Molly, Umami, and Aya (profile updates 2020) (Patreon)

Time for another batch of character updates! I've been working off-and-on over the past couple weeks, and now Molly, Umami, and Aya are the next bunch to get updated. Molly as part of a commission project (private for now; some album art), Umami and Aya because the urge simply struck me!

Of the three, Umami and Aya proved the biggest challenge, for varied - yet similar - reasons. In Umami's case, it was the vibrancy of her hair color; I wanted to keep it close to how her images have always looked, but just brighten it up a bit, saturate the colors more. Surprisingly tricky to strike that balance, but I really appreciate how well the newer rendering can handle that (sometimes too well, I had to tone it down a lot).
Aya, similar in that her hair was a challenge, though it was in making it less saturated, matching as close to her old color as possible. Skin tone was an extra challenge as well; I've already done some darker tones with Kuchi, but I wanted to set Aya apart a little, not just copy the exact same tone. And in the end it's still very similar, but subtle differences are usually enough for me. ^^

Anyhow! Full-size images attached as usual, two for each character, and my hub website has profiles for all of these as well! Still filling out a lot of actual profile details, but I've got birthdates and heights filled-in for everyone who's been updated, at the very least. Link:
https://www.saftkeur.com/characters