sherpa / artbookLess detail. The same friendly guides.
Two reductions of Summit, Ridge, and Terra. Keep the goggles and clear clothing silhouettes. Remove most gear, seams, textures, and decoration.
Recommend Soft Minimal for companions. It keeps the family’s volume with fewer details. Graphic Minimal is the next step toward compact avatars and simple state graphics. Both need a small-size pass before adoption.
Reduce the silhouette.
Two new studies keep the goggles and each guide’s headwear, while removing the body detail in stages.
01 / No limbs
Head and compact rounded torso. No arms, hands, legs, or feet.
02 / Head only
No torso or limbs. Just face, headwear, hair or hood, and goggles.
Head only is the cleaner avatar direction. The no-limbs version keeps more clothing color and can act as a compact companion. Both preserve the hood, helmet, and brimmed hat that distinguish the family.
Additive concept studies. The original bodies, minimalist sheets, and animation studies remain unchanged. These images are not transparent cutouts or a finished animation rig.
Earlier minimalist studies
01 / Soft Minimal
02 / Graphic Minimal
Shared rules
Keep the broad connected goggles, warm expressions, and distinct hood, helmet, and hat shapes. Limit gradient color to the lens. Keep the face clear when goggles are parked. Preserve Terra’s warm brown skin and modern trekking identity.
Concept sheets made with built-in imagegen using the approved guide sheets and supplied Rex icon as references. The Rex reference informed shape economy, not character identity. These are raster studies, not cutouts, animation rigs, or adopted replacements. Lens saturation and face consistency need a later pass.