August 5, 2018

Zeta - Subtle re-design

I like Zeta, but  despite the numerous already completed sketches and other art of her existing design, I have for a while been less than 100% satisfied with her look. Maybe 80%. So I took the chance to fiddle with some things. Largely she's still the same, but I've made note of the changes on the image here, as well as her outfit to a slight degree: making it look more like ARA and Warning's to give some semblance of a uniform between them.

Cleaned up her markings to be less busy. Simplified Some shapes. Got rid of the gradient in her hair.

The biggest change is the addition of horns. She's a 'kleyka', same custom species as Radoslav, which I always viewed as something of a chimera: lizard parts, fox parts, horns, appearing/disappearing markings.. I didn't originally have a reason for opting off of the horns on her. After doing some search into female species with horns, and considering the  design implications, I think they're rather fitting. I don't have any horned girls, and swapping out some different shapes, I liked the appearance of these, had a commanding appearance, something Kaltag probably would have shot for in designing a Second-in-Command AI.