Here’s a younger, college-era Simon Kuai. His modern design is the one lounging on top of the image. His milder design and hair show he’s experimenting with fashion but not settling on anything yet. I wanted to get across the idea that he’s a dandy with refined tastes, but also kind of trashy, hence the open chest and puka shell necklace. I imagine those clothes are expensive, and that Simon’s growing his hair out. There’s also another kiss scene!
Here, I’m testing out new hats for Enola. I find the military hat a neat juxtaposition against her hobbit-inspired clothes. However, now that I think about it, a newsboy hat might look nice too. I also tested out an Enola with long hair and in old-timey clothes. I’ve also been drawing kiss scenes lately, so there’s a noncanonical Enola x Hima kiss on the bottom right. I like the idea of a vest for her, but I think I want embroidery and don’t know how to design it.
Here’s Enola, her deal is that she’s a reclusive bugs witch. Here, I tried to include more character interactions to see how Enola bounces off of people. There’s also a doodle of Enola in formal wear, and me testing out her with short hair. I want to give her a winter hat, but I’m not sure about the design.
Here’s another Fae-Dragon court concept! I kinda forgot which name I gave this one, but it’s winter-themed! I kept in mind winter animals, bones, frostbite and other nasty cold-induced injuries while I filled this page out. I imagine this court is in charge of the Wild Hunt. The nobility rampage across the lands in winter, hunting all unfortunate enough to cross their path.
The centuar-ish one is supposed to be the court’s main herald/head honcho. I think their hanging bodies/horn accessories might overshadow their actual body. Maybe they could be the main herald’s servant instead. I like what I did for the skull design.
Fae-Dragon court of bird people? Why not!
Meet the Court of the Whistling Winds! They inhabit the mountains, and are the only court with majority flight-capable wings. Their concept is birds plus biblically accurate angeIs with eyes on their wings. They are the ‘older sibling’ court to the Glorious Cacophony. I imagine their dragon forms to be more griffon-like.
The fellow with the five bird heads is the Court Herald. I’m thinking of reducing the heads to three for ease of drawing. They have a ruff and three pairs of wings, all with a lot of eyes. Their chest is filled with holes that are inhabited by birds. The birds act as the herald’s scouts.
This is some spoilers for the later parts of Yim’s story, but I can’t help it, designing this was a lot of fun. Yim belongs to a Fae-Dragon court called The Cosmic Deep, which is all space, entropy, and eldritch horror. I really wanted to convey the power and cosmic horror of Yim’s new form, which was done by adding galaxy print! The second image are two of my colored concept drawings.
I lengthened their hair, made it unclear where some of the clothing seams were, and added this star map to their back, as well as a rip to outer space in their chest. The belt thing is actually a mouth. I experimented with giving Yim a freakier mouth biology but decided against it because of ease of drawing. Looking back, I think I want to add more mouths where the stitching is on the leftmost design of image 2. It would really up the creepiness factor.
I actually showed image 2 to my friends before I posted it. They preferred the design where Yim has a crop top. I do enjoy the concept of Yim exposing skin in this form. Yim normally stays covered, so revealing skin would convey a sense of wrongness inherent to this forceful transformation.
