Concept time- Designing outfits!

Meh, I mostly choose my outfits randomly. I didn't even think about fashion that much. ^^; But when it comes to making outfits for my characters, I mostly have them wearing a short or sleeveless shirt and either a skirt, or long pants and sometimes long dresses for females and long sleeve shirts and long pants for males. ewe'

 

Usually I see shirts and stuff at stores, go, "Ooooh, I like that" and I'll remember them to draw characters with them on haha. A lot of them wear sweatshirts. Sweatshirts are comfortable. *w*

 

I normally design clothes based off historical pieces, depends on what story I am making. I just refer a lot. I prefer designing fantasy themed outfits as opposed to modern day outfits. Though I should work on the latter too.

As for clothing in general, I sometimes refer to real fashion at times, albeit rarely. Also, most of my characters have a rather modest set of clothing (Mostly covered like long sleeves and pants, or long skirts, etc), maybe that is just me.

But of course, depending on the character's background, I try to design appropriate clothes for them (You can't possibly have someone wearing a wool coat when you live in the desert, or a short skirt when you live in a snowy city (No offense against Snowpoint City Gym Leader Candice's designs, but still...))

 

I like formal wear a lot, so a lot of outfits I design involve suits and dresses. Lolita fashion is super cool too, especially ouji lolita =7=
Anything fancy is appealing and I'll take elements from pictures I see and apply it. Jewellery or patterns etcetc

 

It really depends on the character, but I like going for simple, yet unique designs. I find really complex designs can be kind of impractical, so I like designing outfits that could actually be used as outfits if the character existed in real life. Although, really extravagant clothing is fun to draw as well, haha.

 

Whenever I design outfits, it never comes out right. However, it's a lot of fun. I love making dresses. I also love to look at other outfit designs online to kind of get inspiration. For example, I have this outfit designed after Lady Gaga's origami dress.