Press space Click to zoom! this is a long description, so get ready to read. its been a while! all the way back in April I shared the Very first Idols update project, which really just covered the complete designs and color reference but alas, the September Splatoon trailer has revived my inspiration! and I now bring you brand new art and concepts! which I will now explain for your understanding. The first drawing features the octoling idol, Skip, in the cover art for his splat fest Idol solo. I put this drawing first because I think it looks the most impressive. the second drawing is a sketch I made establishing body proportions and names! each Idol has an English and a Japanese name, to mimic the real Splatoon idols. the octoling's names are Skip and Umito while the inkling's names are Alga and Oukimo. each name I chose for these characters are inspired by an element of their design. Skip's Japanese name is a shortened version of Umitosaka, the Japanese scientific name for soft or fan coral. while just "Umito" translates more like "of the sea" so that works too. I could explain the origins of all the names I chose, but that would take way longer than I would like it to so I'll leave it to you guys to try and figure out the rest! (Disclaimer about the Japanese names!: I tried my best to create believable but inspired names for these characters, but I have limited knowledge in the structure of authentic Japanese names and I am still very unexperienced in writing and speaking Japanese. If you are fluent in Japanese and you notice any glaring mistakes in my names please, please let me know.) now for the third image! the story behind this one is pretty silly, I normally come up with my concepts by daydreaming in classes or while playing games. so one day I was thinking of splat fest concepts and at the same moment I was thinking about how much I dislike facial hair, then my brain though "why don't you make that a splat fest theme?" so yeah, facial hair vs. no facial hair. now this next one was a quick concept I made for the studio, this would be where Skip and Alga would announce stages and stuff. I thought it would be funny if they were presented on an old beat up VHS TV and last but not least, some Jerry lore. for those who don't know, Jerry is a good friend of Skip and Alga and also plays drums for their band. he even does the live performances during the splat fests. but yeah, the drawing explains itself. and there you have it! I likely won't post any new concepts until the next trailer because that's just how I work but like before feel completely free to draw fanart of my characters! I would love to see these guys in your style! if you need a color ref just visit the first update project: thanks for paying attention to my silly little fan project, hope you're excited for Splatoon 3! art: program: Photoshop Splatoon is owned by Nintendo! music: Sad Valentine by No Vacation
