Apologies if you’ve answered it before, but where do you find clothing references / how do you plan out the outfits you draw? I love the styles and clothes you choose
most of my reference material i find on pinterest. i know it's a shit site that people repost things to constantly without credit, but in terms of pictures of outfits i think there's little harm in using those for inspiration or reference. it's just that pinterest's algorithm is really good about showing you new posts based on posts you are viewing or have already saved, so searching for reference pics is usually very easy.
i also just really love drawing clothes! the folds of them, the details, the personality they can express... and i like to think i have an eye for what looks good. as for how do i plan out the outfits in general, i think about the character and what they would like wearing and what would fit their personality. so for wwx i always tend to go for more alternative clothes, like punk, a more grungy kind of streetwear, but i also think he's the kind of guy to just wear a hoodie and basketball shorts to go to the corner store. i find lwj harder to nail down because i can see him in really elegant, simple outfits, but also really fashion forward statement outfits, but also goth fashion, etc. so i'll draw him in anything from jeans to turtlenecks to flowy dresses to sheer fabrics to blouses with bows. youll never catch me giving him grey slacks and a white button up, though
i don't always work off reference images directly, for instance: i had the idea of drawing lwj in an oversized cropped cardigan and a tennis skirt. The cardigan came to me first because i was thinking about possible outfits for modern lwj that aren't button downs/blouses or turtlenecks. then i started thinking about what kind of bottoms would look cute with that, and i landed on the tennis skirt. but of course, i couldn't find any perfect references for that exact outfit combination, let alone with a male model, so there wasn't one reference i could work off of. so i basically started gathering many different pictures of oversized cropped cardigans & tennis skirts, picked my favourite ones, studied the way those garments look (folds, material, etc), and then drew them on lwj's body (ive been busy at work but i really want to finish that soon!)