This is a weird one.
Apparently it's from alll the way back in june 2020
I think it's amongst my best work ever still.
BUT I can't find the name of the character or commissioner I sent it to ;n;
And I can't find the file/folder name that would specify it.
I vaguely remember thinking to myself multiple times oh yeah that one's good I'll re-find who I drew this for then post it.
I might have wiped the original drive it was on. I remember accidentally wiping my sculpt WIP of Kate sometime in 2020-2021 and possibly more(?)
(This is her, officer : https://twitter.com/ZeNsyse/status/1318750160957079552)
Other than that, that one went smooth as butter.
Made 4 concepts and we quickly settled on #4 (I loved #3 too as much but that's my bias for trying to make more dynamic pieces)
https://twitter.com/ZeNsyse/status/1268749443387531267/photo/2
Then blocked it in almost in one go IIRC. I think I re-touched the nose's shape a bit but what I remember most is how the shapes were all just big enough for texturing without struggling to drown details or overkill it imho.
For reference, for a decently long time I considered this one my best pixelart texture : https://www.deviantart.com/nsyse/art/Oswald-and-Norman-688007187
Then this one : https://www.deviantart.com/nsyse/art/EpiX-the-stabogen-724624415
Now imho it's this orange owl. (Disclaimer, I didn't sift through it all to bubble sort it)
I guess I just have a ton of owl practice.