#folon

As far as practicable, Miis should be "Mii versions of the characters they represent" rather than literal 1:1 resemblances (this has been repeatedly emphasized by the devs who designed the Miis); and

Prioritizing options available in the character creator (and creative combinations thereof) and minimizing use of the "face paint" tool.

Ayme has hooded eyes with a cattish shape and prominent lashes. Her eye color isn't clear from her portrait, art book references or model but fandom has always given them a pink or purple tint so I will carry on the tradition. It's helpful that we never see what her hair looks like under the helmet, so I don't have to worry about what her bangs look like. I tend to color her hair slightly more purple just as a matter of personal preference.

No way to truly replicate his hair. There are a few viable options but they all have trade-offs. I went with canon-accurate bangs and a spiked back, even though his hair is actually a faux-hawk. It's more about the impression/feeling in the absence of a good option, I guess. I was looking more at his artbook reference when I was doing this. As with Ayme it's unclear what his eye color is (pure black in the portrait, a really dark grey if you extract the textures from his in-game model) but they're grey/silver to me. It makes him look more intense and unhinged.

Now that I really, really look at it, has he been wearing eyeliner all these years? Guess it wouldn't be surprising for a guy with six ear piercings + (presumably) colored hair + a faux-hawk.

I made EWaTLO-era Giacomo initially and could not get him right, no matter how many times I re-did him. I think it's because his helmet is such a critical part of his design and there's nothing in TomoLife that can approximate it. Because of this, he has been de-aged and gets to hang out with Folon and Ayme as someone in their age bracket. Fun! Mind-bending!

I always had the impression he had his hair slicked back under the helmet. Young Giacomo is such a fun character.

I have redone his eyes more times than I care to admit. This is the closest I can get to their overall shape and feel with options available in the creator. He's not smiling in any of his neutral artwork but I think he should be because he is pure of heart.

Vallye (and Skeed) are have paler skin and darker, more desaturated reds for their hair/eyes. I can't get exact colors in the range offered in TomoLife but I can approximate the vibe. I think I got the eyebrow shape and eyelid crease just right.

I like that Skeed has a smarmy little smile in the artbook so I used that as my reference point rather than his in-game portrait (though I referenced both). Had to paint in his bangs, but other than that I was surprised how you can get his hair shape exactly.

Post Boxer, from the mod Fallout: London from Team FOLON

Full redesign of a Baten Kaitos OC I've had in some form since I was about 14! Recently wrote almost 40k words about her miscellaneous misadventures and figured "huh, I should draw her". It's too sloppy and self-indulgent to post in full, but there's one scene I'm thinking about heavily re-writing and posting as a one shot... but literally 0 people will read it, so it depends on my own inertia...

Her outfit's too tame for a Baten Kaitos character but I didn't want to come up with a pain-in-the ass design that would put me off drawing her, so I split the difference. Got attached to the concept of half-capes on one shoulder and the opposite hip, with peeks of bright red lining.

Her uniform is right on the intersection between "doctor" (howie-style coat) and "clergy" (structured collar and gold trim detail) to allude to the fact that she heals with both medicine and magic.

She fights with a lantern purely because I thought the image of someone spinning poi to cast spells was unique and evocative, but my partner pointed out it links her to the Hermit tarot (the story in question is heavy on tarot themes) so now it's because she's the Hermit tarot... retrospectively. Folon is the Fool, obviously.