Quote Originally Posted by Melichoir View Post
I dont know if its the art OCD in me or something, but Ive never viewed Lalas as being super 'childlike' in appearance.
That's probably because Lalafell aren't modeled after children. They're modeled after babies. A bigger head with big eyes and a button nose alongside a relatively doughy body physique devoid of any prominent torso features such as a noticeable waistline or shoulders and limbs without discernible hinge joints and....okay, that may be less a description of a baby than of, say, a teddy bear, but it's the majority of those physical characteristics found on a baby that were used to turn the original teddy bears from something creepy (they were modeled after actual bears) into one of the most popular children's toys in human history.

The same concepts inspired by babies to make the more popular standard of teddy bears are the same ones I've used in creating any of my Lalafell characters. Biggest eyes, button nose, anything that makes my character look more like a baby from the chin up and puts more focus on more natural eyes (sorry Dunesfolk, y'all don't count there) are characteristics that make for a more disarming appearance, which can lead to a more positive gameplay experience with others. It's not really a factor I think a lot of people dwell on (otherwise, we'd have more Plainsfolk), but it's definitely something that's helped me a good deal in my nearly five years of playing the game as always a Lala.