March Secret Stash Winner: Dr Elizabeth "Betty" Veronica
Added 2020-03-23 16:59:01 +0000 UTCOkay, so I'll be honest- I wasn't very excited to do this one initially. Of all the choices in the original "Video Game Girls" poll, she was the one character I knew absolutely nothing about. And I'm not going to lie, the dated N64 graphics for her game were a big hurdle for me. Like, all of the reference images I could find were from that era where everything looked like blocky plastic dead-eyed manikins that made me instinctively start humming "Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits.
But then I started working on it and realized what a fool I was! An absolute buffoon! Once I got past the early 3D visuals and started putting my own spin on it, it occurred to me that she actually had a bunch of traits that I'm really into, to the point where she almost seemed like a design I'd come up with myself. Before long, the image I kinda sorta didn't want to do become one of the most fun things I've done in a while. In fact, I just might (read: I totally do) have another bonus piece featuring the character in the works right now that I'm going to try to have ready by Wednesday. I guess it just goes to show you that it's wise to keep an open mind.
