OC Project: Update 7 (Patreon)

This week I spent some more time working on character designs for my OC comic. With Kihrae and Catalyna's designs mostly locked in at this point, I focused on some members of their crew.

Everyone in the comic's world is some sort of human-animal hybrid like Kihrae and Catalyna, so I had fun figuring out which animals each member of the crew could be.

This is still very much a first pass on these characters. I don't even have names for them yet, and plan to refine their designs a bit more as I go. From left to right they are:

The ship's mechanic. When I first came up with this character, I imagined her really loving what she does and having big golden retriever energy so... why not make her a dog-girl based on a golden retriever?

The ship's relief pilot who doubles as a deckhand. In terms of pure skill, she's actually a better pilot than Kihrae, but she has anxiety issues that keep her from doing the job full time. So she spends most of her time on the airship working as a deckhand and fills in for Kihrae when needed. I thought making her a mouse-girl fit pretty well with that skittish personality.

The quartermaster. It seemed like a no-brainer for me to have the guy running the numbers and supplies for the crew be based on a fox. I initially had him being roughly the same age as everyone else, but while drawing him up I thought it'd be fun to make him a lot older so he could quite literally be an "old fox". I am easily amused, it seems.

As I said, these designs are far from final, and I'll likely tweak them some more the next time around. I also have two other members of the crew I want to do, but I want to let things sit for now while I brainstorm more ideas.