Deep in redesign

[avram]

Been bored the past few days; I spent most of today at Ground, drinking coffee, idly lusting after the young woman on the couch nearby (not that she’d spare a glance for me, even if she weren’t half my age), reading James Blish’s A Case of Conscience, eavesdropping on investment advice (not that I can afford to take advantage of it), and redesigning Melorne. ’Cause it’s easier than actually writing a strip.




I decided I didn’t like the hair I’d given her. I think that some of these designs meet the goals of making her (1) cuter, and (2) easier to draw. I’m especially fond of the one in the middle here, and the one in the row below it.



I’m trying to come up with plausible cold-weather clothing that will let her use her wings. Something like a clasp-fastened half-cape (quickly removed when the need for flying arises) over this ensemble could work down to the mid-forties (high single digits for you folks in Celsius-land).