Privateer Press: Concept to Crate: Raggedy Mandy
Privateer takes you a tour of taking their latest MiniCrate all the way through design.
Take it away Privateer:
Hello, everyone, and happy New Year! For my first Insider of 2019, I’d like to tell you a bit about the concept art process for the MiniCrate exclusive model Raggedy Mandy.As an alternate model for the Ragman, the spin on this model was to turn her into a creepy doll with a nod to a toy that shares a similar-sounding name. Adding a little bit of a Victorian era spin, I worked up the following rough sketches.
The group enjoyed the second sketch with the following requests:
- Try a lower skirt.
- Gives her a hat like Ragman’s.
- Try stitched together body parts.
With those notes in mind, I worked up A and B.
Option A was the winner, so all I had left to do was a quick color pass, sketch up her cane, and come up with some pose sketches.
Matt thought her pose was a little too close to Alexia’s, so I tried out a few more, drawing some inspiration from a Stanley Kubrick film I’m a fan of. I preferred pose B, but it wasn’t quite hitting the mark, so some folks suggested I draw something like a ragdoll marionette puppet.
And thus did was she all dolled up and ready to go.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this peek behind the curtain for the creation of Raggedy Mandy.
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