Awesome! Thanks for sharing the process, the end result is great, but I kinda like the placeholder's look a lot too ^_^
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From my perspective I've stared at the placeholder in early builds of the game and to me it feels very old and no where near what we want it to look like... but aside from a small video a long time ago this is the first time I've posted it somewhere public. So to a new set of eyes I can see why it might look fine. maybe we'll put the placeholder in the game somewhere as an easter egg .
That makes total sense, thanks! I do see the placeholder is unpolished, but the aesthetics are more appealing to me, specifically, the bigger eyes, smaller legs and fringe shape I like better on the 1st version, as well as the color saturation.
I'm not saying the latest version isn't the better one or that it should be changed in any way! That is definitely the better choice for the game, great work :)