[ORIGINAL COMMENTARY] My first sketches of Trinity Shepard’s twin sister, Ms. Shepard, from Key to the Future’s Fate. I was going for a shorter, more oval-shaped look with her. I also knew right away she would be stern as heck and probably walk around in body armor just because.

From the body comparisons next to her, you can see that she’s just a little shorter than Leon. I also included a tiny sketch of what the first floor of Foundation A looks like. For the character that works at Foundation B. Derp.

(The white square is from an unrelated Friday Fan-Art piece. This was back when I still kept Key to the Future’s Fate on the same pages as those.)

[NEW COMMENTARY] Seeing these first drawings of Ms Shepard is so wild to me. The oval-ness of her design is one that I’m glad I didn’t go with; just doesn’t suit her the way her later designs do.

The body armor would have also been a baffling choice, one I’m glad I didn’t go with. It just feels a touch /too/ connected to her namesake – Commander Shepard – ‘s roots. That said, even this far back, the overall head shape remains pretty consistent.