A two for one this time! Normally I wouldn’t do two at a time like this, but my species selections for these two are thematically related (both bears), so it felt necessary. Design notes under the cut!
-I don’t quiiite headcanon either of their body shapes looking like this. I try to blend the animal and human anatomy with these designs, and bears are just sort of... lumpy, shapeless animals. Sorry, bears.
-Max definitely gave me more trouble to draw. ;n; I didn’t mean for him to look so stiff when I try to add a sense of dynamism in these drawings, but... well, he’s a very stiff, formal sort of person, and I didn’t want to draw him out of character either. Oh well, I suppose?
-I noted at the start of this series of drawings that familial relationships weren’t going to define what species they were, (such as Samantha and Jericho not even being mammals while their dad is a panda.) but considering how these two are foils to each other narratively and are rarely seen apart, I thought making them two species that are similar in appearance and genetics but very different in personality and public perception/symbolism was fun and fitting.
-The only ‘rule’ I have so far is that all the Wights are carnivorous species of animals because Symbolism... with the exception of Arthur for the irony. I’m sure he’s only a little bit bitter about it.
-I think Max was like, the second character I wrote a species down for in this series. He gives a very strong polar bear vibe, idk.
-Arthur was originally going to be a sun bear (which are. uh. they’re very. just google them. they certainly ARE.), but pandas felt more thematically appropriate. I also like how the black eye markings function both as eye bags and eyebrows.
-Sin Arthur (Arthwell? Maxthur? idk man)... ehnnn I thought about drawing him, but the lack of decent references and the fact that Max gave me enough trouble made me decide not to. P much he’d look a lot like Arthur but with sharper teeth+claws, washed out looking markings, and of course the altered hair style and outfit.
-As for what’s next... I’ll PROBABLY do Sigvaldi and King Law, but unfortunately most of the old Wights don’t have good enough visuals for me to do proper justice.