[Art] Lupin Reimagined as a Playable Race!

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Hi! I'd like to start off by saying this is mostly a fun little project of mine, but it does follow in the footsteps of my desire to see Lupin or some other, new canine race becoming playable! I was initially going to post this in the Lupin thread, but I feel its different enough to warrant its own thread and I am considering adding more art to it over time to add to the written concepts included below. So with that, here's some very messy art to get my ideas across!


Main concept
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Early head shape sketching
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The biggest notes I want to address with this redesign are the face and head shape for hair and hat consideration. I figured that in order for them to be playable, the head shape would need to come closer to the same shape as most playable races we currently have. I tried to push most features to the front of the head and kept them in-line with the default male Hyur's features. You can see in the second image that I had more fluff and fur in parts of the head and neck, but I ultimately abandoned this because I think that the XIV community will not be okay with a race that doesnt have hair options, though I think these could work as the unique racial hairstyles.

Overall, I wanted them to be mostly faithful to the original Lupin looks and lore, but with some amount of new flavor added to them. I looked to Lupin lore for inspiration on how a playable version of them could have more personality in terms of emotes, poses, expressions, and so forth, and settled on what I feel can best be described as "lone wolf" or "rebel", maybe "mysterious".



Modern emo, goth, and punk fashions come to mind for me, and a big inspiration was historical karasu zoku fashion-- a term that faded out of use due to its associate with violence and gang activity within the subculture. Below are some images that served as inspiration for this aesthetic, but I didnt want that to take over the redesign.

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