[ 2026 ] Mia the Sphynx Ref and Details
COMPANION PIECE | BIGGER SIZE
Species: Sphynx
Theme: Blood Rose
Element: Gaia
Authoress M
ANIMAL TRAITS
- Fully mammalian.
- Chimera [ Feline/Canine/Seal ]
- Short fur.
- Can swim, hold breath for a long time.
BODY
- Thick torso.
- Small arms/feet.
- Humanoid.
- Moderate cold insulation
LEGS
- Digitigrade w/ paw pads.
- Fingerless.
- Takes off sometimes.
PAW SHOES
- Red knobs tighten laces.
I failed to label the core crystal in the drawing. Partly, I forgot. Other partly, it would be a lot of WIP changey stuff that I'd rather not have to edit later and would be easier to edit if I just rendered it as text rather than in an image.
It's the red crystal on Mia's chest when she's naked. This thing is attached to her. Part of her biology. Part of Sphynx biology. It's a crystal that is connected to her brain and her heart internally, and contains her soul. I named it after what they call them in the Xenoblade series.
Again, this may change. But for the moment, I've determined that these core crystals are exclusive to about half of the Sphynx population. Those that have them are referred to as carbuncle Sphynxes. They can use magic more potently. In exchange, they become more physically frail because the core crystal on the chest is a big vulnerability.
All of Mia's clothes are comfortable and carefully chosen by her for practicality and looking like a weird nerd librarian.
So we have here a stretchy, white-collared shirt with pinstripes. Her black pants are elastic, with a simple drawstring. They have side pockets that I forgot to draw, but would've just been rendered as a simple line anyway. She keeps her shirt tucked into her pants. Mia tends to run hot easily, so her clothes are all made of very light fabric despite her purely aesthetic preference for wearing layers.
The red skirt, in spite of my drawing, does wrap around in the back. It has a hole for her tail. It is always slightly open in the front and can be worn without the suspenders, as it actually attaches stays on by itself with velcro in the front. The golden buttons there are for cosmetic purposes. Tends to stay on better with the red suspenders though.
Shoes? Well, they're an open-toed kind of paw sneaker that I aped from a few things I saw online. The base of the paw has a rubber sole - with pawpad patterns painted on. Rest of the shoe is made of fabric that conforms to her paw's shape. The red knobs allow her to tighten her laces, which I stole from BoA. Not only more convenient in real life, but also makes drawing easier.
She has other outfits too - such as a red waistcoat that she wears sometimes. No art of those here for the moment because I am a tired woman. And also because things are still firmly In-Progress.
Why does Mia wear fingerless gloves? Because I cosplayed as Act 3 Maelle [ from Clair Obscur ] once and thought it was fucking cool as shit. They weren't uncomfortable, and they made me feel cool to wear. Therefore, Mia also thinks they are cool. Purely cosmetic choice. They aren't leather though - they are knit. Comfy cloth.
She removes them when she is going to eat or do something that might dirty them.
This is the most WIP thing ever, so god knows if what I write here will change. Should I even write anything here? I feel like it, so I will. Help me flesh it out through public ramblings nobody will read.
This little device serves as Mia's magical cellphone. In the world she comes from, people have various Multipurpose Portable Computerthingies like cellphones that can take whatever forms they want. Some look like cellphones, some are simpler than that. Preference dictates it, as well as lifestyle, etc.
Mia's connects to her core crystal, so its screen is projected directly into her brain. She can see the interface only in her eyes unless she deigns to show it to others. Further, it allows her to transform objects into energy and store them in her core crystal. No living things. The objects can be pretty large though. Like she can store up to two car-sized vehicles in there in addition to a bunch of small things.
It has other functions too, which are probably relevant to her unique story but I haven't fleshed out yet.
A Sphynx is a chimera species I created. They are mostly mammalian anthros. As I mentioned before - there are two types of Sphynxes - normal and carbuncle. This is the most important distinction.
Primarily, sphynxes have canine or feline features, taking from the Carnivora order of animals - feliformia and caniformia. So animals that aren't necessarily dogs or cats, but are like them.
Example: Hyenas are part of feliformia, even though they are not cats. And seals are part of caniformia, even though they are not dogs.
The two constants of a Sphynx are that they have a mammalian head, and their feet are always paws.
Sphynxes are primarily mammalian in features, but can commonly have feathered birdlike wings and talonlike hands.
Mia doesn't, She's an ambiguous feline/canine thing, with some minor seal-like features like moderate cold insulation. She has some decent swimming ability too. In the penultimate design, her tail was more overtly seal-like, but I didn't find it fun to draw repeatedly, so I altered it. I kept some intrinsic seal traits though. This is because she might have a transformation that emphasizes her seal traits in the future and also 'cause I wanted her to keep the insulation power.
