1998-ish DIRTY PAIR character designs, pt.1 (Patreon)

Recently unearthed these Dirty Pair character design sheets for Kei, which date back to 1998 or so, around the time of the Start the Violence story originally serialized in Dark Horse Presents. (That final, full-body design sheet featuring both Kei & Y**i's been kicking around for a while, though.)

The notes on the designs seem to suggest that they're for another artist's reference, which might mean that they were part of one of my many, many failed attempts to get someone beside myself approved to draw Dirty Pair (based off my scripting). These designs were also likely used as reference for the DP statue commissioned by Dark Horse, but I'm fairly sure that wasn't the original intention.

Stand by for the Y**i design sheets on Thursday, folks! (Note that I whimsically censored her name to avoid autoflagging by Patreon.)