ii season 4 contestants as gijinkas pt. 3
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Remember what I said about the colored shading and lineart looking bad? Yeah this is the worst one I’m sorry 😭
I’ve seen several cowboy designs for season 4 Paper and honestly I kinda lost it after seeing him in those cowboy boots in episodes 1 and 4 so I had to make him a cowboy. I’m especially proud of the plaid blouse, I had a lot of fun coloring it.
Metag kinda just looks like a generic robot. A lot of the robots I draw are admittedly inspired by murder drones and machine-like Digimon (though this design is more murder drones influenced). But I felt like Metag should look kinda basic considering they were just a mere servant under Cobs before s4 and were kinda just like an npc. I did give them a little tie though because I thought it was cute and it makes them look slightly less generic (I think. Hopefully. Idk.)
Poppy looks like an anime protagonist lowkey, but I really like it. They probably wouldn’t get the goggles until episode 5 but I wanted them to look like a young-inventor-type character. I was also really proud of the crocs. I know they aren’t safe work-place shoes but I feel like Poppy would wear them.
Tapey was pretty easy tbh. Her outfit kinda reminds me of Penny from Pokemon Scarlet/Violet. My favorite part was coloring the hair. (Sorry I don’t have much to say about her design I love Tapey dw 😭)
And then I had like zero ideas for Starfruit but I thought of the way that older artists and rockstars dressed and I figured that aesthetic would be good. I also made him wear his own merch, bc I think he would.
And then since Lightbulb is blue this season, I figured her s4 design should have more blues instead. I also wanted her to wear more layers this season. In my s2 design she wore a crop top and shorts, but I wanted her to show less skin to represent her lessening confidence. I was admittedly very inspired by the popular theory that Lightbulb has body dysmorphia due to being forced to be blue so I wanted to show that. She also has more to hide now in terms of emotion so there’s that too. Her jacket is paintbrush-colored too, because I thought it’d be nice considering their relationship and the little talk they had when Lightbulb joined the game. Honestly it was kinda interesting, having to color her hair to be blue instead of yellow. I almost accidentally made her eyes brown too lol.



























