NEED HELP W/ OC DESIGN

[vital ibex]

my main oc has existed for a long time, but i’ve never properly given her an outfit/official design.

the picture is what i came up with, the two pics marked as spoilers are just better looks at her.

i cant seem to ever 100% like the designs i come up with!! help 💔💔

if a description of her would be helpful for this, here it is ⬇️

she is project ten (my user), she is an android. in her world, she is meant to represent a dove as her purpose is to bring peace!1!1 her theme was supposed to consist of very light blue / white colors, but i think i messed that up a bit. she is calm/serious and reserved

i would like her design to be complicated, but when i do it—it ends up looking like a big mess. so in other words, is there any way i can improve this design?

(i wanted to go for a royal (but not too much) + tech-ish look, however i didn’t know how to implement the tech part)

thank to whoever helps in advance 🩵
feel free to ask me questions :)

[gray bear]

Hello! To start, when I think of tech I think angles and productivity, her design feels very soft and changing the patterns to squares/triangles/zigzags might help with the first issue. The second problem is a little harder, what is the reason for each part of her outfit? Does she use the sleeves to glide? Is she hiding something underneath the longer pant? Are the gloves because of her weapon? What can be changed to be useful, what can you get rid of or replace with this in mind?

Then we get into design, this can be very subjective but splitting her up into sections will probably help. What parts of her are the most important? Add more details to those sections and leave the rest simple. You can simplify alot. I would carry on the asymmetry and get rid of one of the longer sleeves entirely and instead give her a full length sleeve that is tighter to her body, I also feel like the bands around her knee could go. I hope some of this helps 🙂

[junior lily]

hiya! my design style is on the more simple side but I use colours and palettes for symbolance so while I can't help with the complexity I can try and help with the colours and stuff! I'm pretty good at showing character's lore through their designs I would like to say :)

with the colours I think the dark blue contrasts really nicely with the paler blue, definitely has the royalty vibe and peace vibe you're looking for! to add in the tech-y feel I would probably add some dark grey (you could even consider using a slightly more orange tinted grey to create more contrast) and then use some more vibrant colours alongside it like a paler grey or pale blues, whatever you feel like! that might give you the illusion of metal by contrasting the shades like that

from personal experience though, I found that if your complex designs look too messy it's often best to simplify them back a little! designs can be beautifully complex without being too much and sometimes that's because you're overthinking what to add in, just follow your instincts! I'll attach a few of my designs so you can see what I mean, complex and appealing doesn't have to mean extremely detailed!

[vital ibex]

hello, i appreciate all that you’ve written. after thinking about what you’ve said, i feel that it would definitely help the design reach what i want it to be. thanks a TON! it never came across my mind that more sharpness would help with the who,e tech idea. again, thanks for all the advice 🤍

[vital ibex]

hi, i’ll definitely be sure to experiment with that! those colors really might help a lot, i couldn’t think of what to do at the time. the orange definitely seems great as well! i’ve tried adding it before a long time ago, but scrapped the idea as i thought it “ruined the whole aesthetic.” however, i now know that aesthetic doesn’t necessarily equal a million shades of the same color 😭 the metal aspect would help a lot as well! thank you a lot :) 🤍

[junior lily]

no worries!! let me know if you need any more opinions/help in future! :)

[vital ibex]

@gray bear @junior lily hi guys! i apologize for the ping, however, here’s what i came up with after taking both of your advice into consideration (+ one other person)! i still don’t know whether i like 2.0 or 2.1 more, but i’ll figure out what works better eventually (again, thanks for both of your help !!!!)

[junior lily]

love it!! both versions are great :)

[gray bear]

Sorry for being MIA, I really like the bodysuit and I love that you added a little name/company embroidery on the chest. I do like the yellow, it feels like electricity, you could even have it glow a little in rendered drawings. The yellow might need to be balanced around a little more, even just adding a bit to the shoes might help 🙂