Zoroark Project files and random insight (Patreon)

I really need to start using multiple files for the different variations and versions to make things more transparent.

This file is still going to be a little all over the place, but you can put together the different variations by turning on or off layers to your liking.

This time I only used Paint Tool Sai, so there's only .sai files today.
Sadly the files itself are quite big, too big to upload them on patreon actually which is why I had to upload them on another side for now.
(Uploading might take some time, in case you try to download shortly after posting this)

Zoroark.sai ~500Mb // Main File with the picture itself and all effects
Zorark-shiny.sai ~540Mb // Same as Main File, but color changed to shiny variant
X-Ray1.sai ~210Mb // "X-Ray" View that is used in the Breeding Version
X-Ray2.sai ~220Mb // "X-Ray" View that is used in the Breeding2 Version

It's not the perfect solution, but the only other option for now would have been to lower the resolution of the project.
If the files are too big for you I can still upload lower resolution files as attachments over here, just let me know.

As addition to the project files I thought of adding some random insight how I started Zoroark and what was actually planned.

My first idea was to draw a short comic in which Zoroark get's closer to it's Trainer by using it's Illusion ability to transform into his girlfriend.

While I did a lot of sketches for the comic I didn't like how the sketches came out in the end, which is why we only have one of the scenes instead of the whole thing.

Technically I wanted to upload and show the sketches, but they really weren't good enough to show them and I didn't want to create any hype about a comic without beeing sure if I can finish it.

However, here's some of the other sketches that I was thinking of using instead of the one we have right now:

None of them really had the quality I wanted.
They all had their problems and would have gone through quite some changes before coloring, but maybe I'll rework them properly to color/animate them in the future if you like.

I also made some cheap animation tests with all of them, but those are probably not worth sharing.

Like always just let me know if you have questions or need help with anything.