My original plan for this was to actually redraw the original, just in my current style.  But that wouldn’t have included two of the Electus Uni that we had come up with after the fact, so I had the idea to, instead, draw something in the spirit of the original, that would include those two characters.

Like, the idea here is that the original was the before – when they first arrive in Melohdia and having no clue what the hell is going on.  They find Geoffrey and Leilani later – Leilani much later – so in the very beginning, it was just four characters.  This one represents the after, when everything’d said and done and they’ve decided to remain in Melohdia rather than return to Earth.  (Because I believe that was always the end game, that they would remain and continue to be Uni and help out and all that.)

(I won’t lie, part of the reason I decided to go that route is mostly so I can have Shizuka and Sethos holding hands, lol.)

In any case, from left to right we have: Shizuka (with Tonbo on her shoulders), @anijeltaventry's Sethos, @callistochan87's Evania, Geoffrey, @swankifiedcos' Freyja, and Leilani.

Everything in the picture actually revolves around the little dragon there.  Evania is making some kind of remark about him while Shizuka responds, while the others look on, for the most part.  I did have the idea of having the walk the other way, being all symbolic and all that, but I could visualize it going the other way. 

So, like every other time I draw these guys, I had a couple of new ideas pertaining to them.  This time its sort of involving their roles in the group.  I basically simplified it – like, Sethos heals people, Evania has holy magic, Leilani sees the future in his dreams, Freyja is super strong, Shizuka is super fast, and Geoffrey is a master of all weapons.  But I also assigned them actual roles within the world as well – Evania is a priestess, Leilani is a shaman, Frejya is a Valkyrie, Geoffrey is a pirate (lol), Shizuka is a Dragon Tamer, and Sethos is a…healer, go figure.

Basically what I changed was Shizuka, where she was a samurai, but then I realized that I used to draw Tonbo with her a lot and I was like…well, what if she was the Dragon Tamer rather the her Guide (who is someone native to their kingdom that travels with them?)  It does actually make a ton of sense.  Like, they all master the weapons they are given, with Geoffrey mastering any that’s handed to him, so Shizuka would still know how to use her katana.  But this is just an added thing where she can hear and connect to Tonbo.

In any case, this is just me blabbing.  I really like how this turned out!  They all look really good together, and I’m pleased with the posing.  I mean, it really does look like they were walking somewhere and stopped to have some sort of conversation, and I love that.  And all their outfits turned out super well, I am so happy about that.  Its always neat to revisit old designs and see how much better they look in your current style!