#chikarin

from the start i wanted the cashier to have some kind of goth or goth adjacent style. initially i was thinking about gothic lolita for her but the more i thought about it i was like Hold On Now. all these intricate dresses i was looking at look very expensive. can someone working fast food actually afford that??? probably not. i was Considering vkei but then i stumbled upon karasu zoku and i feel like it fits her (not that there's Anything At All to work with lol). i thought it'd be cute to give her a leather jacket and long skirt that are two different shades of black (a struggle too real)

i knew for sure that i wanted chika to wear decora. i only have so much patience for little details so i went with shinora since it's adjacent to it, more accurate to the time period, and more toned down in comparison (less sanity loss for me!!!).

i wanted to keep chika's hairstyle similar to how she normally wears it and i feel like the middle point between the two buns tomoe shinohara would wear and the two braids chika usually has is loop braids (and also it looks super cute). i didn't give her as many accessories as i defintiely should have but alas, i would like to be sane during something that i didn't intend to spend more than like three hours on. i felt like the feathers fit with the style so i keep one of the defining parts of her usual design.

it also was my goal to make their styles contrast each other and i felt like i definitely achieved that with super colorful and maximalist vs all black and relatively simple. i just think it's cute when two people have opposite aesthetics lol

anyway here's quick doodles from when i was brainstorming outfits and went with these :)