so it's been more than a year ever since i first drew Tulip and i felt like dumping my experiences drawing her.
on the 24th of July of last year i felt like drawing something a little different from my usual fanart so i drew a little spider, not even a name to go along with it. yeah, this iteration was supposed to be a whole lot mysterious and stuff, i actually stuck with this design for a good while, occasionally doodling her in class but it was only a matter of time before a redesign.
on the 26th of october of the same year i ended up doing something a little different, removed the mask, made her look a lot more like webber and just made her use a little tunic, i originally had the name of "Spidrina" as shown in here but thankfully i just changed it to "Spidra" not long after. sidenote: i also came up with Peony not too long after, originally known as "Vrachnid", but that sounded stupid.
the idea was for her to be some sort of thief that'd strike at night idk.
and then THE MOMENT THAT HIGHSCHOOL STARTED in february i ended up doodling yet another design. still named as Spidra at the time but that would be quickly be changed as seen in the following ref sheet
you can tell i was a lot more patient in order to make ref sheets at the time, i later ended up dropping the "Blecky Rock" name to just stick with Tulip as we know it today.
some time after, following some art classes about color theory and stuff i made this, honestly ashamed of it but what would be history without its embarrassing moments?
and then on the 29th of march i came up with that would pretty much be the design of today, shirt and all.
and then bada-bing and bada-bah, we've reached the point where we are today! i'm honestly very thankful for all of those on discord, deviantart (at least when i still used it) and here on ng who closely followed this little cretin's journey over time! see you in the next one!