I suspect that the lines in the skirt indicate a pleated garment, although it can be hard to tell in small drawings which ones had pleats and which ones had regular folds. Pleats had a sharper definition than folds, in fact, sometimes the pleats were actually stitched to maintain the shape.
One of the key things I noticed about his tunic is that it is narrow at the wrists and wide at the elbows. Only a minority of tunics are drawn this way (I excluded ones where there are two layers of garments shown). I posted examples You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., but I have quite a few more (didn't want to clutter the blog and they are basically variations of the same basic styles illustrated, except for a few that I have found since).
Also, the double line to define the collar and sometimes the sleeves (depending on the character) seems to be fairly specific to the VMS illustrator and not especially common. Note also that the VMS collar band is frequently left unpainted.
And, of course, the laces. Not common at all on zodiac figures or elsewhere.
One of the key things I noticed about his tunic is that it is narrow at the wrists and wide at the elbows. Only a minority of tunics are drawn this way (I excluded ones where there are two layers of garments shown). I posted examples You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., but I have quite a few more (didn't want to clutter the blog and they are basically variations of the same basic styles illustrated, except for a few that I have found since).
Also, the double line to define the collar and sometimes the sleeves (depending on the character) seems to be fairly specific to the VMS illustrator and not especially common. Note also that the VMS collar band is frequently left unpainted.
And, of course, the laces. Not common at all on zodiac figures or elsewhere.