I may or may not be very insecure about art I actually put effort into because the people on this site are incredibly talented so uh... here, have very simple versions of my designs for the core four ninja.
I feel very passionate about my ninjago HCs, and the choices I made for these specific versions of them so why don't we go one by one and explain everything?
Kai:
This version of Kai grew up in poverty, so he didn't have many clothes to play around with in his early life, it is because of this reason that, in my head, he's the most fashionable of the group and takes a lot of pleasure in putting outfits together. He likes to keep up with trends but he's quite often the one setting them as he's shown to have a large enough social media presence to make the ninja get swarmed at the beginning of Skybound.
He always makes sure to have some sort of item with flame pattern on it and it has become his staple, anything from neckties to socks, he has it all.
You'd think that a man with so many clothes would have an equally large amount of earrings, but he only has two pairs: the basic black studs he's wearing and the same kind of black studs, but with gold accents when he's feeling bonita.
Jay:
Jay's the type of guy who only wears shorts, no, he's not the type to run hot, but he'll still only wear shorts.
Jay's shown to be insecure about himself a few times in the earlier seasons and my version of him was a bit of a loner/loser before joining the team, so he doesn't really have a personal style, he just kinda goes with what the others *cough* Nya mostly *cough* think is cool or like.
He only wears silver jewelry and "knows how to accessorise!" so he has a couple earring types he switches around and often wears simple chains on his neck.
(also I did draw his freckles but the drawing's too tiny and you can't really see them very well)
Cole:
Cole once was a totally cool and awesome 2000s dude with a Justin Bieber haircut, but nowadays he is 100% done with uncomfortable clothes and only owns comfortable sportswear. He doesn't really create outfits, he just kinda picks whatever he sees first and puts it on.
This version of Cole is a lot sportier than the original, he still loves food and most importantly cake, but there's a bigger emphasis on his love of climbing and dirtbiking. He finds that both of these sports make him feel closer to his element and thus, his mother.
You may have noticed that he has some weird thing on his wrist. That weird thing is my attempt at drawing a beaded bracelet. When out on missions, Cole likes to visit the local artisans and gets one bead per place for his bracelet, he does this because he likes to have tangible ways to remember the time he spent in those places.
Zane:
He's by far the character I struggled with the most. I wanted him to feel more regal and clearly older than the rest as a reference to him having been built during the serpentine wars... but idk his first design looked horrible and this new one is inspired by a quick pinterest search of "preppy guy outfits". He is definitely going to change the more I draw him and come up with more HCs for him, but for now he's just painfully basic.
What I can comment on is his hair. I really tried to use a hairstyle based on the hairpieces his minifig has used in the past, but I genuinely couldn't get the hair to look normal, hence the new haircut. I think it still looks square-ish and gives him a very put together look... but he also kinda looks like a hipster and I'm not sure how to feel about it.
He's by far the ninja I draw the least so this will be an uphill battle T_T
Anyway! That's all. Tomorrow I'm probably gonna post Lloyd, Nya, Pixal and Skylor and later on Harumi and a completely new character I've created to fit a specific role (but that post is gonna be very ranty and likely very long)
Also I swear if this stupid drawing is way too small I'm gonna SCREAM. Clearly these didn't take me very long, but I still don't wanna rework everything.
Thanks for Reading!
- Fox
