Poll #4 - Demoness Character Design

It is once again time for the monthly poll!

EDIT: Forgot to set the end date. Poll will now automatically end on July 31st like intended.

This month, I wanted to let everyone decide which version of the "Demoness" gets added to the game in v0.2. Like last time, these are just concept sketches. They aren't entirely representative of the final artwork. Details will be added and things may be slightly changed.

I have 3 ideas I really like, and think they all work for different reasons. But only one can make it in. All three will have different personalities, since their designs differ so much. Without further ado, here's the basic idea sketches, along with inspirations, and personalities.

1 - Goth Girl Demoness

This first one is a Demoness primarily inspired by TheGRTeam's Xaela. I originally wanted to reach out to them to see if they would be okay if I actually put her in as a guest character, while giving them credit for the design, but since she's technically a FFXIV OC, Square would really hold the rights. If they decided to shut down the game or at least have me remove the character, it could cause problems later on. It would probably be fine considering they get away with using her in the first place, but they release the animations for free. I'm planning on selling WW when it's done, so that moves out of the realm of fanart and into competing in the same market. They may not be okay with that. I don't want to risk it. So instead, we've got the goth girl Demoness.

I still took a lot of inspiration from Xaela, and even used a render of her as the main pose reference as a further homage to the inspiration for the design. She's got the white skin with a slight blue hue like Xaela and a similar hairstyle and horn. As well as the slit eyeball and same overall body type. I decided to give her yellow eyes to contrast a bit with the rest of the design and make them pop a little bit, as well as make them a little more demon-like. I also changed the hair color to better separate the hair and skin color. And then I took away the scaling and instead she's got the latex neck piece, top, panties, and then the latex thigh highs.

Unlike other lab story characters, the Goth Girl Demoness wont be trying to kill you like the others. She also feeds on cum, but she mostly just likes toying with men until she gets bored, rather than milking them dry. Since she may want to play with them again.

2 - Thicc Demoness

Next up is a Demoness primarily inspired by Janner3D's character Xelthia. This is another one where I had considered reaching out to actually put her in the game, while giving them credit for the design. But Xelthia is a futa. Oh yeah, warning if you decide to look her up. She's a futa. Pretty much all of Janner's work is futa and/or demon girls. Xelthia's the kind that has both a penis and a vagina. Anyway, since she's a futa, and I'm not currently planning on adding futa content, I decided to do a character inspired by Xelthia instead of trying to get the actual character. If people start to ask, then maybe later I'll have a poll to decide if I add some futa, but for now, I don't want to add one in. I'm doing my best to stay away from more alienating fetishes like that. Anyway, I didn't want to misrepresent the character and didn't think they'd want me modifying their character. Trying to stay away from more alienating fetishes is why this poll exists. Since a demoness is really pushing into monster girl territory. Especially the thicc Demoness.

Speaking of which, this is her sketch.

I did take a lot of the concepts from the inspiration here, but did still change a bit. I kept the horns as the hair idea, the purple color scheme, and hoofed feet (you can't see them here, but should be able to in a scene). I also decided to keep her nude. Most of the changes were to make her a little more human-like. Since I'm trying to keep the characters in the first part of the lab mostly human. Even so, this is the most drastically "monster girl" design so far. Anyway, I ended up changing her ears to be a bit more normal. They're still pointy, but they're more like elf ears now. Mostly normal but pointy. The eyes are more like normal eyes, unlike the pure yellow with just the slit pupils in the original design. I also did away with the scales all over the body. Instead there's just the darker parts of the skin on the arms and legs, to sort of mimic stockings and gloves. I also took away the piercings and jewelry, then gave her purple lips instead of red. I did like the red, but she's pretty similar to the inspiration already, so I wanted to do something else to further differentiate the two. I also made her tail a lot smaller, it'll be more like her horn than a skin tail, and I gave it a heart shape end instead of the arrow. Like with Xaela, I ended up using a render of Xelthia as the pose reference. To further give homage to the inspiration.

The Thicc Demoness will give off a sort of cute and somewhat normal personality. Instead of being crazed and attacking, she'll simply ask for your help and if you'll be willing to feed her. But it's a trap. As soon as you're inside, she'll never let you go. She'll make you cum over and over until she's milked you dry. That's why I left her nude. She does it to lure men in and turn them on so they'll be more easily willing to "help".

3 - Pigtail Demoness 

To round out the ideas, I wanted something a bit more like a normal human, since the other two are more monster girl-like than others. This last one doesn't really have a direct inspiration like the previous two. I had thought about trying to make it a demon girl 3D model I've seen animations for (the redhead one), but I have absolutely no idea where the model came from. I don't know who owns the character or who to reach out to to ask if I could use it. And I had considered making a character inspired by the design, but decided I wanted something more drastically different. A character inspired by the demon girl would have had a very similar vibe and design to the goth girl demoness, and I wanted all three to be fairly unique designs. So I just went with an original idea.

I gave her the blonde pigtails and a little bigger eyes and head to give her a somewhat cute look, but then made everything else a bit sexier, to show her true nature. She's trying to trick people into thinking she's cute and helpless, so she can then pounce on them and milk them dry. So I gave her the latex bikini top connected to a choker, the thong, and then she's got thigh high heels and gloves. I also gave her the slit pupils, to push the Demoness aspect. Since otherwise she's not really any different than a succubus. The horns are the only thing that have some inspiration from another character. I made them to be like Eliza's. Mostly so I could more easily use her scenes as references. The pose was just an original pose. I ended up not really liking it, so I'll probably end up doing a different pose for the final artwork if she ends up winning. The design should stay the same, I just didn't want to redo the concept sketch.

The pigtail Demoness is more like the other lab women. She's extremely aggressive and will immediately try to feed on you. She only sees men as food, and will simply try to take what she wants.

And that's all three choices. I'm really curious to see what gets chosen. The winner will be put into the game in v0.2!