Next up in the Frightful Frocks project is the moth queen! Rachel has been busy posting her fabulous Bianca Boo. She's great at crafting a character for her paper dolls. I am not! I'm not really a character artist kind of person. There are rarely any kind of deep stories to go along with my paper dolls. It's usually more of an artistic challenge: how do I work on color or a certain time period or how to I illustrate this or that or whatever. It's really a visual expression more than a story.
Anyway.
Today we have a moth queen. I didn't really know what direction to take this in. I liked the colors of the luna moth.
Look at this! I would not come up with this palette on my own. Green, purple, a little yellow, a pinkish-white - it's terrific. I started sketching with no clear idea. I wanted the antennae to be a crown and I wanted the wings to be either a sleeves or a cape.
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What I ended up with feels right out of Star Wars! Does anyone else see Queen Amidala in this?! I initially wanted a much more form-fitting dress but it didn't look quite right with the pose. Honestly, I wish I had gone with a different pose right at the beginning but here we are... Is this frightening? Not really. But it is otherworldy!
Come back tomorrow for more from me & Rachel!
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