Living For The Arcana

Asra

Nadia

Julian

Portia

Muriel

Lucio

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Well that's not very instructive about this character... But I just wanted to mention it ...

You’re welcome :D It’s definitely easier than my usual method of looking at all the memories/sprites constantly to try figure out how to draw them

Celebrating reaching 500 followers over on Instagram I made some character profiles. I gathered facts about all the characters from the game, arcana tumblr and the concept book to gather this huge index of facts of all the characters. The facts include things that aren’t necessarily mentioned in game, and I avoided including specific things from the premium scenes as these profiles would have gotten ridiculously long. Also the facts listed are about the character in general not necessarily considering their relationship with the MC and how it changes them.

These profiles are based off of the short ones the official socials posted, but also inspired by the fact I struggled the other month to find all the characters birthdays listed and had to scour Twitter to find the small profiles inconsistently posted. So here is my solution. Lots of facts about the characters in one convenient place.

Vulgora: All I said was your mom’s kinda hot.

There ya go ~ Do you guys remember me? :’> This last year was rough. I finally got a tablet and I’m finally able to be active again reeeeEEeEE 

First off, that is a mood. Every time I draw any of these characters I’m hit by how complicated their outfits can be and I’m tempted to chuck them all into t-shirts and jeans.

As a disclaimer, I costume design is a weakness of mine, so I’d advise asking other, better artists for their tips before turning to mine. But, if it helps, I’ll go through my process by designing costumes for a few of fanchildren I made (x)

First off, I think about the style/inspiration of a character. The devs use a range of inspirations: (x) (x) (x) But, they said their main inspiration for the setting is Egyptian/Arab, Italian, and Mediterranean design set around renaissance time. Researching this type of fashion helps it fit the setting.

To fit their characters/cultures, I make notes on the type of impression I want them to have. If they have complex or simple outfits, flashy or dull, revealing or conservative, etc.

With a LOT of references, I get the basic shapes down. I try to use a lot of repeating shapes. To get the complexity of the Arcana costumes, it’s good to add layers/extra details such as belts, coats, or jewellery.

Then I choose the main colour for them. This is something to centre the pallette around and can be used to indicate about the character.

Then using a maximum of 3-4 new colours, I flesh out the different areas of the costume. Using different colours to highlight the repeating shapes is especially effective. 

Now, the old me would have stopped here because I like the simplicity of it. However, in the Arcana, costumes a buttload of patterns and gradients.

If there’s a large blank space, add a subtle texture or hue change to it. At the rims of clothing, add chains of patterns, think about the character’s personality and life to see if you could add paint marks or dirt etc. One trick I do to think of what to add is the give a character a motif. 

Here, Atiya has a dragonfly motif, so her dress has a slight iridescence and insect wing pattern, Timur has a lotus motif, so the rims of his jacket have lotus designs, etc.

We need more content of Nadia making stuff/being boss

So if anyone is wanting a commission or wants to help out?

Hi all! Sorry for the horrible english but please read this.

I’m currently new in Tumblr and I wish to follow all the Arcana blogs on Tumblr! But sadly, I do not know how to use Tumblr and can’t find blogs that easily, it would be nice if you could reblog this to let me know that you’re a Arcana account or leave a comment of the accounts.

New charms are here! The gang’s in their spring finest with these LIMITED EDITION charms featuring guest art by @frothystars.

Order 3 or more charms to get flower girl Faust as a free bonus! Hurry, though. These charms are only for sale until May 31st!