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Fuzzbutts: Catty Rivalry
🕑 Added 2021-09-17 01:58:54 +0000 UTCmore concept art! this character would be one inspired by pandoraverse Belle Velour. Meet Bellon. Bellon Bouquet, that is~
Bellon is the owner of a luxury fragrance shop. Perfumes, candles, bath bombs, soaps- you name it, Bellon makes it! After years spent carefully crafting fragrant products and cultivating a treasured customer base, Bellon can't help being a touch concerned when a wrinkly little cat rents out the space next door, claiming she's going to transform it into a high-end beauty salon. Excusez-moi? What does this bald kitty know about the care and grooming of fur and hair? Furthermore, Priscilla is a rookie and it shows. She can't afford to hire much help, her salon features decorations scavenged from thrift stores, and she's often struggling to keep the lights on and the bills paid. Her fumbling-while fun to watch- is gonna drive away all Bellon's business! So Bellon sets out to combat her little hillbilly hair salong in the best way they know how. By being really, really, really passive-aggressive. As such, Priscilla does not get along with her business rival.
notes:
-Like their pandoraverse inspiration, Bellon is nonbinary and intersex. Bellon uses they/them as their personal pronouns and prefers androgynous fashion. I imagine their voice sounds like the lovely Laverne Cox. If asked "Are you a boy or a girl?", Bellon's typical answer is "I'm a bitch."
-Priscilla really is overworked and over-stressed managing her salon. All animals are welcome, meaning poor Prissy is often stuck climbing a ladder to give a giraffe customer a trim, exhaustively filing a rhinocerous' horn, or madly trying to figure out how to evenly apply lipstick to a crocodile. As such, she's employed Victoria as a part-time assistant, and sometimes Bruce when the salon gets really busy.
-Like their real world counterparts, the skunk citizens of Fuzzbutts can squirt a foul-smelling sulfuric spray. Yet in a civilized society, there isn't much use for this form of self-defense.....unless a skunk is getting mugged or something, but they kinda need to drop their trousers to do it....which can be a pretty intimidating act of self-defense in and of itself. It's a rare mugger that wants to tangle with someone yanking their pants down to expose their butt glands. Again, the spray is rarely used, but if it is, it causes temporary blindness and horrific stank. Skunks often work against a nasty social stereotype that they naturally stink, which hurts their feelings and can lead to compulsive self-cleaning. Bellon smells like a bed of lavender, if you imply anything otherwise, they'll will deck you in the teeth.
-Priscilla might, might be a touch jealous of Bellon's thriving business and glossy fur. Her pride would never allow it, but sometimes she'd quite like to ask her rival for advice. Bellon in turn secretly quite admires Prissy's moxie and determination, and might, might gift her a bit of sarcasm-laden advice if the cat's truly looking desperate.
-Priscilla is in her late twenties, Bellon is in their mid thirties~
Comments
AsTheJayFlies
ooo i somehow missed that victoria works part time for priscilla :0 adding that to the social web
mirarevias
I still don't know how replying works on Patreon mobile, but truly, I've always enjoyed how you draw clothing on your characters! Additionally, thank you so much for the resource, I really appreciate it!! ☺️💕
Lopoddity
Wow, thank you! :D I'm flattered you think I draw clothes decently, I always considered it to be a weak point of mine. :/ The best advice I can give to you is to study how clothes look in real life, draw them and note how they hold their shape, how the clothing flows and bunches and folds. Additionally, here's a great collection of quick visual tutorials that examine how to draw clothing nicely: https://www.deviantart.com/etheringtonbrothers/gallery?q=clothing
mirarevias
A quick question for you, based off this drawing and the last few pieces you've made this week -- How did you teach yourself to draw clothes? Did you have a method that was more than the basic "practice often and use references"? It's my current roadblock I'm trying to overcome, and you're a huge inspiration to me and an influence in my artistic approach in other avenues; and the way you draw clothing really just looks so natural and weighty and I still feel like I can learn so much from your work. I absolutely understand if you didn't have any specific method, and I also understand if you don't have the spoons to answer this question, but I value your input! Thank you either way btw!
