Posted to Tumblr on 2018-09-26
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Oof, these refs took me like a month to complete thanks to a lack of motivation, but these two sorely needed a design update. I haven’t changed their designs since 2014-2015, and their old designs didn’t age well with my art style. They look a lot more mature now as well, which fits their personalities and demeanors much better.
Normally for character references I don’t strip my OCs down to their underwear, but I needed to show off their scars and markings somehow. x’D Hopefully some tastefully underwear’ed synth butts aren’t too inappropriate for main.
More in-depth design rambling under the read-more
I absolutely love Linnet’s new haircut. It fits her personality so much better. Kobi’s didn’t change much, but his bangs make… slightly more sense?
Their clothes make a lot more sense for their personalities as well. Linnet especially wants to be prepared for fight or flight at all times, and the big cuts down the front and back of their skirt/coat keeps them from being restricting while still looking nice.
Their hands make a lot more sense from a functional standpoint now as well. Before their knuckles were just kinda like… me pulling an artist bullshit card because they weren’t flexible enough to work effectively. Now they have slots in their palms for a wider range of motion. The black parts are flexible while the dark grey parts aren’t, by the way.
I changed Kobi’s scars around because I actually took the time to consider how they’d be angled and located with how he got them. When I first revived his character from the dead in 2015, my design process was just, “He has scars. Uuuuuhhh, just place scars somewhere, idk,” and then I just never bothered updating them to make more sense. Also I finally get to show that Linnet didn’t escape unscathed from the attack that Kobi lost his arm in either.