2016/17 update on the Human!Star Switchers, Ten Cents and Sunshine.

Yeah, these two still crop up in my sketches.
Decided I'd let their designs stagnate long enough without an update.

• I draw these two in their later years; to that end, Canon timeline puts them at the ages of 10 and 7 respectively (which was a nice little touch considering episode #1), and in my sketches/artworks, Ten is between 15/16 and Sun is around 10/11. Reason for that is…it’s just me. I prefer seeing an older dynamic between the twosome

• Ten is 5″8 and Sun is 5″5

• Sunshine’s uniform actually makes him stand out just a bit more than he previously did; in the older arts, I had established a uniform look for him that was more akin to him having been in the fleet for years…which was a mistake because I kept adding/taking features away and generally not being happy with the results. This uniform is a step away from the rest of the fleet’s, whilst still being just slightly visually similar to Ten Cents’

• Retained the original flag patch (left sleeve) and numeral patch (right sleeve) from the older artworks. I debated giving them the same flag patch that I have on my fursona, VJ, but decided against it - there’s obvious inspiration between the two teams, but no exact copy of the other

• Made some tweaks to their footwear; Ten’s are now a sneaker/workboot hybrid and Sun’s are now steel-capped sneakers (based on the pair I own for cosplay purposes)

• Ten wears a waterproof zip-up hoodie/tunic, and a heat/coldgear turtleneck top beneath that in spring/summer. In fall/winter however, he wears the turtleneck top, a sweater over that and a (usually) unzipped waterproof jacket

• Sun wears this uniform for three seasons (spring/summer/fall) before swapping to a scarf, sweater and jacket combination for winter. Unlike Ten, his jacket is usually zipped up. I figure that though Sunshine’s fully used to wintertime up river, in Bigg City Port it’s a different story with a greater barometric pressure drop due to being so close to the open sea

• Swapped Sunshine’s scarf (fall/winter) for a bandana (spring/summer). I figure it belonged to Ten Cents at some point. I’m a sucker for little details like that =3

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