My name is Minoli Dragonberry, and i got passion for fashion... When i read about this contest, my mind was going wild! To design beachwear for Allods has been a huge trip for me. Even if i don't win anything, working on this has been a super cool experience!
So lets start...
Here is one of my first designs... The idea i had here was to make something that looks very much like something out of the fantasy ocean. Sorta like a bright coral reef that formed itself around the body.
Then i realized i had a lot more ideas, and one of them was that if the first one was all about being deep in the ocean, the next thing i wanted was something more like the opposite. space... Since Allods is a game with ships that fly through Astral space like an ocean, this gave me some ideas about a bathing suit covered in stars shining on the body. I like way this worked out, with the 'space' fabric being see-through while the stars cover what needs to be covered.
Here's one i made with the tropical forest in mind. Only the handbag doesn't make it symmetrical. I guess if you take that away it's symmetrical, so if Team Allods likes this, i won't object!!
The next one is a little more like the first one, only where the first one was very bright, this one is much darker and more of a crustacean sea creature design. I chose the colors black and red because gives it a bit of a devilish look.
Then last but not least, i wanted something much less fantasy and much more modern. I think it worked out great. Using some very modern hard colors.
I have some 'attempts' and stuff i made before i knew it needed to be symmetrical, but for now i uploaded the most important ones i made, but i'll upload the ones i kinda discarded, just so you guys can see what else i've been doing this last week. Honestly, i can't chose which one i'd rather see ingame. I love the first one, but also the last one, and the Starz too!!!
Another one i finished inbetween is this diving suit style design. A pretty simple design. Didn't really know what else to add here, so it's not one of my top designs imho, but still it worked out allright.
...and here's an earlier design i made that looks pretty good, but not as original as i wanted. It's a bit more like lingerie than actual beachwear...
Then at some point i wanted something a little more simple, and made this thing... it looks... a little skimpy.
I tried adding some frills here and there to cover up a little more, but it just didn't really work for me, so i quit working on this design at this point.
So, here is my very first design that can't enter the contest because it's not symmetrical... infact, the whole design screams asymmetry! I wanted a dragon swirling around the body, so yeah, not very symmetrical XD ...but again, i wanted a very fantasy design and something that fits into the fantasy world that we live in, Here be Dragons!