“White Rabbit”: 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 & 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.

Fullbody of “White Rabbit”, standing confident with fisted hands resting on the hips. No discernible expression.

height

  • 5'11"
  • 180.34cm
silhouettes of the main eight
Fourth-tallest (at head, not ears) of the main eight.

palette

main

Dark skin (with white-rotted limbs); entire head appears to be a rabbit-esque skull, including ears. There are visible eyes in the sockets but no discernible color.

(skip hex codes)
  • #3c2723
    skin (main)
  • #f9f7ef
    head, white-rot

outfit

Wears a light yellow t-shirt, tan cargo shorts, brown sneakers. Also has a black bandana wrapped around the “neck,” which covers the entire lower jaw area.

(skip hex codes)
  • #151212
    bandana
  • #f2eca5
    shirt
  • #c5bfa6
    shorts, shoe accents
  • #8e7a60
    shoes (main)

key traits

Probably a human being—ignoring the rabbitesque skull-head and white-rot gnawing at the limbs. Nonetheless capable of typical human movement (facial expressions notwithstanding). Muscular; outfit might’ve been some kind of outdoorsy getup, but it’s missing something. A black bandana obscures the lower head. Seems self-assured, but doesn’t talk.

Associated with pale yellow.

actual notes

  • Important: Thick build, defined muscles. Limbs and neck have typical range of movement, though whitish areas would feel severely calloused and slightly cold to the touch.

  • Clothes can be a little frayed at the edges. Or not. I don’t draw this consistently.