Booga Sneak Peek Sunday: Unveiling the Nature Tiger 🌴!

Hey Insiders,

James with you today! I'm thrilled to reveal a brand-new Boogatooth Tiger and take you behind the scenes of the work that went into bringing it to life.

In the spirit of touching grass on the weekend... I give you:

THE NATURE TIGER

Designing a Fresh Character 🐯

This was a really fun one to create, and it fits perfectly into the role of one of our PREHISTORIC Tigers.

We didn't want to just copy the Nomad, Hunter, Shaman, or Warrior characters from the Cavemen. Instead, we went outside the box to design equally cool tigers that fit the mold. We asked ourselves: *What’s the most obvious difference between the Cavemen and Tigers?*

The tiger has fur, and it crawls through the jungle, becoming tangled up in its surroundings… so we ran with that theme!

The BTS Refinement Process 🎨

Let’s start with the head. We really love original, creative trait ideas, and thought a bird's nest landing on the Tiger's head could be awesome!

Then came the hours and hours of drilling down the details 😂 Eggs? Birds? Both? How many? What does the nest look like? Does the tiger have hair? What color? Sticks in the hair?

As you saw from the reveal image, we ended up choosing a cleaner look without sticks, keeping the final versions to either:

• Version A: All birds, singing 🐤

• Version B: All eggs, with one cracking 🐣

Getting to this point took some trial and error:

• The "Overpowering" Idea: We tried having all the eggs hatching, but it became too distracting.

• The "Too Busy" Idea: We tried adding sticks, but it cluttered the design.

The final adjustment was simply to make the tiger happier, and that was a wrap on the head!

Clothing & The Tail 🍃

For the clothing, we tried weaving sticks and other natural materials into the fur, but they didn’t quite work and were tough to implement. We eventually landed on a leaf skirt (similar to the Shaman).

The tail was another fun one. Similar to the bird's nest, we thought: *What if the tail got stuck in a bee's nest?*

At first, we tried having the nest attached to the tail, as if the bees built their hive right on it. Ultimately, it worked far better to have it comically stuck right on the end 🐝

And that’s a wrap on the Nature Tiger.

Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes insights! 🧡

Booga Weekend!

-James