This morning I spent some time trying to figure out a good costume for Ralph. My early renders from a couple of weeks ago show that I already made some attire for Ralph, but I just wasn't happy with how he was looking. So, I went back to the drawing board. I did a render of Ralph from an angle where I could do some paper-doll-like costume painting in Photoshop. Then I copied his image a couple of times and got to work.
My previous renders of Ralph, looking all traditional
I really want to highlight his athleticism and pride in his culture. He is Scottish through-and-through and aspires to be one of the greatest Scots to have ever lived. As such, I am gravitating towards traditional Scottish garb. However, as you saw in the previous renders, going too traditional brings him out of the future (where my story takes place) and loses some of the confident athleticism that I want to be readily apparent.
However, I really like the kilt on him (although I shortened it a bit just to see how it would look; I think I'll lengthen it back). I just needed to toy with different tops. My gut instinct was to give him a jacket modeled after Ryan Gosling's "Drive" character. This is the Ralph on the left. I also wanted to toy with the notion of a soccer jacket, with cleats, paired with the kilt. This is the center one. On the far right I went with running shoes and a full body Adidas-like sweat suit. I am flirting with the notion of designing a sweat suit with a plaid pattern, but I worry that it will look too much like pajamas.
In any case, this was my morning project. I'm excited to use this approach with my other characters.
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