Have you ever changed a character's design significantly?

@NickRowler Nick Rowler
Wed, 17 May 2023 20:26:40 +0000

@NickRowler wrote:

So Frostpeak West are based off a bunch of old OCs from when I was a teenager but two of them were dramatically changed.

TAMARA

A. Is what the OC originally looked like and was called Tina
A2. shows her colors
B. Is her being reworked with darker eyes and purple hair.
C. shows a complete redesign
D. How she appears in the series

Why was she changed?
I really didn't know what to do with her as a character. Originally she had a personally way too similar to another character (Tune) where she was just sort of depressed and stoic. Her mom worked at the school but I ended up removing her mother and replacing the character with Ms. Rasa. I also changed her due to criticism about black characters in fantasy having white hair and blue eyes, and I didn't really want to cause any tension. I do still plan to have Tina appear as a BG character.

FARAH

A. Her original design with a hijah, has the name Tamara (aka Tammy)
B. An alternative design without a hijab and wearing glasses
C. The design I released for concept art
C2. A cleaned up version that appeared on the first cover
D. How she appears in the final comic

Why was she changed?
I wanted to swap their names. I also changed her design because when I first created this character (in 2009?) she was 18 and worked at the school. Because I switched her to a student and made her younger, I decided to remove the hijab.