Outdated af, right? I got to a point where I was ashamed to link my ref to people, opting for other, more recent drawings with Valy in it. And afterall I needed to change, delete or implement new features that have been developed over the years, so yeah, here's the first of the many detailed refs I'm going to make for my characters!
I originally planned to finish all of them before the end of this year, but considering this took me over a month to finish between a commission and another, now I'm not so sure of such a deadline...
Feh whatever: I'm not going to copy-paste all the blabbings of the bio and phychological characteristics I've written about her, so if you'd like to read those, you can head over there: https://www.valycenegative.it/?Sect.....20ThunderBeast

Instead, I will list what has changed between this current design and the old version:
- Deleted that idiotic ability of her to be a "passive voltage generator" whereas she could store in eletricity from everyday objects and then discharge it on enemies: I'm looking to have the main cast of BTIT to be just average, close-to-real-life people and so I'll leave such superpowers to Pokèmon (Caffeine, Amphetamine) and anti-heroes (Valery).
- Deleted that weird long tuft that got designed on her hair when I still used to wear a ponytail during middle school/first year of high school: since my hair is waaaaaay shorter now it doesn't make sense (and honestly I don't remember it drawing since what, 2011? Actually I think the last time I've drawn that tuft has been exactly in THAT ref, damn).
- Speaking of hair, Valy has it shorter now! It used to cover all of her back, now it stops at shoulders. Easier to draw, more convenient when I want to show clothing design on the back and way "lighter" on the character.
- This may be hard to notice I guess but her eye colour has changed as well, opting for a very similar hue to the original one but that isn't as retina-raping saturated as before. Less-saturated colours are more suitable for shading and such, y'know...
- Valy's pointy shark teeth are now canon! 8D
- Completely deleted/revamped that fuck-awful "official" outfit, about time, I hated it yet people kept drawing her with that shirt combo on. xD Considering I really like to change my character outfits each time although still following a general theme, I've added a "default" one along with some variations and several guidelines.
- Deleted the scars on her thighs since they were honestly useless; also, now arm scars aren't only vertical, but go all directions.
Rest is the same I suppose xP