#im Fully aware that that particular neurosis is leaking out.

[bitchfitch]

I'm having some difficulties with this piece. Esti as a character is supposed to look extremely unassuming and like he takes after his human father a lot more than his demon mother. So I've kept his design extremely tame. He's got horns, pointy teeth, a tail, greyish skin, and claws but is otherwise just like, a guy. Especially compared to other demons.

But that felt really really bluh. and i wanted him to have more Demon to him and more Shadow demon specifically. And I really liked the idea of the shadows on his skin being unnaturally dark considering his skin tone and the lighting. but since he's already on the darker end of medium, nearly black shadows Doesn't look unnatural. it actually looks More natural and like he's just a darker skinned guy in very stark lighting.

Making his base skin tone lighter and or just fully removing any saturation is the only real like, Idea i have to get around this while keeping the black shadows concept. And idk how much I vibe with that. I like Esti as a darker latino with a very greyed out but still human feeling skin tone.

left is just dropping the saturation, middle is saturation+ higher contrast/lighter base, right is just higher contrast/lighter base.