Another one of my reuploads from my main account  littlebigmiles. This specifically was a test drawing to see how my Gothic Pachyderm OC, Teesha, would look like in 3 different pachyderm forms.

Anyways about teesha's forms, I took a bit of some ques from the Shapeshifting characters Oolong and Puar from dragon ball as a bit of a lore implicane for her character. Because back when I initialized her concept, I was going back and forth on what form she should take on. A rhino? Hippo? Elephant? I was stuck in a loop on what to imagine her design as. But through some experience with a bestie of mine on discord, I have created an idea for her. What if she could transform based on her mood. That sounded like a "perfect" execution in my head as I felt I could stick with the general design concepts I imagined her as.

With this idea, I decided to base her mood off how pachyderms are perceived in media/wildlife and how they act towards others:

Rhino: Starting with her rhino form, Her rhino form essentially is her base form. Something reflecting of a Neutral emotion that suits her gothic "whatever" personality I made her into. I view rhinos as a sort of middle ground, as they are not really dangerous, but also not really soft either.

Elephant: Then for her elephant form, she would transform based on her positive emotions, as elephants are widely known to be intelligent and fairly playful creatures. Now teesha is intelligent yes, but when it comes to her playfulness, it often only comes along when she get's to do what she wants, which may or may not involve some sort of bullying towards other people (as it's one of her other personality traits).

Hippo: And finally hippo. This is one of her more extreme forms. Unlike how Hippos are perceived in the furry community, from what I hear, Hippos are commonly one of the most deadly animals in the animal kingdom. They're the fiercest when it comes to fighting back. And so, the moment teesha transforms into this form, it's best to run, since she will not hesitate to do something I would not mention here on this account for content sanitary reasons. That's her negative. As for her positive, whenever she feels hungry, in this form, all she thinks about is food. I will leave it at that.

Sorry for the long tangent of Animal lore. I just thought to include some details about how her specific forms work. But hey, as I drawn her lately, she goes through some changes, and might have some additions in the coming future.

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