It's hard to believe this all started because of a thrift store find. <XD

Backstory on this project: I was at Goodwill one day, poking around, and I found this cute mini Avon collector mini-stein depicting a jaguar. It was super cheap and looked basically brand new, so I picked it up and started thinking on what I could do with it.

This past summer around AC and Comic-Con, I started doodling some ideas for a jaguar girl who could fit inside the mug (using the mug as a stand, pretty much). One of my first sketches is shown above, on the left. I liked the idea, but nothing had really solidified until this drawing; I liked the pose and begun to refine it.

The center sketch shows some thoughts on how I was working out the details: at the time, I thought the big arms were interesting, slightly more "animal" in form. She also has finger-pads at this stage. I'd decided against the club girl look and went with more of a tribal tied-bra bandeau top + loincloth look since the stein's design was more tribal-looking as well. Experimented with some cuter eye looks too, but what worked best was more of a narrowed, elegant eye shape.

The third image (right) was drawn midway through, when the body shape was done and I needed to figure out how the clothing and hair was going to work on her final form. I finally added in the tail too, but ended up changing that again later, haha. Also, there was a last-minute switch from a loincloth to a sarong skirt...