#lmk design

Yìng Yuè has one character design that can be found in the comic thus far: her dynasty outfit! Her civilian outfit has not been drawn into the comic yet, so I'm not going to do a silhouette of it.

Yìng Yuè's dynasty outfit has two possible silhouette shapes: her cloak opened and her holding her cloak closed. Characters with cloaks have wonderful potential, so that's not a problem at all!! Her hat and hair make her recognizable!

Yìng's facial area has sharp lines and triangles. Her pointed teeth, hat, hair, and eyelashes all have triangle shapes, as well as her cloak. Triangles are a good shape for Yìng Yuè's design. Triangles show energy, power, and direction. Triangles are associated with action and tension in a design. They symbolize strength as well. These characteristics all fit well with her personality! My only issue is that Yìng Yuè's sharp, pointed design loses steam quickly. It goes into general shapes quickly, with less character. Her pants are far too smooth, and her sash would benefit her design more if it went down to a point.

My Attempts at Rectifying This:

First, I broke Yìng Yuè down into broad triangles, since that is the shape I chose for her design. I drew her build over that, smoothing out the triangles and adding her muscle!

I started with her main outfit. I mostly just made it more pointed (cloak, sleeves, sash, pants,), but here are the 'serious' changes:

Her sash has a bow in the back with two tiny triangles pointing out to indicate this.

Her shoes have an oval on them to represent her family crest. This will be the same color as the family crest on her back, but not have any detail.

I kept her eyes round to show her friendly personality! She's got a lot of sharp edges, but she is kind as well!

Next, I did Yìng's civilian design. It is not yet in the comic, but there is no harm in messing with it. This design is just about identical to the original because I just really like the way this looks, I just made sure to keep it in the triangles. The changes are:

Her hair is now just over her shoulder instead of below it. It has always bothered me that her hair doesn't change the back length when it's put up.

Her jeans have more rips because she is an active character!

She has extra eyelashes and her slit pupils are less visible. Since this form is partly a glamor, I thought these things would make her far more friendly-looking.