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Another sketchy concept thing! This is a character from my game, MARDEK. She's an attention-seeking teenage girl who dresses provocatively and flirts because she believes that only sexy girls can go on adventures and be the heroes; basically I'm going to use her to play around with the stereotypes of generic female JRPG protagonists, as well as gender roles and expectations and, eventually, how women shouldn't need to look 'hot' in order to have a leading role... but that's a long way off yet.

Some notes:

- The thing she's wearing around her waist is a sarong; being a nerdy guy who doesn't get out much, I didn't know what they were called until I learned from a video game the other day!!

- Her top is basically just a single long ribbon, which has a hoop thing on one end. The other end passes through the hoop and flows down to the floor.

- All characters in my game have a meaningful 'motto' that succinctly expresses their personality and the 'dream' that drives them forwards... Hers is "You can't not notice a flame so hot it burns blue~!"

- Her 'sentiment' (sort of like emotion-elements) is Courage, which is represented by flames (she was Water in the original).

- She's of the 'Bold' race, who have lion-like noses, a cleft in their upper lip, and furry ears... though her lion-nose is downplayed to accentuate the 'sexy' look.

- The two coloured bands on her arm are family tattoos, which everyone in the Alora Fane world has. The top colour is inherited from the mother, and the bottom from the father.

- Her name is pronounced 'el-OO-ee-en'.

- I really need to practise drawing legs and feet! Agh!!

Description
Another sketchy concept thing! This is a character from my game, MARDEK. She's an attention-seeking teenage girl who dresses provocatively and flirts because she believes that only sexy girls can go on adventures and be the heroes; basically I'm going to use her to play around with the stereotypes of generic female JRPG protagonists, as well as gender roles and expectations and, eventually, how women shouldn't need to look 'hot' in order to have a leading role... but that's a long way off yet.

Some notes:

- The thing she's wearing around her waist is a sarong; being a nerdy guy who doesn't get out much, I didn't know what they were called until I learned from a video game the other day!!

- Her top is basically just a single long ribbon, which has a hoop thing on one end. The other end passes through the hoop and flows down to the floor.

- All characters in my game have a meaningful 'motto' that succinctly expresses their personality and the 'dream' that drives them forwards... Hers is "You can't not notice a flame so hot it burns blue~!"

- Her 'sentiment' (sort of like emotion-elements) is Courage, which is represented by flames (she was Water in the original).

- She's of the 'Bold' race, who have lion-like noses, a cleft in their upper lip, and furry ears... though her lion-nose is downplayed to accentuate the 'sexy' look.

- The two coloured bands on her arm are family tattoos, which everyone in the Alora Fane world has. The top colour is inherited from the mother, and the bottom from the father.

- Her name is pronounced 'el-OO-ee-en'.

- I really need to practise drawing legs and feet! Agh!!