#so i replaced her fish spines in the face as well with some random fin-like appendages too. shes super weird without head appendages i trie

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also heres a rough draft of naji with the small original/old design on the right

she's a lot easier to incorporate the accents bc of how marine creatures are Just Like That irl but im also struggling with what to put in her back. she had a colorful fish spine that went all through her back but i decided to remove it bc its like. either shes shark/orca inspired or shes fish inspired. looks weird being both! to me of course. which leaves her back without anything to put onto

im not even sure ill give her the malachite/layered stone spots the original had bc then its just too speckled and more complicated

im thinking of giving her some similar markings to tiger sharks but i dunno. searches for 'cool funky sea animal with epic patterns' isnt returning anything useful to give me ideas 😔