01-03 Metro Design References

So here are the updated design references for my Metro characters, with basic information.

Some changes/fun facts:
 Hammi has remained relatively unchanged.  ORIGINALLY Hammi was NEVER meant to be a part of this universe, but instead was recycled over to it, along with his personality, since it balanced out so well with the other characters.  Hammi was originally a cyber monster, still a baby hamster, in a digimon/pokemon spin off fan story from my early elementary days.

Toto's saddle back is updated to be like a saddle blanket and vest combo. The original was a basic simplified yellow and blue horse saddle. I kept the color scheme, with an added decorative design to it.  His harness was also a basic black one that didn't wrap around his muzzle and throat.  The original was a bar he would hold in his mouth.
Another fact, is that Toto did not used to look like this, he was based off of rubber hose toons and had no visible neck.  His eyes, coloring, and muzzle look stayed the same, but his rubbery stretch look was lost.

Pengiss has always been Agender.  I referred to them as he/she/they on multiple occassions throughout the original comics, often flip flopping genders.  Whenever someone asked me, hey, what gender is this character? I would always say 2 things:
A. There is no gender
B. Any gender
Originally it was because I really couldn't decide if I wanted male or female, but by the middle school adaptation of the story I've avoided using any specifiying pronouns altogether.  Sometimes people would ask how I could build in a sort of 'genderless' character, and I would just respond idk, or they're just like that because that's how I see them.  New to the design is the tail; Pengiss' tail has gone through many states.  The long kangaroo like one now was inspired this year, though I cannot recall what had given me the idea to change it again.

Singe was not the original leader of the group.  In my first comics the character of Nezumi was the leader and a legendary hero.  I've decided to throw back to the original story this time and keep him as the secret hero, the leader role being replaced with Singe the macaque.  I've made a total of 3 different versions of this story, with 2 major main ones.  These 2 major stories are being mixed together in this new plot.

Trying to give some intel without revealing the entire story plot xD
Hope to have more stuff for these guys done soon!

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