After finishing Kiida’s reference last month, I started the process of making updated reference sheets for the Z-Squadron, starting with their leader Zander! While each of them have at least basic ref sheets already, not all of them were polished back when they were first made, and thus only some of them have been uploaded so far. I’m hoping to fix that soon so everybody gets new references this time, so stay tuned for those later!

In case you’re curious, Zander and his siblings are all loosely based on the lime hawk moth, and each of their wing patterns has a hint to a personality trait or their main role in the squadron. In Zander’s case, his pattern is the most feather-like, matching his cloak and hinting at the “hawk” part of his design’s inspiration. It also looks a bit like speed lines, hinting at his love of fast and fancy flying. He is the squadron’s leader, after all. Hawks and other birds are predators to the characters in this story, so in that context a cloak like this shows a sense of confidence from the wearer, and perhaps recklessness too!

Zander is certainly confident, but more in a “go with the flow” kind of way rather than out of arrogance or excessive pride. That said though, sometimes his curiosity can get the better of him and he doesn’t fully think through a dangerous situation, often landing him into more trouble than his siblings by comparison. Luckily for him, he’s fast enough to escape most threats, but he does still need to be bailed out every so often.