate into Cassia design) so I have to figure out how to draw her. But here’s a sneak peek

I’m almost done with Dorothea’s grandma Ophelia design. I gotta clean up some details.

[katiecreative]

Meet Dorothea Kotova (yes she finally has a last name yay!)

I had so much fun. Had to look tons of references because i didn’t know how detailed I wanted to go with this design

#CAmintronics101 #HarmonysRedemption #DorotheaKotova

Fun fact!

She has a very interesting lore.

While re - designing her I listened to Ruthlessness from ETM (Epic the Musical) and that was such a cool idea I incorporated it into her lore. Listen the song was good imo. It’s catchy to me

All the art after the ref sheet is by EmpressBe3 on twitter

[katiecreative]

Valkyrie Lumina

I had so much fun drawing Lumina

I drew her with her original outfit and made a version in a royal gown of some sort.

I really hope y’all like this drawing!!

I had so much fun and I cannot wait to share the video… as soon as I figure out why my art program won’t allow me to export despite me doing exactly how I did it on my android before it got retired. So idk I’ve got a but ton of long content videos still on my program and haven’t removed a single one of them because I can turn them into either full on YouTube videos or shorts. So as soon as I figure out how to upload that on my IPhone I’d absolutely will post more on YouTube