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Published: 2015-12-05 23:52:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 8343; Favourites: 374; Downloads: 0
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So those clothes are called Ao Tu Than. It's not the most historically acurate you'll find but I think it's still decent XD

1 - The neck-thigh collar usually isn't worn with those kind of dress, It's actually a sort of "bikini" top kind of shirt.
The thighly arranged "peignoir" wasn't much fitting to her clumsy personality, she is more fit for something loose.

2 - The belt is made of 1 white rubban attached on each side to a colorful ribbon.

3. The skirts, I decided to mix the kind of dresses. The 1st level (top ) can be cut in 2 in the middle if you wish but I decided to let it as a widely opened dress. 2nd level, I decided to put this one like a peignoir to give more relief to the skirt. 3 parallel lines is to avoid. 3rd skirt, I left it as it is except that it is separated from the shirt.

If you wish to add a bit of "occidental" touch, you can add a lace petticoat underneath

Colors :
I went for a softer hue&gradient while keeping the blue to purple scheme. The color are most of the time arranged as this inside=lighter / outside=darker.
Yellow and purple is one of the best combination so I went for a pale yellow .
Why this pattern on the purple fabric now : You explained the city she currently live in is mutlicultural so instead of giving a different cut to the outfit I decided to play with the fabric. I used a baroque pattern in this aspect, it has common traits with the asian patterns : floral and flowing.

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Comments: 14

Victorica7602 [2016-02-11 08:00:09 +0000 UTC]

Um can you do this with one my characters? I find these really help and they are interesting! Sorry if this is annoying.

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ninebark [2016-01-04 02:48:49 +0000 UTC]

Lovely redlines! I always enjoy looking through these kinds of posts - it's incredibly helpful to see how pieces can be improved.

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mayuralover [2015-12-07 05:25:15 +0000 UTC]

I'm Vietnamese, and I definitely would not have guessed it was an ao tu than, least not any I've seen or worn. o.O It seems much more like a Chinese period style dress, and I thought that was what it was. It's a little better, but it's still not really an ao tu than, named for the 4 'parts' of the tunic over the shirt and skirt. 

Still, I like the changes you made, they fit the character well, from what I can see, and I love the colors you used.

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rika-dono In reply to mayuralover [2015-12-07 06:39:22 +0000 UTC]

I did used references (18th century styled ) to make it so perhaps you saw and worn the modern version ?

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mayuralover In reply to rika-dono [2015-12-07 18:57:18 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, maybe. It's just the ribbon part that doesn't quite sit well with me. On an ao tu than, the part that's ties is actually the two front flaps on the tunic. If there is a ribbon, then it goes around the waist, so there are two bows.

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rika-dono In reply to mayuralover [2015-12-07 18:58:51 +0000 UTC]

yeah, that's the modern version

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mayuralover In reply to rika-dono [2015-12-07 23:05:13 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I see. My mistake then!

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rika-dono In reply to mayuralover [2015-12-07 23:14:24 +0000 UTC]

no problem

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SachiiA [2015-12-06 10:26:42 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing!! Before I did not think the outfit fitted her much but it was the best I could come up with. But now, It fits her much better!! The neat neckline thingy was indeed way too stiff for her, this looseness is perfect for her.
Thanks so much for taking this comission and for making the outfit perfect for my character! I love it!

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rika-dono In reply to SachiiA [2015-12-06 18:07:11 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you like it

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SachiiA In reply to rika-dono [2015-12-06 18:34:24 +0000 UTC]

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DeadCobra [2015-12-06 00:38:30 +0000 UTC]

Nice

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jnh71193 [2015-12-06 00:03:32 +0000 UTC]

This looks awesome!

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BunnyGal2 [2015-12-06 00:03:04 +0000 UTC]

Very pretty, the outfits you draw always are amazing.

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