Skittykat's Teapot

I feel like if Tiger were to wear a dress to somewhere “fancy” or just to SHOW OFF HIS STUNNINGNESS, he has to wear a dress that represents HIM and where he’s from. SOOOO ALOT OF THIS is either very symbolic to Tiger or something related in Japan Culture.

I wanted to have a base for the dress so I chose THIS style of dress to design. (This dress is more resembled a Kimino, but more modern)

Decided to design the patterns with Tiger Stripes because… well TIGER- But to take it a step FURTHER and reference the patterns somewhat similar to Old Japan art of how they drew them years ago. Much more swirly and bold, which I like!! :) Can’t really let it be without drawing a Tiger on the dress, so I (tried my best) drew a Tiger that resemble from the Old Japan Art (It looks abit wonky on my part- OH WELL~ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

The dress being designed to look like it was torn apart from the bottom is very intentional, which references Tiger’s injuries on his arm. Torn from below the dress is symbolic of his injuries from the past, moved on and healed from it, which contrast his bandaged arms.

Lastly, I wanted to reference Tiger’s SPEED in the dress. When it comes to Speed, I usually associate it with AIR or WIND,  so I searched up anything in Japanese Culture to get inspiration.  That’s where I found out about FUJIN, The Wind God in Japanese Folklore. In his famous art of him from Old Japan, he is seen holding a Bag of Wind. I don’t know how to design it with an ACTUAL Wind Bag, so I changed it to a Scarf that represents the Wind Bag. More scarf fabric is incorporated into the dress to have more motifs to represent FUJIN.

RAHHHHHHHHHH I FORGOT Tiger's ponytail hairstyle is just a reference to an old artwork of Tiger I did here with Miko as well, with his hair tied up.

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That’s pretty much it for the inspiration of the design of the dress- HOPE YOU LIKE IT!! ✨💜💛💜💛💜💛💜✨ Took awhile to make-