Editing Winx Club (section)

=== Design ===
[[File:Winx Club Flora character table.png|left|thumb|A character table for Flora by art director Simone Borselli]]

The series' visuals are a mixture of Japanese anime and European elements,<ref name="cinecitta">{{cite interview|last=Straffi|first=Iginio|title=Iginio Straffi: "Attenta Pixar arrivano le Winx"|work=Luce Cinecittà|date=26 November 2007|url=https://news.cinecitta.com/IT/it-it/news/54/62113/iginio-straffi-attenta-pixar-arrivano-le-winx.aspx|interviewer=Valentina Neri|language=it}}</ref> which Iginio Straffi calls "the trademark Rainbow style".<ref name="borders">{{cite web|last=Vivarelli|first=Nick|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Straffi's animation firm crosses borders|date=20 February 2009|url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/straffi-s-animation-firm-crosses-borders-1118000397/|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204180539/https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/straffi-s-animation-firm-crosses-borders-1118000397/|url-status=live}}</ref> The main characters' original designs were based on Straffi's original sketches and later updated to 3D CGI iterations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/winx-club-celebrates-18th-birthday/ | title='Winx Club' Celebrates 18th Birthday! | date=28 January 2022 | access-date=26 July 2022 | archive-date=26 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726183259/https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/winx-club-celebrates-18th-birthday/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The main characters were modelled on celebrities popular at the turn of the 21st century. In a 2011 interview with ''[[IO Donna]]'', Straffi stated that [[Britney Spears]] served as an inspiration for Bloom, [[Cameron Diaz]] for Stella, [[Jennifer Lopez]] for Flora, [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] for Tecna, [[Lucy Liu]] for Musa, and [[Beyoncé]] for Aisha.<ref name="iodonna">{{cite web|url=https://www.iodonna.it/personaggi/interviste/2011/straffi-winx-nuova-serie-ambiente-rainbow-30630689452.shtml|title=TIVÙ Iginio Straffi racconta le sue Winx ambientaliste|work=[[IO Donna]]|date=9 July 2011|last=Pennati|first=Nicoletta|language=it|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-date=29 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829102344/https://www.iodonna.it/personaggi/interviste/2011/straffi-winx-nuova-serie-ambiente-rainbow-30630689452.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> This approach was part of Straffi's aim for the fairies to represent "the women of today".<ref name="lastampa"/>

A team of specialized artists designs the characters' expressions and outfits for each season. About 20 tables of expressions and positions from all angles are drawn for each character.<ref name="wisesociety"/> The designers start to develop characters' costumes by creating collages from magazine clippings of recent fashion trends. Using these as references, they draw multiple outfits for each character.<ref name="letidor">{{cite web|url=https://letidor.ru/otdyh/zdes-byl-letidor-animacionnaya-studiya-rainbow-v-italii.htm|script-title=ru:Здесь был «Летидор»: анимационная студия Rainbow в Италии|trans-title="Letidor" was here: Rainbow animation studio in Italy|work=Letidor.ru|date=10 February 2019|language=ru|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404003531/https://letidor.ru/otdyh/zdes-byl-letidor-animacionnaya-studiya-rainbow-v-italii.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Simone Borselli, the series Winx art director, designed most of the characters' early-season clothing despite lacking a background in [[fashion design]]. When asked by an interviewer where his fashion intuition came from, Borselli responded, "From being gay".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iginiostraffi.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/vanity-fair-laggiù-dove-pettinano-le-bambole-14-10-2008.pdf|title=Laggiù dove pettinano le bambole|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|last=Bombino|first=Silvia|date=14 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214030740/http://www.iginiostraffi.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/vanity-fair-laggiù-dove-pettinano-le-bambole-14-10-2008.pdf|archive-date=14 December 2020|language=it}}</ref>