'Yool' Shortened from 'Euelpides'.
His best friend since childhood is Ty. Although Ty is more dominant and confident than Yool, he never envies him of this, he instead has a a lot of pride and faith in his companion. He knows him well enough to know when he's going to lay down one of his famous speeches, and often beams or remains quietly smiling in awe of his friends skills in speech. Although quieter, Yool is no pushover and has the same steely determination as Ty, making them an ambitious and formidable team. Yool is more sensitive to other people than Ty is, often thinking quite rationally and logically and considering how others may feel. Because of this he's usually the first to check if someone is okay. Compared to Ty, Yool is quite level headed, Ty being the one who often gets carried away with passionate speeches and grand plans; sometimes he has to bring him back down to earth.
I chose pastel blues and lilacs to match Yools sweet and gentle nature. This way his design contrasts to Ty's, as one part of my design plans for them was making sure they were obviously different from one another, as the original script doesn't define the two too differently. In fact, the character of Euelpides ends up drifting into the background and not being mentioned a lot towards the end of the initial script. I wanted to avoid these kind of plot holes and have a consistent story rather than conveniently have characters disappear half way through the production.
Similar to the long coat I chose for Ty, Yool wears a large poncho to add to his 'cute' vibes and a neck scarf to hide the maquettes neck joint. I've also drawn him with his bird cage and spotted carry-sack from the opening scene of the film. Both main characters wear simple boots that would be designed to withstand long distance walking. Yool also wears gloves to protection against the elements, whereas Ty has very long sleeves and heavy cuffs.
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