I’ve been chipping away at a bunch of WIPs lately and I got a little burnt out for a bit, but I finally finished the updated reference for my rollerblade racer Tess! :D
Much like Nahra, she’s a character I’ve had for a while (since around 2015 I think) but I only drew her periodically and thus didn’t give her the full reference treatment like I usually do for my characters nowadays. I’m glad I could give her an update now though, and a first look at her animal form as well! I had a vague idea for it for a while but this is the first time I've officially drawn it.
Haha thanks! As a 90s/00s kid I really miss rollerblades. For this particular design I based her animal form on the Thomson's gazelle, which is considered one of the fastest animals on Earth, so I felt that was a good fit for an electricity themed racing girl ^_^ She has a cheetah familiar as well, though I haven't finished a concrete design for him yet.
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This is definitely something you'd see in the 90s, and that is a compliment :3 Rollerblades are so rare to find nowadays.
I'm not really sure where the connection between gazelle/"deer" and lightning are, but I have seen it several times within games. I honestly always liked the pair, like Eikthyr from Valheim