Addison: character design notes

notes on the design notes

Hex color codes and height measurements need not be precise; they’re provided anyway for consistency. Relative colors (value + hue) and heights (where one character stands proportional to another) are more important.

Similarly, while some design details are key (for characterization and/or thematic reasons), others are a byproduct of art style; for instance, black and white are used fairly deliberately, but hair is often exaggerated for silhouette. There are also aspects where the distinction between diegesis and stylization is besides the point. I’ve tried to distinguish them as follows:

  • Important: Notes in bold are key traits & should be maintained for recognizability.
  • Less important: Notes in gray are stylistic decisions on my part, and aren’t strictly necessary.
  • Notes without either format aren’t vital (i.e. if this was a book there’d be no need to describe these), but they’re not artistic quirks either. Take ’em or leave ’em.

These pages have a rudimentary mobile/single-column layout, but are ideally viewed on a larger, horizontal screen. The full layout has a fixed size, and is intentionally not responsive.

Two fullbodies of Addison, same upright stance with one hand up in a loose fist and the other resting on her hip. In one version she frowns slightly, at attention; in the other, featuring an outfit upgrade, she's looking a lot more pleased with herself.

height

  • 5'5"
  • 165.1cm
silhouettes of the main eight
Third-shortest of the main eight.

palette

main

Light skin, red hair, and eyes typically colored gold-yellow, hair, and eyes are all dark brown. Hair is straight and chin-length, clipped partially back with some volume on the sides.

(skip hex codes)
  • #ddc6ac
    skin
  • #9c5130
    hair
  • #8fa243
    eyes

outfit

Wears a yellow-green tank top and brown pants. First version has a white shrug and sneakers; second swaps both for a dark brown leather jacket and combat boots, plus a belt and pendant necklace.

(skip hex codes)
  • #f0f2f3
    shrug, sneakers
  • #46383c
    jacket, boots, belt
  • #8db762
    shirt
  • #7d6d62
    pants
  • #c4b384
    hair clip, belt buckle, boot shoelaces

key traits

Painfully average in most regards, but trying very hard to project otherwise. Later swaps some passive whites in her outit with darker leather, which she thinks makes her look pretty cool, and picks up a pendant necklace while she’s at it.

Associated with orange, typically brighter.

actual notes

  • Has a square hair clip in the back, takes it out later, the difference is negligible.

  • Face has a very slight curve out at the cheeks; chin tapers in a point. Small nose, but not as flat as Kay Lin’s.

  • Some trivia: Jacket is loosely ripped off from an image search result of Katnis from The Hunger Games film. (Disclaimer: I only know about this series from pop culture osmosis (and people complaining about the movie). Seems like something Addison would be into, though, flawed film and all.)