Everyone meet Noki, a new sona of mine!

I put so much thought and intention into the design of this baby.... it took me many hours and many failed attempts at designing an "anthro" snail, and then many more to come to this color scheme and marking layout.
But they were undoubtedly worth the time investment

Noki is a species I've decided to call Gastromacropods (basically like a kangaroo snail), or the cute offhand alternative name Goopawb!
Noki's shell and "type" is Super Sea Snail, and they get their name from their color scheme and vibe being reminiscent of Noki Bay from Super Mario Sunshine. Two of my all time favorite games in one cute snail body, literally doesn't get better than that.

The body shape is very much inspired by Louie's from Bomberman - I've been obsessed with that type of bipedal chonky character design since I was a kid after seeing those sweet friends for the first time! Very glad to have one of my own finally! He can also comfortably walk on all fours, and would be fun to ride around on if not for the big shiny pointy shell on its back, haha.

I would love to try and make more goopawb designs based on other animals in the future. :) I really love the design layout and think it could be a lot of fun!