So now we get into fine-tuning Kyra’s design. I found from the test silhouettes that I liked having her with a long coat and belt. She gets her distinctive ears and the cowlick in the middle, called an “ahoge.” The term is Japanese and it loosely translates into “idiot hair.” I prefer using the term the “fool’s cowlick” because it sounds a little less hurtful.
At this stage, she has a great, big, fluffy tail! I wanted her to have a chibi style appearance in this phase. There is an artist on Twitter I used to follow in a personal account I deleted a while back. I wish that I could remember so that I’d give you a link to check them out. Their art was very inpirational to this project.
Kyra is still very rough in her design and in future posts, I’ll show you how different her design was compared to the final design you see currently.
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