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Crown Drafting and Development

I explore silhouettes, refinement, and attitudes of one of the key props in my book: the crown.

First I was really just exploring shapes and what could be fun. For the Avant Garde Silhouettes the free transform tool was my best friend!

First I was really just exploring shapes and what could be fun. For the Avant Garde Silhouettes the free transform tool was my best friend!

Here are the helmet variations of the crown, I wanted them to look stiffer, harder to take apart, and also envelope the whole head.

Here are the helmet variations of the crown, I wanted them to look stiffer, harder to take apart, and also envelope the whole head.

For the traditional crown variations they are meant to circle the head entirely and not go any lower than the top of the ears.

For the traditional crown variations they are meant to circle the head entirely and not go any lower than the top of the ears.

After doing the three previous style explorations I took my favorites and pushed their proportions further and tweaked minor parts of the design.

After doing the three previous style explorations I took my favorites and pushed their proportions further and tweaked minor parts of the design.

This one I call Moth.

This one I call Moth.

This one is Pike.

This one is Pike.

And this one, my favorite, is Spineo. I feel it's the most on target for what I want to do with the crown

And this one, my favorite, is Spineo. I feel it's the most on target for what I want to do with the crown