Gregsmann

to give her a wilder appearance i changed her hair to be curly and kinda unwashed! her horns are closer to the handmaid's than the original, and i think they match the hair. also i made her bigger! i have a huge bias for plus size aradia, and i think unique silhouettes are good for these designs. part of me really wanted her bone accessories to be made of *real bone*, not just gothy little plastic charms. so i made her hair clips way bigger, and exchanged the fake skulls for a dead fish and a femur. i think the dead fish just looks cool, but it also works with the fishnets on her arms and legs and invokes the idea of a rotten fish or a 'rotten girl' (fujoshi)! i didnt really like the placement of the aries symbol smack dab in the middle of her skirt, so i made it part of the shape of her sweetheart neckline instead (covered a little by her book). i also think the ripped/torn layered texture on the overskirt was a really good reference to aradia's ghost self, but hard to see in the original. i threw on a collar and finally i gave her leg warmers and big chunky heels to resemble goat hooves!! BONUS (her effortlessly rizzing up the helpsman)

i love speculating about the bancestors, so it was cool getting 'canon' versions! i imagined very different characters, but character concept is not what im focusing on. as a lover of the original ancestors dramatic looks, some of the designs were underwhelming. they need more drama! more exaggeration! more FLAIR! for the gardener, my beloved, i made her cape longer, gave her long hair (optional, just one of my favorite adult kanaya hcs and to match the dolorosa), added more red into her design (like in her skirt and gloves), and reworked her hat. now instead of random vines and a veil, it's a sun hat with a net for working outdoors, and a swirling green print that resembles both vines AND her symbol virgo. i already loved her clippers shaped like her horns tbh, and the corset and mantle over her shoulders. iconic this is how i'll be drawing her in the future. what do you think? :D ROSEGARDEN BONUS (alpha!rose and alpha!kanaya long distance yuri) :