I've been promising tent I'd make a character to go along with her inu hariko character Chie for a while now, and quite a few months ago I decided it should be a hachiman horse to sort of go with the Japanese folk art toys theme. Hachiman horses are really, really adorable, and designing a character based on one was a lot of fun! I tried to follow the same basic guidelines that tent did in creating Chie so that they would blend together as characters nicely, so she's named Shizue and is essentially a sort of fighting sim game character.

This is her basic design, but more than likely it'll end up evolving a little once I start drawing her more. I really like her overall look, though, and I'm excited to get to explore her as a character!