It’s much too early here for me to be awake, but I just wanted to pop in for a bit to say that I’m so pleased to have had the opportunity to work on these. Gower’s characters bring me so much joy!
It’s a little gift for the community and for the wiki, for all the enthusiasm and hard work! Happy New Year, you guys. 
I’m gonna conk out again. Have fun guessing! Heheheh.
The designs are everything I imagined and then some!!! I absolutely love how you managed to capture the whimsical nature of the games, too.
Edit: 3rd row, 2nd character… I have questions, words and, like others, a respectful gaze.
I just woke up and immediately greeted by this-
Let me just say that @Shyranno did a REALLY great job, they all look so cute :’))) Also I like how Trina, Parsnip, and Pilcrow are exactly just how I imagine them to be. And I see some characters that I haven’t met yet, can’t wait to meet em! Also, the Starlings… 
Amazing art, amazing characters. So glad I woke up to this :•D
@Shyranno you have outdone yourself! These are all amazing.
I’ll admit that I never saw the love for Starling but GOOD GOD if they look like this, sign me up for a Starling stan. 
(I know, I’m so shallow, but I always imagined they’d be this person with mousy, stringy hair and thin lips, made thinner by their disapproval for us, for some reason).
Oh god, I am so impossibly in love with the depictions of all of these characters! I can’t stop staring! It’s ridiculous how much life and personality each one has 
@Shyranno, your art continues to amaze and astound!
First row: Col. Firesnuff, Figs, Mopsie, Aunt Primrose, Rories, Frankincenses, Hazes, Valentines, Carlington, Trina (and Shambles), Regina, Inspector Ambrose.
Second row: Tabby, Vyvs, Fitzies, Gilberto, Ernie, Pilcrow (and Merle), Noblest Gas, Clever Clive, Duddles, Toppers, Paige.
Third row: String-bean Sally, Gloves, Carbuncles, Feathers, Myfanwy, Bunny, (?), Juniper, Tristram, Pipsy, Thunder, Stork, Buck.
Fourth row: Aunt Matilda, Parsnip, Marmaduke, Uncle Chum, Starlings, Chervil, Rev. Theobald, Harlow, Jasper, Murray, Arabella, Hecuba, Millicent.
Not completely sure on a couple of these, but fairly confident in these guesses overall. The question mark between Bunny and Juniper denotes the character I suspect we’ve neither seen nor heard of that will appear in Tea and Scones!
Ding ding ding!! @Gower, someone got it all correct! I’m honestly so impressed right now!!
And it’s my pleasure! This project was so much fun for me! I’m so happy you guys enjoy them. 
You’re a lifesaver!
I’m now holding back tears over Uncle Chum; what a sweet, sweet man who deserves all the world and his figures.
I admit I haven’t gone far in Jolly Good but I have set my eyes on Gilberto but seriously @Shyranno interpretation of Starling makes me want to create a character just for them. Great art!! Love them so much!
@ImogenW Yes, a lifesaver! I was stuck on who the character with the grey cat is (Edit: maybe the new Noble Gas?)! I thought that Clive was meant to be Jack Sharpe and Hecuba is Irene of Irene’s Ironworks too, but then the placement of where they are won’t make sense, and none of the other scandal-exclusive characters made an appearance 
You have no idea how glad I was to know I was not alone with this lmao. “Fie on regulations” indeed.
I’ll keep mum and let Gower do all the 'splaining and spoiling on just who that is–if he decides to!
Fun fact: Pilcrow was the very last of all the characters I drew. The first version of her didn’t really capture her essence well, so I’m glad you all like this one!
Pilcrow’s my favourite side character, I think! And also Buck. And Trina. And Uncle Chum. Um.
Frankly I think it’s more a credit to your art (and of course Gower’s distinct characterisations!) that they’re all so recognisable! There were a few characters I’d previously imagined really differently and yet could eventually still identify, just because of how well the visual portrayal matched the essence of their character! …That’s a messy sentence if ever there was one, but uh, the gist is ‘you art good.’
Right? The fact that he’s so tiny, too, makes the phone call where he says he’s retreated to the top of the bookshelf all the more amusing (and now even endearing) to me.
Haha, I actually had this same thought! But, like you, his placement in between other Noble Gases made me reconsider. (And my opinion of this Pilcrow, also, can be summed up as: “
”)
Honestly, I’ve been coming back to look at the art on and off since earlier, and I keep finding new things to love? Trina’s caltrops! Bunny’s bunny hair clip! The fact that Thunder’s face is actually aubergine-shaped (not to mention the dining tip on his saucer)! Marmaduke’s mismatched socks! How Aunt Matilda’s bracelet, ring, and earrings all match her “honey-cinnamon” eyes! The amount of cat hair on Chervil! Every time I think I’ve appreciated this enough, some other magnificent detail catches my eye!!
Honesty though, so amazing. @Shyranno those are absolutely gorgeous
I’m in the bus right now, and I’m really thankful it’s a little empty because I actually punched the air a bit. You noticed the details!!
Here’s a little one to add to that: I deliberately drew the Fitzies and Starlings to be visual opposites. Fitzie is all rough and messy, with questionable posture, yet facing the viewer, while the Starlings are neat, sharp, clean, carrying items to show their hardwork, and with perfect posture… yet facing away from you. The Fitzies also wear gloves, while the Starlings do not.
(The two Fitzies are also a little different–the female Fitzie is supposed to represent a Fitzie with the Upperhand, while the Male is the opposite, hence his better posture.)
There’s a lot of little things like that!! Huhu. I’ve tried to make sure everyone has their own distinct colour palettes. Even if the colours are close, they’re not precisely the same shade. For example, Rory, Clever Clive, String Bean Sally, and Gloves. They all wear green, but the greens they wear are slightly different.
Servants/Cadbury Club members are all dressed exclusively in black and white, with the exception of Fitzie, who’s an oddity of course; and Valentine, who has accents of red to show they’re not really who they say they are; and Millicent, who’s not a servant. She still wears the same black though.
Family members, like Aunt Matilda, Marmaduke, and Uncle Chum, have a shade of similar red somewhere on them–and Parsnip is basically an echo of Aunt Matilda to show that she’s under her and all that.
Aunt Matilda is also drawn as a foil to Aunt Primrose–big hat vs small hat, hand up vs hand down, frown vs smile, short vs tall… etc etc.
Okay I’m rambling now!! But YES I just wanted to share some of my thought processes while drawing them!
@Jackpot1776 Thank you!! Aaahhh!
I love hearing artists talk about their process! Your talk about colour palettes just made me realise that Harlow’s cloak is the dark brown of espresso instead of just black, and the clasps resemble coffee beans.
Aaaaaah @Shyranno 
Your art ABSOLUTELY astounds me and the fact that we can tell who’s who without any description text really how well you sell the characters. I love how full of life your designs have and don’t get me started on the details. Starling looks amazing and hahahaha… I never guessed Marmaduke and Gloves can look like that 
(It’s not an insult I swear ! , let’s Just say your design opened a whole new perspective ).
And, please go on your art rants. I absolutely love hearing an artist talk about their thought process as someone who’s interested in character art and design.
I’m guessing the fairy lady or the blond dude with a scrappy looking appearance. Plus, Buck looks like a detective here ( I love the design tho)
Row 3, column 7.
Can we just have a moment to appreciate the design of the Starlings? I don’t know if they’re my favorite, per see, but there’s just something about their pose and facial expressions that is just perfect.
Ooooh… but starling was mentioned though ?
I think they were referring to the scarf-wearing stranger with the cat as the mysterious new character–not Starling. :^) If you’d like to know who’s who, @ImogenW has a handy dandy list a few posts up!
If anyone’s interested, I’m more than happy to do some writeups on my thought processes behind the character designs!
@TheGhost 
You make my heart positively warm with your words!
