Y E E N

Holy crap, I don't know what happened, but I suddenly got an influx of new Patrons, as well as old ones - welcome back! :D I really needed that, thank you. <3

So as a little thank you note, I want to share a pretty special WIP with all y'all.

First, do you know what's the difference between a barrel with a hyena face crudely drawn on it with a marker, and an actual hyena face?

Here, lemme show you; here's the barrel:

And here's the hyena:

"Kebibi is getting an upgrade!?" you might think, and you'd be half-right!

For a while now I've been tempted by friends to make a yeensona. I never really had a need for one, and I still kinda don't, but I guess peer pressure lmao. I gave it some thought (or a lot, because it took a while), and figured this would be a nice form of some more direct self-expression, as well as a chance to design something more fancy. Also hyenas. So that's what's gonna be happening.

So anyway. I took Kebibi, and started fixing her, and man tell you hwat dang ol', talking 'bout dang ol' horrible models. She was so bad at this point, after not working with her for so long, that it was genuinely discouraging to work on her. I didn't know where to start, what to fix first, everything was a mess. Here are some thoughts I sent to a friend while trying to survive this:

• her neck was as thick as her thigh
  which means that her neck was too thick, and her thighs too thin
• the head is just a balloon
• also bad facial proportions, but she somehow actually looks like a yeen, so there's that
• there are like
  NO hips
  at all
• the tail is a sausage
• the legs are too short, though I guess that's kind of a yeen thing
• also 8 nips and a ridiculous vag
• also the stupid hand pads
  because of course
• torso is also just a slab of meat
• arms not much thinner than legs
• jesus
• for a while I didn't even know where to start, but I just made the head smaller, and now I see even more badness elsewhere

One existential crisis and a few hours later, I had something workable. Here, have these showcases!

Old:

And new (actually after a few days of work):

Now, you may have noticed one very obvious change, other than the face looking like a hyena, instead of a cheap, hyena-themed balloon - CORRECT HYENA ANATOMY!!!

The previous design bothered me too much, and anatomically correct hyenas are far too rare (and misunderstood). Here's a fun fact, in case you didn't know: due to high amounts of testosterone, female hyenas have a pseudopenis, which basically acts as a tube vagina made out of an elongated clitoris. It's weird af, ye. #JustHyenaThings

So the plan right now is to continue working on this (it's still very much a WIP, but a solid one), make the yeensona first, and then modify that into Kebibi. This upgrade isn't as simple as the previous ones - it will take a while mostly because I will have to redo the textures completely, as well as give the sona fur. Kebibi will remain furless (unless you can change my mind). And, you know, I also have a fair bunch of other projects brewin.

Side note: the yeensona will be gender-neutral, and thanks to hyena anatomy, nobody will be able to tell otherwise, which is lovely. So Kebibi is a she, and the yeen is a they. Just like me. In case you didn't know.

So yeah, I think that's everything for now.

Enjoy, and thanks for your support! <3

P.S. attaching a .zip with all the images from this post.