cord of life

Description

Maybe not your life, but definitely the cord of my life. I was revisiting some old images in storage today and found my very first drawing of Shinerai. I never drew him to be my sona, to be honest. I was just sitting in school one day almost four years ago and was practicing anatomy. Later that night, I was looking at the work of friends and artists I admire and learned this "fursona" term. I got pretty jealous that everyone had one of these fursona things and I didn't. I looked next to me to find mr.randomdragonthatidrewthatday and basically said "ah that's Shinerai now C:"

And so he was born!!

To be honest, I love Shinerai and I love his design but I found today that maybe he shouldn't look like what I've made him look like lately.

I drew this picture of the very first Shinerai there ever was and I've figured out how much I miss him, despite his ridiculous complications. I thought things like his raggity wings would suit actual Shinerai more than the beautiful ones he has now. He is a thief after all and probably doesn't really have good hygiene anyway. And even though they were a pain, I miss his markings. He does look a lot more natural now, but don't think I had to mute the markings so much.

Long story short, I'm really coming to think about Shinerai's design. I think I may revamp him again. I think, this time, I should put more thought into HIM PERSONALLY and what I think he should look like given his life style, element, an personality rather than just making him look like what I think looks good/original.

Thank you old!Shinerai for opening my eyes.

Details

Materials.
Xerox printer paper
ballpoint pen
Photoshop 7

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Time Spent.
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Copyright

Art, Shinerai, Byondi Y'ren © Shinerai my face!