Retro Lolita / Gothic - (47) Creation

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Dec 2nd 2007

Tags:: anime and manga anthropomorphic century concept fantasy human portrait service
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Finally I get this finished!!!! lol it took forever that probably means everyone will hate it

My original intention was to draw the characters who wore 'retro lolita / gothic' in Century Service as I was having problems describing verbally what I saw in my head. I hope it makes a bit more sense now

The Century Service is a magical train with some very bizarre passengers!

From left to right:
Jun - the grumpy, sarcastic yet 100% devoted maid to Rin. Her outfit is my favourite - I would so wear it (however I would never cut my hair that short)!
Rin - a rich, cold fashionista. Her full name means 'Cold Bird Death' in Japanese. Her coat is a 100% dead animal. I don't believe in real fur (though I have a lovely fake fur coat) however I feel it helps illustrate her character. Visually she is inspired by Dita von Teese.
Mr Tibbs - Blossom's teddy bear - the catalyst of the story.
Blossom - Blossom starts the story very spoilt and immature however through interacting with both the good and bad train passengers she becomes a little kinder and more independant (not completely though cos she is only 11 and I believe that children should enjoy their childhoods to the full!) And yes - that is my hat

The Lovebird - a very, very, VERY rare lovebird that Rin wants to turn into a hat!
Hector - a skilled pick pocket who is very unpredictable. Is he friend or is he foe? One thing is for sure - he has a big crush on Blossom

And yes that is a tail

Aleksi - the leader of the band who plays at Rin's hat unveiling party. His sunglasses and gloves are based on the lead singer of 69 Eyes. His guitar turned out looking like Mana from Malice Mizer's bass!
Vieno - he is the drummer in Aleksi's band and loves himself far too much. He's supposed to be flexing his muscles at Alicia not threatening her as it looks like XP
Alicia - Rin's fan girl who just 'happens' to find out that they were traveling on the same train

Sorry about the background - my imagination stopped working by that point

Everything I have just talked about (c) Rachel Yelding

Comments

SheenaXZelos Says:

Oh wow!! I have nothing but good things to say about the picture and the characters themselves! First off this is one excellent group shot and you did an awesome job putting it together! The coloring work looks really great and I absolutely adore every single character and outfit design you have here OwO! I read the character descriptions and I must say this is getting more and more interesting! Awesome work!!

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pur plec loud Says:

Awesome job! I absolutely adore ALL of their outfits, but Rin's I think I like the best (how it looks, not it being a dead animal D:). Great lace on Blossom's dress, too. Just overall great , and interesting characters definitely!

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