#trenidia

[skin]: obviously colour, but also if they’re inclined to run hot or cold, do they have any blemishes or unusual markings, are they inclined to blush, are they freckled, do they tan, what does their skin feel like, etc.

Due to a few of the minor details of his form being overlooked during his design, Killer has virtually no skin pigmentation. He’s quite pale, appearing to be an almost translucent white. When his skin is exposed to the sun it doesn’t tan but it doesn’t burn either due to his self healing. Though the feeling of his skin burning and healing over and over again isn’t pleasant in the least. So he generally tries to keep as much of himself covered as possible. His skin remains rather cool so that he doesn’t overheat under the multiple layers of clothing he wears. Though it can warm rather quickly causing a pale blush to come to his face. It’s quite smooth and seamless, any cuts or bruises healing quickly after the skin is broken or damaged. It is also very soft and sensitive from the cells near constant regeneration. This being another contributor to his thorough covering of clothing and his slight aversion to people touching him.

[mouth]: are their lips always drawn thin or are they plump and kissable, what’s their “default expression”/resting face, do they have all their own teeth, do they use their teeth to smile, etc.

Okay, so how I started off learning creases when i was younger, I first started with getting tips off some drawing cartoon tutorial books and one method kind of stuck with me as a starting board. It was is to base creases off a cloth and remembering it really used to help me. I know that sounds weird but  helped me remember how to draw folds, for example here:

you see how each piece has a center point? I kind of use this for things such as skirts, especially the longer ones. Also to note I like to exaggerate my creases and each artist has their own way of teaching themselves, so this way may not work for everyone. Anyhow lets do an example of where creases are usually seen.

For example, lets use this figure:

The main places where you will see creases:

1. JOINTS: joints usually show creases in clothing, especially when a joint is bent like this arm, now obviously it depends on the item of clothing of how many creases you put in. But to note: the looser the top is the more creases you put in.

2. ARMPITS: creases are usually in this area too, but also to note it depends on the attire your person is wearing as to how many creases you put in there as well.

3.CHEST: if your character has boobs then creases can be here too, especially on tight tops and what not.

4. HIPS: sometimes hips have creases too, but again it depends on how long the clothing is.

Now some clothing examples 

SHIRTS

let’s do a rough design of Trenidia’s shirt for example:

As you can see, all the joints have creases and where the t-shirt ends there’s a small crease since sometimes bottom of tshirts fold out slightly there (only on loose t-shirts more than tight fitting) but I’ve also added some near the stomach, but they’re not needed really, i just added them based on my art style.

here is the difference between chest size and creases to the shirt. This can vary with females because it depends on bust size, so creases can vary. But usually for males/flat chested females, there are no creases around the chest unless the shirt is really tight.

also sleeves can be rolled up and of course more creases will be needed in those areas.

SKIRTS

okay now this is when the cloth thing comes in handy, so here’s an example the lengh of Trenidia’s skirt with the shirt i drew earlier:

For skirts, the front part of the skirt is always slightly longer than the parts at the side and back, now the skirt in this is closer to the center cloth in my example earlier, but if the hip is more to the side, the skirt will crease differently. Also it depends on how high the skirt is and what type of material its made from, because that mostly determines where the creases go:

it is also to note that i am not an expert on skirts and i very rarely draw them, so you may need to learn your own technique with that unfortunately (I’m still learning myself)

But there is one more piece i can give you while you learn to draw creases:

Use reference!

I cannot stress that fact enough, use as much reference as you can with creases, and eventually you should be able to find your own technique.

if it helps even look at artists that you look up to and look at how they do creases in clothing.