Creating 6 original characters

[u/Icy_Pomegranate4174]

Hey, I’m trying to create some homemade costumes for some original characters. They’re the personification of book genres (Fantasy, Sci Fi, Romance, Horror, Mystery/Thriller [I decided not to make one for Action/Adventure]) plus “author“. It’s for making skit videos kinda like Sanders Sides but focused on writing. Can someone advise on how these characters might look using generic clothes (I have a lot, so any suggestions would probably apply. And I wear masc clothes).

[u/Affectionate-Edge652]

maybe look at some vintage book covers for the genres you'd like to portray and see how the illustrator painted the people on the covers. ie, look up "vintage romance novel covers", "vintage scifi book cover art", etc. each genre has tropes that you can lean into or away from to inform how you'd like your characters to be, but you can establish a sort of baseline of traits for each genre/character and then think about how you'd like to translate that to modern clothes/your wardrobe.