I'm just going to go ahead and group all four of these together, so this might get a little long. The original idea for this was to take the Aftons and "17bucks-ify" them, which is to say essentially give them some sauce and color them with gradients. Whether or not that vision was realized, I will leave up to you. Also, I wanted them to sort of evoke this posh, British family feeling, so they all wear dress shoes, nice pants, prim-looking tops (BV was intentionally designed to look like the quintessential British schoolboy). Honestly, I'm really really proud of how these guys look, this is one of the first times I've done one of these lineup style drawings where there isn't a single one I can label as "the worst".

Starting with Mike, I wanted him to feel cheery and bright, so I made sure to use light, somewhat desaturated colors for him. I wanted him to be visibly more muscular than the other ones, and he sort of fills out his clothes more, if that makes sense. As much fun as wretched skinny twink Mike is, I think him keeping some of his rougher, stronger characteristics from his teen years works really well. Also, I had a lot of fun drawing the clothing folds and creases, I've always been terrible with those but I feel like I'm finally starting to get the hang of it somewhat. Overall, Mike is my favorite of the four, I think his posing flows really well and the colors and lineart are some of my best work.

Onto William, his design is one that I've had in my mind for a while now, but never been able to realize until now. I think the purple suit combined with the black shirt and gold accessories makes for a really pleasing color combination. One of my favorite details about him is that he has a golden lapel flower to evoke the yellow security badge he wears in Save Them. Also his face was really hard to get right, but I'm pleased with it. Another thing, I intentionally made his pose similar to Mike's because y'know, "they thought I was you" and all. Overall, I think William was really well done and I'm glad I was finally able to show off this design. Also I just have to mention, I like how his jacket sleeve droops down at his wrist, and his hand also ended up looking really nice.

Next up is the Bite Victim, which was the hardest one to get right, even though his design is one of the simplest. It took me 3 or 4 attempts to get his posing and lineart right, but I'm overall content with the final product. Something interesting with BV is that his color scheme is much darker than the other 3 Aftons, as his shirt is a dark navy/ black color. This made it somewhat challenging to get a nice color palette going for him, as the other three all had very bright color schemes with lended themselves well to a light, lively look. Because of this, I ended up going for a much darker palette for BV, using dark blues and purples instead of magentas and pinks. I think it offers a nice contrast to the others, for what it's worth. Also, his clothing is a lot less loose than the others, so I didn't get to draw many clothing folds unfortunately. Overall, I'm content with this design.

Lastly, we have Elizabeth. I had a very clear vision of what I wanted Elizabeth to be at first; she was always supposed to have a very airy, summery feel to her clothing, and I was originally going to give her a flowing floral pattern dress to go with that springtime feel. I ended up not doing that because it was a little too off-model, even for me, but I did keep the idea of a longer bottom, as I felt the shorter skirt wouldn't lend itself to what I was trying to achieve. I had a lot of fun drawing Elizabeth; I almost never draw dresses or skirts so I'm happy with how it came out, especially the folds. I also really like how her hair came out; the yellow-orange gradient creates this really nice strawberry-blonde color which I think looks great. I do have to say Elizabeth is probably my least favorite in terms of posing though, and I had a lot of trouble figuring out what to do with her arms. Also, her anatomy at the shoulders really bugs me, and I feel like she doesn't have as much life to her as the other three. That being said, I'm still really happy with how she came out.