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VCR-WOLFE — ray jay 2k14 character refresh

Published: 2014-02-13 22:03:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 4372; Favourites: 175; Downloads: 0
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its a new year n stuff, ive been through a lot and am still going through a lot.  ray jay holds a lot of meaning to me as a fursona because theyve been my longest held fursona.  weve been together for at least four years now. theyve changed and grown like i have, and im actually incredibly proud of how consistent its design has stayed over the years


i felt its time to refresh ray again, still holding up what makes ray jay essentially what it is, but bringing it with me still as a representative of myself as a person


this year im going to give the addition of a differing facial option, one being something more naturalistic and bird-like, but also keeping ray jay with ears as theyve always had since the beginning.  ray jay is also going to get a new hairstyle(featherstyle?) to reflect my hair irl, it looks like a quail tuft which i think is just fantastic




the sketches are arranged as the refreshed design was being developed, sketches closer to the previous design are at the top, moving down to sketches getting a more cohesive refreshed design and final full body drawing to the bottom.  these drawings were all drawn the same day tho so theyre all current




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Comments: 13

xxASKxx [2014-02-14 18:47:23 +0000 UTC]

D'awwie

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Corvinore [2014-02-14 06:51:47 +0000 UTC]

Love his caricature.

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VCR-WOLFE In reply to Corvinore [2014-02-14 06:54:56 +0000 UTC]

*their


thank you!

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FablePaint [2014-02-13 23:14:43 +0000 UTC]

Lining up all these iterations would make for an interesting experiment. Kind of like when I paw through old sketchbooks; it's nice to see where you come from and how you've evolved and grown.

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VCR-WOLFE In reply to FablePaint [2014-02-13 23:39:29 +0000 UTC]

yuh, just these alone were p much from yesterday when i up and decided to change it up


gathering older drawings over the years of this character would be a fun thing to do to see how its come along

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Dusty-Demon [2014-02-13 22:53:24 +0000 UTC]

I think think this is my favorite look for Ray Jay so far uwu I really love how well the shapes are used!

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VCR-WOLFE In reply to Dusty-Demon [2014-02-13 23:39:33 +0000 UTC]

thank ;o;

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Ferbiedragon [2014-02-13 22:33:24 +0000 UTC]

quail tuft is cutest hairstyle

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Strontium-Chloride [2014-02-13 22:19:21 +0000 UTC]

Four years! That's impressive.
I saw these on twitter and really liked them!

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VCR-WOLFE In reply to Strontium-Chloride [2014-02-13 22:24:36 +0000 UTC]

thank you ;o;


ye i think how its gunna end up is twitter gets sketches first, or exclusively without being posted to art sites at all so its a good idea to follow that business

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Strontium-Chloride In reply to VCR-WOLFE [2014-02-13 22:58:12 +0000 UTC]

Well I like that system! I like seeing art on Twitter. It's like a little surprise.

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Xilveros [2014-02-13 22:11:51 +0000 UTC]

It's really neat to see the progression down to the more refreshed design, and how your fursona still retains the same feeling even though you've drawn them differently. It's cool you shared this; process work is always fascinating, especially with character design.

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VCR-WOLFE In reply to Xilveros [2014-02-13 22:14:59 +0000 UTC]

ye these drawings all sorta took place at the same time, just rolling them out to try and reach the end product at the bottom

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