BEHIND THE SCENES - "Swooping Snitchbug Snipe", "Celebrating 1,000 Followers on Twitter"

Heyo! These two were much shorter and simpler than the previous Pikmin Bit, so they're gonna be bunched together. These two Bits weren't changed drastically, just a few light pose changes and an update on how Karolyn's hair was drawn.

We're starting with "Swooping Snitchbug Snipe". I wanted to exact my vengeance on the Swooping Snitchbug, especially after they became insufferable in Pikmin 2. Karolyn had her design changed in this Bit to look more fluffy like a Persian cat.

This was first gesture.I tilted the head back, I just wanted to have the hair angle be a little smoother. This was the last instance of Karolyn being drawn this way.

This was the OG shot of Drip being flung unto the Snitchbug. I just felt the eyes weren't big enough and the pose wasn't stretchy enough, so it was redrawn.

Karo's other foot wasn't visible in the final version.

 Drip's mouth was widened to show the Snitchbug meat inside. This still looks funny to me. Drip eating flesh would become a recurrence down the road.

That's it for "Swooping Snitchbug Snipe", so now...

There were only three changed in this. So this was a celebration of when I got 1,000 followers on Twitter, and I was originally gonna have all the types involved...I changed it to Purples, since it was easier to draw, and quicker to a 1,000 carrying weight.

Not so sure why this pose was changed, but I may as well put this in.Neuron wasn't squat-kicking originally, and was just gonna bob his head like before. I wanted to exaggerate.

Not too much to say on these, since the ideas were very simplistic. It's still fun how the audience had grown on Karolyn, and also how that "1,000!" animation got me up to 4,000 after posting! Love that, still!

There was one more change, and it was on the shot with Karolyn watching the numbers go up. That'll be attached in an .mp4 along with Karolyn's original design juggling.

~KARO '24