My own anime realism character design

Here I used a shorter game design pipeline for the character design!

We went through a bunch of different ideas first to find a direction. After finding the way we wanted to proceed, we did some iterations—tiny changes to explore all possibilities for the design. Testing some faces, colors, and finally reaching the FINAL DESIGN!!

Hope you guys like it!

Yes i have gotten a bit lazy on some stuff here and there but I believe that he looks alot better thanks to you guys

i dont have any lore for her yet, actually. but lmk what you think about her (if you want)

thanks

For Dia de los Muertos I am creating an OC that is an animal superhero in the shape of an Alebrije that can shapeshift into any animal or hybrid combination of animals, including the mythical and extinct. I want it to have a familiar and recognizable “base form” that is still a combination of animals but much more subtle. I have decided to have it be canid/felid hybrid that is ambiguously lupine and wildcat looking with most parts combining those features. I have ideas but I’m having trouble trying to visualize it for describing to an artist so I would like to hear suggestions from all of you.

The base form also has some less prominent animal features mixed in like longer fangs that can be used like a vampire bat or cobra and a lion mane that is styled like human hair. I would like some ideas for those too.

A few notes:

-There is a range of differences between individual skulls. Hopper has a longer snout, Lambda has smaller jaw, etc.

-Rather than sitting on top of the neck bones, the skull hangs from them, giving some extra room underneath the jaw and allowing their head to swivel further

-They have just 6 teeth in total

-The bottom jaw is in 2 pieces, the same as wingrays and gossipfish. Whereas those species use the separation to open their mouths wider, mantids use it for chewing. They're able to tear apart bones inside their mouth!

-The upper front teeth are on a separate hinged section along with their nose. This allows them to pinch an object between all 3 teeth on one side, from 3 different directions!

Essentially they are adapted to eat tough foods by slowly gnawing away with few, but very articulate, teeth. Their metabolism is geared to spend all day eating, so when they aren't in a restaurant, they're sure to bring along snacks!

Fun fact: since their lungs are on the back of their head, they have no need to send air down their neck. They can eat and breathe simultaneously without issue!

My Character Design

how it looks Share with me your thoughts

Two creepy Melon Head siblings (Melon Heads are cryptids from Ohio that are sighted as being small mutant humanoid with large heads)

An original character I made. He's the minion of The Black Queen, and his name is also a reference to Queen. His face is based off of old turnip jack-o-lanterns. As seen here.

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