电子剑羚欧阳理碧 (Libbie the Cyber Oryx) 原本是我为自由开源的办公套件 LibreOffice 的吉祥物比赛设计的投稿方案。大家习惯直接叫她 Libbie (理碧)。本图是我在 2025 年对她在 2017 年时的原始概念草图进行的重绘。

在对原始设计草图进行重绘时，为了保持与原始概念的一致性，我特意没有对理碧的设计进行大的改动，仅仅是对原图进行了清理，让脸蛋更好看一些，并通过更加准确的透视和形体概括，将人物的结构和当时演绎失败的俯视视角更明确地表现了出来。

俯视视角之所以重要，是因为理碧身高 2.5 米 (连角)，倘若画不出俯视感，就无法表现她“高挑”的印象。

理碧现在已经确定成为千变灵兽中的角色，且将有全新造型，但这个看起来更年轻的版本可以用作她大学毕业被骗进八爪会时的造型的参考。

作为对比，下面这张则是 2017 年时理碧的概念草图，日期比理碧的吉祥物版本早一个月。我虽然不记得详细情况，但可以推测这就是我当时试图画出来但并不成功的原始造型。

2017 年下半年时我的绘画能力开始回升，这张图的脸蛋和人体虽然也有很多问题，但还算不上非常崩，造型的轮廓和神采都表现出来了。主要的失败点在于关键概念之一的俯视视角没有清晰表达出来，白色外套结构不清，貌似是忘记了画袖子。当时心理状态很不好，完全没办法细画，于是也就留下了这样的一张潦草的概念图。

我不记得自己有没有把这张图发出来过，或许因为觉得完成度太低发了又删掉了也说不定。

通过这次重绘，我算是了却了当年的一桩心事。新版的造型我很满意，以后再也不会因为翻到那张旧图而感到遗憾了。

这次重绘是 2025 年一系列旧图重绘练习的开端，我将在稍后撰写一篇笔记对我的想法和展望进行说明。

Libbie the Cyber Oryx was the mascot candidate I designed for LibreOffice’s mascot contest. Now people often refer to her as Libbie. LibreOffice is a free and open source office suite. This drawing is my 2025 reinterpretation of her 2017 original concept sketch.

When redrawing the original design sketch, I aimed to stay true to the initial concept by avoiding major changes to Libbie’s design. I simply cleaned up the messy sketch, gave her a prettier face, and clarified her structure through improved perspective and shapes.

The high-angle view (which I failed to do in the original) is crucial because Libbie stands 2.5 meters (8.2 feet) tall (including her horns). Without this perspective, her “tall and slender” impression cannot be conveyed.

Libbie will be repurposed as a character in Spirit Animals in Disguise, where she will have a new look. However, this younger version can serve as a reference for her appearance when she was deceived into joining Octopus.Org after college graduation.

For comparison, here is Libbie’s concept sketch from 2017, dated one month before her mascot version. While I don’t recall the specifics, it seems to represent Libbie’s original concept which I attempted but failed to capture at that time.

My painting skills began to recover in the latter half of 2017. Despite several issues with the face and anatomy in this piece, it wasn’t a total failure; both the design and “spirit” of the character were largely conveyed. The major failure was that the top-down perspective wasn’t clearly communicated. The structure of the white coat was vague, and I seemingly forgot to draw the sleeves. My mental state was poor then, preventing me from cleaning up and adding detail, resulting in this rough concept drawing.

I can’t remember if I posted this picture; perhaps I did and later deleted it for being too unfinished.

With this redrawing, I’ve finally put an old matter to rest. I’m very pleased with the new version and will no longer feel regret when encountering that old image.

This re-drawing marks the start of a series where I’ll redraw old pictures in 2025. I’ll write a note later to share my thoughts on this matter.