BACK TO 2011 !
THE CREATION OF LOLIROCK - PART 4 : MAGICAL !!!
In parallel of creating the casual outfits, I worked on the magical ones !
1/ At this stage of the development, the series’ concept was pretty blurry. The magical outfits have to be girly, shaped like princess dresses. But it’s so unpractical for action ! so I shorten dresses as Milla Jovovich in “The Three Musketeers” (very bad movie i know). The producers and head of merchandising (now really in the loop) liked the bows on the very first proposals (cf. PART 1) so I kept on drawing bows and drapery/folds. Regarding powers, at this moment, it was some ice/crystal thing, so I drew 6 or 8-pointed star (as snowflakes) as their Ephedian symbol. Powers’ FX are star shaped. Star shape is also still in their eyes.
2/ Afterwards, I tried to invert things : ice-like square shapes for the silhouette and round shapes inside, adding heart shapes. and I replaced classic crown by a heart-shaped crystal crown.
3/ the 3rd picture is the result of the first step of what would be a VERY long development ! Fortunately, at this moment, former BASKETEERS teammate Benedicte Ciaravino joined me in the adventure.
4/ As I assign one main color for each character in their casual outfits, I decided to do the same for the magical outfits. Producers found the idea too japanese/manga/anime. Director Jean-Louis Vandestoc and I had to fight for this idea. It also seemed important to give each girl one symbol/shape. Do notice that Iris is the only princess to have 2 symbols : heart and star (in crown and powers).
5/ 6/ 7/ 8/ Little by little, bows will disappear in favor of symbols. And drapery will become transparent fabric. Star shapes then symbol shapes in eyes will disappear too. You can see (and it’s just one little part of the iceberg) we made a lot of searches of silhouette shapes and details on dresses, depending on notes and hesitancy of the producers, helped by a toy consultant.
9/ Almost the final version ! It’s March of 2012 ! FINALLY ! Please notice that Auriana and Talia used to have white bodies and colored skirts. The director made this change to give more importance to Iris. She looks brighter.
And the little last-minute changes is on shoes. I love low boots. But the producer though it was so dangerous that girls with small and loose shoes can run and jump : they will be injured ! it’s impossible !
HUH ? Aren’t we in a cartoon ??!!
Nevermind, Iris will wear low boots in casual outfits :-)
Here a new part of LoliRock’s characters genesis, by Bertrand Todesco. :)
Today’s topic : The magical outfits !
