Hi! This is CES06, otherwise also known as Seigi/JUSTICEMAN/alsosprachces/raseaces across the internets! (I’m sorry. I couldn’t just settle on one name.)

I’m an illustrator by vocation though not by trade, and I especially like designing characters. This is my first time actually joining a game project and finishing the game, and (I believe) my first game credit, which is funny because I work in the games industry. It was a learning experience for sure. There’s some things I wish I could’ve worked more on, but the other team members did great and any credit for the game being neat should go to them.

I’m also a huge Precure fan, so joining this jam was a fun opportunity! What you’ll find below are my musings for the character designs, which were based on the brief from the writers. With that, let’s get to it!

Renra

BRIEF:

• Happy-go-lucky, bright, cheerful, optimistic
• Wants to be like her seniors/do/perform more
• “Seigicore”
• Character reference:
  • Ruby Hoshino (Oshi no Ko)
  • Emu Otori (Project Sekai)
  • Kaori Miyazono (Your Lie in April)

Overall, I like how she turned out and she feels exactly like how the character type would look like, which is a target I also aim for with the other designs. Some expressions and poses didn’t make it, but perhaps that’s for another time.

Chikin

BRIEF:

• Tsundere
• Only gives hints, avoids direct answers

Tamatama

BRIEF:

• Harmless, cute
• White color

Enemies

BRIEF:

• Overworked Monster
  • Mouth, glasses
  • Strict, businessman-like
  • Amalgam
• Discrimination Monster
  • Eyes, judging
  • Mistreatments by adults
  • Discrimination/racism
• Loudspeaker
  • Ears, loud
  • Sound Horeg*

*Sound Horeg, BTW, is a recent subculture that’s popped up in rural Indonesia where people trick out and take these massive (and I mean massive) trucks with a gazillion speakers and mounted sound systems for a ride. It’s both a massive noise hazard on wheels and fascinating subject to glance pictures of at during lunch break.

Hazame

BRIEF:

• Normal Form
  • Moody, edgy, sad, envious, grudge against the world
  • Pretty, but doesn’t fit “industry standards”
• Magical Form
  • Fractured, long dark hair
  • Yamato Nadeshiko-like
  • White/black kimono
• Character reference:
  • Osaragi (Sakamoto Days)
  • Mafuyu Asahina (Project Sekai)

That’s a bit of a somber note to end on, but I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed making the characters designs. I don’t get to make designs that actually get used for something that often, and since I usually more often draw mecha, this was a really nice opportunity to draw more things.

Until we meet again!

https://ces06.carrd.co/