DIANA
Created: 2026 | Medium: Krita
One of my characters for my personal project, the energetic rabbit friend of Orchid’s. Despite Orchid’s personality at times, the two make for a dynamic duo. At some point in the story, she would have her own past revealed with her story somewhat matching Orchid’s. I plan for her to be more of a second main character with similar time in the story’s spotlight with Orchid,
CONCEPT ART AND INSPIRATION
At first, the main inspiration for Diana was the Dragoon class from the Final Fantasy series, as I wanted her to have a similar leap attack that the class is known for. The pose for this piece was also inspired by the class, using a similar “balancing on one leg” pose from the Yoshitaka Amano art for Kain Highwind in Final Fantasy 4. This expanded to wanting to flesh out a female character and have Diana be as much of a major character as Orchid, using characters that have similar “dynamic duo” archetypes like Maka Albarn from manga/anime series Soul Eater and Alyx Vance from the Half-Life game series.
Pose Inspiration, Art by Yoshitaka Amano