The mint character was supposed to be my Agent 3 named Mint. Now Mint is Prima’s little sister and Prima was designed to be her older sis and Agent 3. Prima’s design hasn’t changed much except she seems to be much fiercer and more muscular/petite. Mint is based on choco mint, Prima is based on prima apples.
Agent 4 - Terry
Not much design change, change in chaps actually looking more accurate + style change. Eyelashes drawn in mostly inspired by 90′s animes, Cream the Rabbit, and some Splat idols. Generally more youthful aura. Inspired by mango graham floats.
Agent 8a - Vanessa
Drastic hair change. Default ink colour change. Hairstyle roughly inspired by Motoko Kusanagi from the Ghost in the Shell series. Bangs were a bit on a whim just to make her design stand out as well as conceal a certain feature of hers. Wears masks 80% of the time now. Slightly inspired by Cherry Blossom from Sk8. Inspired by grapes and wine type drinks.
Agent 8b - Nate
Drastic hair change, eye colour/style change, added a burn mark on his shoulder. Default ink colour change. Heart motif from his face shape on one of his design transitions is now reflected in his bangs and tentacle suction cup shape. Burn mark is from his attempt to escape from being fully sanitized. Hairstyle is inspired by a fusion of Noriaki Kakyoin and Trish Una’s hairstyles (JJBA series). Inspired by pastel sweets, like cotton candy.
Agent 7 - Kane
Not much design change, more like art style change (similar to Terry). Design changed accordingly to how his personality has developed from original concepts. Headband no longer drooping down by the side of his face. Inspired by bamboos, pandas, and green tea treats.
Neo Agent 3 - Ezra (and Little Buddy Masu)
Some key concepts have stayed, but from Inkling he became an Octoling with Inkling genes (to honour his original inkling concept). Face becomes far more relaxed when not in battle as opposed to original concept. He is also a Splatana user now. Masu is drawn with more personalised designs now, and is more pinkish to reflect his cherry salmon variant. Highly inspired by Megaman Zero and Cloud Strife. Inspired by hot food (maybe. for Ezra) and cherries (Masu).
Elite Octoling. Her name is Cadenza! She is DJ Octavio's daughter and Agent 8a Vanessa's mother.
(more about her under the cut!)
Cadenza is one of DJ Octavio’s offsprings, a warrior princess. She is deaf-mute which is why Vanessa is actually pretty good at sign language. While sign language is her main mode of communication, she can actually lip read.
She and Vanessa never got to spend much quality time with each other due to their duties in the army, as princesses. The two are pretty close however, as it is only with her that Vanessa feels at ease to let down her tough front she always has with other people.
Her relationship with DJ Octavio has been more complicated ever since Vanessa went missing. She seems to highly dislike Kane (Vanessa’s guardian and teacher) as well for losing her in his sights, and wanted him executed at one point. Kane was only alive thanks to DJ Octavio’s command of exiling him as punishment. Upon learning that Vanesssa is alive however, and is doing well in his care, she has started to forgive him.
