Cloud White the Robot Rabbit is a key character in Electric Hearts. This post showcases his version 4 and 5 designs. These 2 versions shares their concepts closely, they only differ in art styles. I think the version 4 and 5 are very close to final, but the details can use some works.
Version 5 was created in 2017, while version 4 was created in a long time span between 2014 and 2016. They were both created during my low period as an artist. The drawing process was very difficult, and the result looks stiff and somewhat unfinished.
Before version 4, Cloud was an arctic fox because the species was a popular choice. But an arctic fox has very little potential as an interesting character other than being cute. During the redesign, I reused the huge floating arm design from version 1 for his namesake (Cloud). The enlarged arms needed visual counterweights, so I enlarged his ears and tail to the point I decided to turn him into a rabbit.
Version 4 looks too plain because my mental state was so bad I lost my ability to draw details back in 2014 – 2016. Version 5 has more details catering to the sci-fi genre, but I was not capable of fully executing my ideas back in 2017. But both versions successfully captured the key aspects of Cloud’s concept. I think with one or two more iterations, his concept will be able to reach its final state.
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