I can say two things, the collar looks pretty cool and you have improved a lot over the last 3 years.

Angsty teen face!~

still cute though, i really like your style :3

That looks pretty cool actually.

She still looks adorable. But I defintely prefer her current look. She and you seem much happier. =)

I do agree, I think how she looks now really shows my life turned around for the better. And it's not just her, it's me as well because I base her off myself, though not completely. I used to dye my hair jet black and while I liked it at the time, I now realize that it made my hair look greasy and I just didn't look good. Too light looks bad on me too, but a nice light copper has done wonders on how I look, plus dressing better and the like.

Though that's not to say darker isn't nice, plus you can look awesome and happy while being dark. It just didn't work for me personally and I kinda dressed the way I felt I think. Some people are gonna prefer her old form, especially those who prefers more punky characters.

It's kind of funny... I can relate to that. I used to dress in a punky/goth sort of style, although I wasn't into furries at the time to have an example to reflect it. Lol. =)But as I got older I started dressing differently and really started settling into my real personality and setting aside the angstyness. The dark thing didn't work for me either. ;D

I don't really mind dark. Personally, if I were thin enough to just go to any store I'd like (I'm quite heavy at the moment), then I'd probably have loads of different styles. My fav would be comfortable tomboy, but I do like more feminine things and I'd love to dress punk sometimes. One of my dream day to day type of outfits I'd like to have is big camo pants, kinda like elephant jeans but not as big. With a black or white tank top. One day!

Back when I was younger, I was still pretty heavy. I didn't get teased nearly as much as I would have in a regular large school but I still did get it a bit. I ended up wanting to hide myself. Heat makes me sick very easily, but I'd still never take off my hoodies, except maybe during class. They were also huge, long, thick hoodies. Comfy, but it makes you look horrible.

My first and last relationship so far was not a good one. But the one thing that did come from it was that I learned to be ok with how I look. Doesn't mean I accept it, I have personal weight goals, but I was able to start dressing to make myself look good, because I wanted to dress up for him and he liked the way I looked. I'm still self-self-conscious, you can never fully get rid of it but it's a huge improvement. So that's more what I mean that I was dark, plus adding on gloomy and just plain not good looking.

Unfortunately though, bigger girl stores only have girly clothing. I've learned to love it, but I want comfy boy clothes too haha

Oh I know what you mean. I'm actually a heavyset girl myself. Unfortunately I've got my medical problems to thank for it but I've been like that since I can remember so I'm okay with it, at last for awhile. I worry about my health. ^-^; Back in middle and high school I wore lots of black, lots of hoodies, parachute leg pants, big old boots, and the gloomy attitude. I still like the style but I want so badly to be feminine I've abandoned the style for frills. Lol.

I'm not saying I mind dark... for me it was just an outward reflection of a lot of self loathing. Although the style itself I still appreciate. It's juuuuust not what I'm going for anymore. =)


I'm glad that you're okay with how you look. Being comfortable in your own skin is important. It's okay to be somewhat self-consious. =) (Heck I'm self-consious naked in a room by myself. lol!!)

It's funny... Torrid used to offer more tomboyish sort of clothing but a couple years ago they did a complete 180 and went fashionista. Nothing wrong with that but I wish they still had some of that stuff! I would probably wear a little ;3 I miss my super zippered bondage strap Tripp capris. Lol XD

Gurl you mah soul sistah. <3

I still feel like hugging her ^^

I love this~ c:

Wow, you've come a long way. 'o' <3

This form is very nice. Maybe you could even bring it back as a separate character from Neko entirely, if you ever wanted to. :0

I wouldn't want to, to be honest. For me, this is looking looking at my younger self. It's just another form that won't be coming back because it's in the past.

Awesome art, just like allways mostly! =^_^=

Maybe she could be Anti-Neko!

Ok so I'm speechless as to how much your art has improved. Wow.

Pfftt, even I'm pretty surprised.

Be proud of yourself! It's amazing!

I want a huge collar like that.
I just must have one.

Love how the story shows how far you've come as a person, and I also really love how the old reference sheet plus this new picture shows how you've developed as an artist! You are a great inspiration and I love both of Neko's designs :D

Looks cute even though she is grumpy XD It is always nice to see then and now comparisons of artists' art ^^

I love seeing how characters and art style change over time ^^
she is still a cutie even grumpy

I think I like the happy version of Neko more But I'll admit, she does look cool like that I'm glad things have gotten better for you since back then as well

Very sweet look, and wow the improvement is quite huge since way back then! Definitely like the newer form more though, she looks absolutely adorable and precious, as I'm sure you are as well (:

sorry if that sounded a tad creepy. it wasn't meant to ^^;

Why is it that cute characters looking grumpy makes them look even cuter? Seems like some odd physics thing...

Looks awesome and cute.

My goodness - I have to say, looking back on the older art, you REALLY have improved greatly.

I kind of love this comparison. Like, you're showing what you kind of used to represent yourself as, and, like I'm sure you have, this character has grown with you.

I remember my goth kid phase back in like 8th grade. If I had had a fursona back then, I would've drawn her probably with black hair and Tripp pants and yeah. (Now that I think about it, I'm kind of tempted to draw myself as Rivkah as if she was that age again, hah.)

But like, this kind of reminds me of that. Like the comparison from my old "self" and my growth.

My old fursona Kaku had black hair at first too. O.O Then I changed it to brown, and then when I did the complete change of name/account/fursona/main character/species, I designed my Rivkah more off of what I really was. Chubby, brown haired, glasses-wearing nerdy kid. :3

adorable angst

It's always interesting to see character in different phases of their life. It gives them more depth and character.

I must say I really like this old form of neko, the present one is also really awesome but this just looks plain bad-ass.

It's kinda a little emo, but so cute! I love the collar!