In anticipation of Artfight 2025, I decided to update my reference sheets for Skitt and Amalia. Below you can read a bit about my process and what I plan to do next with the characters.
Amalia
Here I simply wanted to redraw my existing designs for Amalia (below). I lightened the pant color slightly from the original design, and updated the proportions to better reflect my current art style, but the foundation stayed the same
Next I wanted to work on additional outfits for the character. I kept the same pants as the above design, as scarcity is an important element of the worldbuilding, along with resourcefulness. The shirt is stained and old, showing both that scarcity and the lack of prioritization of fashion and aesthetics in favor of practicality. I also included the same green flannel I had previously included on Ablelard, Amalia’s father, as both a tribute to him, and another element to reinforce the scarcity and resourcefulness.
I enjoyed bringing in some more green tones to the character, and updating her color palette – I think the new outfit suits the character well, arguably better than the original – I may end up revamping the original further in the future.
Skitt
For Skitt, I simply remade the original design like I did with Amalia (shown below). They emphasize fashion more than other characters, and as such my original concept still works well for them. I did, however change their body type a bit. This part of the design was something I really struggled with, and I am not positive I love where I ended up – I may revisit their build later, and design another outfit for them for alternate settings.
