猎犬美兰的原作服装设计有点让人一言难尽。左右交错不对称的手镯和脚环还有长耳朵上的绿色块状物容易把注意力从脸部拉走。灰色的外套、白绿相间粗竖纹的紧身衣，显得很乱，而且不知道为何要挖开一个洞来露出大腿。我首先为身体各处增加黑色内衬来压住鲜艳的颜色，取消白绿相间竖纹的紧身衣，换成纯黑色，并在上衣部分增加绿色绳结来将注意力固定在脸部附近。

我还在美兰的上衣处整合了一个背包，因为在认识雷凌和可萝之前她一直在流浪，一个大一些的背包可以让她装下随身物品。

美兰的一般服装因为要保持和原作的相似性，姑且保留了服装的奇怪结构。然后在后面的这个改版中，我上来第一件事就是把露大腿的设计改成连衫裤。因为美兰的年龄是最小的，穿着上露肉太多我觉得不合适。而这个版本的设计也是续作自由星球 2 中美兰的造型的基础。

绘制这套图的过程中，我关注的点也在发生变化。一开始画雷凌的时候，我主要关注如何确定角色的设计语言，将原作的设计转换成我的风格。画到美兰的时候，我开始关注角色的表情动作，因为这也是我的短板之一。所以在绘制美兰的服装时，每个服装都有一个额外的动作，也算是一种练习。

我在绘制和自由星球有关的图时，画美兰的比例是最高的。在画这套图时我对她的偏爱就已经初见端倪。一方面可能是因为她年纪小，个性又比较乖巧，就有点把她当作女儿打扮漂亮的想法在里面。我总是觉得这三人里面雷凌是那个不食人间烟火的憧憬对象，可萝是那个烦人的叛逆期妹妹，而美兰则是那个聪明又听话的闺女。另一方面她的发型比较标准，可能画起来也就比较顺手。在很长一段时间里，我都是通过绘制美兰来摸索如何把脸蛋画得更好看的。

美兰的打底紧身衣是一般服装的一部分，没有用在其他的服装中。

把长袖外套绑在腰间的这个造型在整体上感觉更有运动感，而且也比较好看，是个人比较喜欢的一个造型。

最后美兰这张托起耳朵的动作也是我很喜欢的，是我当时少有的能够画得有点灵气的，传神的表情。

I have a lot of gripes over Milla’s original design in FP1. The alternating asymmetrical bracelets and the green pieces on her long ears are pulling attention away from her face. Combining with the grey outfit and the leotard with the thick, vertical white-and-green stripes, the design was really distracting. Above all, I do not approve how the outfit has holes to expose her inner thighs.

In the alternative version, I first added black details all over her body as visual and physical paddings. This gave the design a better visual rhythm. I replaced the flashy leotard with a black one, and added a green flower knot on her chest to draw attention back to the center.

I also added a backpack to the outfit to hold her belongings, because she was “a stray dog” before meeting Lilac and Carol. A backpack would help her carry her stuff around.

Milla’s normal costume needed to be similar to the original, so I kept the questionable structure there. But since Milla was too young to wear a revealing costume, in the next alternative design, I replaced the inappriate part with a black romper. This later became the base of Milla’s Freedom Planet 2 design.

My attention was changing on the course of drawing this series of FP1 characters. When I was drawing Lilac, I paid attention to the design language, trying to find a way to transform the original design into my typical style. When it was Milla’s turn, I began to pay more attention to the expressions and gestures — I wasn’t good at them, either. As an art exercise, I gave Milla an extra expression and pose for each costume.

I had an obvious bias for Milla when it comes to drawing Freedom Planet related stuff. On one hand, it could be that the smallest kid gets the all the love from their parents — I always saw Lilac as the otherworldly cool classmate, Carol as the annoying, rebellious younger sister, and Milla as the smart and well-mannered little daughter. On the other hand, Milla has the most anime-styled hair and facial structure, maybe it was easier for me to draw her than others. In a long period of time, I experimented many ideas of how to draw better faces with Milla as a base model.

Milla’s leotard is a part of her “normal” costume. It has nothing to do with her other alternative costumes.

I really liked this costume combination with Milla’s outfit tying around her waist. She looks sporty like this, and the color looks nice too.

This one is my favorite. Milla’s expression and pose looks cute and natural, which was not something I could reliably do back in 2015.