😇 haha maybe...unless?

even athletes get a little sad sometimes

And - that’s how Albrax and Yueffowl were designed! It was refreshing to have a couple that came together this easily.

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Harlow also took charge of designing the poses for these two Beasties, both of which were obviously quite precious to her. Something new she started doing around this time was roughly modelling her Beasties in 3D, as a way to create a quick reference for different poses and view angles.

Another thing she uncovered was that we had an overabundance of “round” Beastie designs, and not enough pointy/spiky ones. With this data in hand, we came to Harlow with a request for an immature form of Albrax that had gangly long legs and a non-round design.

We never intended to move forward on the “baby” idea Harlow had sketched beside Albrax. But when art director, Alexis, identified all the gaps that could still be filled, she uncovered that there weren’t any unique birds in the early areas of Mythwood.

In Harlow’s words: “There are few cryptids as visually iconic as the Flatwoods Monster. It's a small wonder that it regularly appears in video games with its design largely unchanged. [...] I wanted to take what I love about the Braxie sighting and evoke it rather than simply reference it.”

Albrax was designed by Harlow Briggs, who also designed Webbounce, Calcroach, and a bunch of other fan favorites!

they copied the homework in your mind

Beastieball has great character design.