You might have noticed that Syl looks a lot different from his official design by Jakei, and that’s because I took the liberty to draw my own interpretation of this character (aka headcanons)!

Sylphiel, up to the time that I’m writing this post, has only been drawn in black and white, sketches/doodles and comic pages, with no separate ref sheet or a page dedicated to showing his features (he hasn’t had a single line of dialog yet). So I decided to make his hair a mix of black with white highlights.

For the eyes, black iris with white, cross shaped (or + shaped) pupils, I think this kind of eyes are the prettiest.

Clothing I didn’t change much, extended his hood to cover his shoulders and added a star on the tip of the hood, matching the tail (that I gave him), added more details to his shirt, in which still is sleeveless, pants are pretty much the same. Added a piece of glass to his belt for more diverse detail.

Made the wings more realistic and added a tail with has a star in the tip.

Also since I don’t really like monster designs that resemble humans too much, I also decided to give Syl some spots throughout his body! It’s a pettern that resembles a baby deer coat. Why baby deer especially? No real reason behind it, I just thought it looked cool and cute.

On more thing, I didn’t draw his feet here, but I do imagine him having hoove-like feet, not full blown horse hooves but something similar seen in Imps from Helluva Boss/Hasbin Hotel!

Gonna make some predictions about his personality:

I imagine him to be bold in nature and sassy when the opportunity comes up. But he also can be incredibly gentle when things get serious, teasing but caring. A little bit of a troublemaker and unorganized, but independent on most aspects. He’s also visibly an extrovert and confident but say the right words and he’ll get embarrassed and start stumbling on his words, although he’s quick to make a comeback. When he’s sad or really emotional, he tries to hide or do breathing exercises to try to recompose as quickly as possible, since he doesn’t like crying in front of others he thinks it’s cringe. More specifically, he thinks it’s cringe for him to cry in front of others, it’s fine when other monsters do it.

Sylphiel belongs to @jakei95

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This drawing was posted way earlier on my Patreon and my Ko-fi. Along with a 20 minute process video, WIPs, a PDF and a Procreate file with all the layers, a unglazed, unwatermarked, full HD version and extra doodles!