Katy

Katy

This is a female mage with a cold, confident, and mysterious presence. She uses playing cards as the medium for her magic, blending the roles of spellcaster and rogue/trickster in a high-fantasy world. Her design is inspired by Western fantasy.

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She is a missing child from a magical kingdom, but was raised by a gambler in a human city. She wins countless games with her magical card tricks, and whenever she gets caught, she uses her magic to defend herself and escape.
She loves the freedom of street life and constantly travels across the kingdom to explore new places. She spends the money she earns from her victories to buy whatever she needs. In truth, she keeps wandering not just for adventure, but to find the way back home.

I usually choose images that I find interesting or that contain details matching what I have in mind.

I studied some poses and chose the one I like. I want her to be a bit mysterious, arrogant, cunning, and confident, like someone with an adventurous aura who relies on intelligence to win rather than sheer strength.

I try a few palletes, I want it to have a cold, dark overall color palette with subtle silver material highlights.

I continued refining the forms, polishing the materials, adding rim light, and enhancing the magical effects.