BONUS CONTENT: Sketchbook: Cember Snow Outfit
For Cember’s snow outfit, I did like the idea of the radiating flaps on the bottom (sketch #2) since they seemed reminiscent of his lower body tentacles, but ultimately, the design just felt a bit too busy. The final design feels more streamlined while still being fashionable, as per Cember’s aesthetic.
And here we have the final design for Cember’s snow cloak as well, which ended up being shortened into a half-cloak. More like a poncho, really. Again, that just seemed a bit more fashionable for Cember than a full length cloak like Roka and Ril’s. The blue clasp and puffballs added that last little bit of flair. Because with Cember, it’s all about the flair.
Additional notes can be found in the commentary for The Big Snow Job #2, Page 4.
Something just occurred to me… Then I forgot what occurred to me and started rambling to myself.
Cember has six eyes and six tentacles, so what about arms? Is it that the four spines are arms that developed into spines? Or perhaps, the six fingers are the loose tips of what used to be six tentacles that merged into two arms? Then cartilaginous structures develop (spines, the “knee” when he bent down in Bad Goods 2, elbows, skull). So Cember’s species must have really squishy kids.
You are spot on about the spiny things on his back formerly being arms in the history of his species. I actually explained a bit about the back horns waaayyy back in the commentary for “Bad Goods.” You can find that commentary on Chapter 3, page 9: https://runnersuniverse.com/2009/05/bad-goods-ch-03-pg-09/