Macha (Patreon)

A ref sheet for Macha, the outlaw mechanic.

Early drafts of the script just referred to her as "bandit". It actually took me a long time to figure out a name for her. It can be tricky to name icecreams since you also have to consider their flavor and color palette. It was even trickier for Macha because I needed her to have her signature chocolate coating--which doesn't pair with every ice cream flavor.
I could've gone with the name "Mint", but the colors I wanted for her were too earthy to be mint. So instead, I went with Macha. I've never had macha ice cream, but at least I have some sense of what tea tastes like.
As for the chocolate coating, I'm still unsure if it makes sense to coat macha ice cream with chocolate, but I decided it probably doesn't matter too much. In-story, she didn't originally have chocolate coating, so having it clash with her flavor makes sense.

Originally, I wanted to make Macha purple, but the only ice cream I could find in purple was ube, and I have no idea what that tastes like. Besides, green contrasts better against Sundae's pink, Cupcake's red, and Sherbet's orange. I felt that having only analogous colors would make them all blend together too much.
There's even some interesting story implications for going with green. Sundae, Sherbet, and Cupcake's colors all lie close to each other on the color wheel, suggesting a sort of unity. Macha's colors exist opposite to theirs. She doesn't quite fit in. Perhaps she has differing ideals or even ulterior motives?