(2025-04-27)

She was just going for a more Mario-reptile-ish styling at first. We were surprised at how bottom-heavy she ended up wanting to push the proportions. Might not be the vibe all the time, but it's kind of awesome.

Like we said, we're very proud of the quality of the lineart even when the rendering is stripped away. There are parts of this rendering work that we like both more and less than her previous art (based on Hero Forge shaders). Either way, we probably shouldn't get hung up on those kinds of comparisons when we still landed on such a nice result. The subject is happy for both of these interpretations of her self-image to coexist.