Mal Redesign WIP 2 (Feathers & Flowers)

More WIPS for Mal's redesign! :) Did quite a few tweaks to the base sketch of her "half" form, and revisited her "full spirit" form. At some point I'm gonna have to actually give these forms names so I don't flip flop on them so much. :/

At any rate, some personal thoughts on the design; I'm so glad I revisited it. She feels so much closer to the actual vision I have of her in my head this time around. I also really like how differently she finally looks in her "Half Phase" in comparison to full human. Like I hope she's still recognizable, but at the same time I didn't want her to look basically exactly the same just with different colored skin and horns and wings. Hence why I added the human version of her here, even though it's a liiiitle old at this point it still is pretty close to her current look human-wise. Also very glad I went with super long hair instead of giving her a tail; Mal's always meant to have ridiculously long hair, so may as well lean harder into that idea and making it act as a tail in this form.

As for the "Full phase" version, I'm finally to a point where I actually like it. The previous iterations I did of them weren't.... bad. And were on the right path of what I wanted: something kinda eerie to look at, almost animal and could fit in the depth of nature but still kinda otherworldly. Like looking at a whale, if that makes sense?

I think my initial issue was not leaning hard enough into her whole bird motif.  Mal has always been associated with birds (owls and corvids in particular), but I never really pushed for it I don't think. Once I finally changed her face from being some weird mask to fully being masklike but very clearly that of a bird (and changed her horns to fit on her like the horns of a ram; initially they just kinda.... sat there.) I feel way more confident in the design.

But ye! Comin' along nicely I think! Thank you for the comments and likes on the previous post on Mal; it's been hella nice to focus a little bit on my own stuff for a change I won't lie. ;w;

Plan on coloring at least one of these bad-boys before callin' it done, then I'm gonna move on to Evangeline! Of all the characters, she's the one who's the most effected by the redesign Mal went through, since her redesign is also basically a visual setup for how Spirits work in general... and a hint toward Witches. :)

But ye! Thank ya thank ya for listening to my babble! More to come soon! uwu