4 Dreamtale Redesigns Done!

4 dreamtale redesigns done!

A bunch of words explaining designs and everything below the cut.

Also plz forgive me for misconceptions, I'm writing this at almost 4:am and I'm not well versed in dreamtale lore.

I see nothing wrong with the original designs, they just don't fit with my style. Dream's colors didn't really sit with my art well, and I always felt unsatisfied with the results, so I changed it a bit. Plus, the little... Glove/shoe cuff things???? Took too many layers and were a bit hard to add, so I wanted a design without cuffs... At the expense of overcomplicating Nightmare because I had my mind deadset on giving him cool whispy cape things. There were also the crowns... Circlets... Whatever.

I personally didn't like Nightmare's crown designs, but I dislike even more that it doesn't parallel Dream's crown. One's a moon, and the other... Isn't. Even though they have a sun and moon motif. So, I just made them a bit different, to both make them parallel visually, and fit with the rest of the redesign.

I also just really wanted to draw shawls and ponchos.

Ok, separate explanations.

Dream's palette was designed to be a bit softer, less of a stand out yellow. Like a warm sunny day. Still a happy, light color scheme, but more subdued and mature than his more playful younger self, which, while it has similar colors, was meant to portray much more of a stand out color scheme. At the same time, I did want the older and younger outfits to pay homage to each other. There's the crown, sure, but there's also the shoes, similar stripes on the shirt, and the poncho » shawl change is meant to look somewhat similar.

Nightmare time!

His Corrupted form is meant to mimic his younger self much less. I feel as though Nightmare would try to disconnect himself from his younger counterpart. No crown. No shoe apples. No matching colors.

His passive colors are meant to portray a much more quiet and subdued feel to him. Someone who doesn't want to stand out. It was also meant to be what I perceive as sleepy colors (I feel sleepy writing this, I'm going to pass out so hard as soon as I hit post).

HOWEVER, you may notice that Nightmare's shawl is pretty close, save for the colors. That's the only connection I wanted there to be, just a general shape that's consistent over both designs, connecting them without being super obvious.

Edit: sorry for the cut off, I fell asleep while writing this. Editing in the morning.

In conclusion, the hardest part of drawing these, was trying not to post them one by one.