Protagonist and Antagonist

Protagonist Willow
 Color:

 The light blues with some shades of purples are very cool, soothing colors, fitting to Willow's personality. She is a nurturer for others and for her to do this, she would need to have a very calming air about her. Her soothing tones put others at ease and make the audience aware that this is a trustworthy and caring character. She has a monochromatic color scheme with both very saturated and very unsaturated hues. Other than the outline itself, there is no black in her for shading or the colors of her clothing. Shadows are suggested by more concentrated colors while likewise light is suggested by less concentrated colors containing more white.

Light:

Because of her purity and innocence, I wanted to avoid shadows as much as possible when designing her. I kept her light source in a way that it looks like it's shining right in front of her, illuminating everything, for she has nothing to hide. I put no shadows in her design, only slightly more concentrated colors to suggest these shadows in a less obvious and foreboding way. She looks to be well illuminated, and this is the way that I picture her to be most of the time. She is a very pure character, and has no reason to hide in shadows.

Shape:

Aside from having the obvious human features, I wanted Willow's design to be fairly rounded. According to psycho-geometrics, circular characters are the peacemakers and soothers of the story. This is exactly how I envisioned Willow. I want her to be the level-headed, warm and generous character the reader will grow attached to for her endearing kindness. Her skirt and collar and very round designs, along with the flow of her hair. If it was something that due to basic human anatomy that I couldn't make round-ish, I at least wanted her to flow in way that suggested peaceful-ness.

Antagonist Minerva
Color:

A lot of blacks and dark greens were put into Minerva's character to highlight her evil. A high contrast to how light the protagonists very light hues. Minerva is jealous of anyone who posses more than she and is very greedy to get whatever it is she desires. Green is the color of envy and the blacks mixed in only highlight her evil and sinful traits.

I wanted Minerva's lighting to be a little different than most antagonists in the sense that I didn't want her to always be totally enshrouded in shadows. Minerva's character used to be a good one, right alongside Willow. She's a shape shifter in that sense, shifting over to the enemy's side. She always has a fair amount of shadows on her, suggesting her evil ways, but I always want there to be some light there on her, usually in the hair, which is also still a lighter color. The lighting is used in this way to suggest that even though she may be evil now, her past is still a part of who she is.

Shape:

Again I chose Minerva's design based off of psycho-geometircs. A squiggle character intuitive and motivated, however they are also impulsive and ungovernable. All traits that Minerva displays. I tried to display her shape, again following human anatomy, through the ruffles on her clothing and her tight curls in her hair.