illustration 2: researching for random things

So I thought I would make a little post about all the random things that I'm currently googling and looking at, all in the name of character design. I find it's best, when drawing, to use reference for things that you're unsure about because then you are better educated on how the things work and will produce better artwork.

curly hair

for Aries, i really want them to have curly hair so it's hinting at the ram which is the symbol for this sign. i also think curly hair is reminiscent of naivety/innocence which is described a lot for this sign.

  
as the sign is often called 'masculine' i need to carefully draw the line between being manly, but also being naive. 

practical hairstyles

as Taurus is called a 'practical' 'motherly' sign, I wanted to research into 'mother' hairstyles, for example motherly characters and how their hair is drawn. Also hairstyles that will not get in the way.

 
a lot of the hairstyles that I researched either called for short hair, or up-do's. I think this should be reiterated within my character design.