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// On :Minggu, 14 April 2013
Concept
KEI was
given the concept Crypton intended, their approximate ages, an image of
mirror, and an image of androids, but was not given any other directions
when he was asked to illustrate Rin and Len by Crypton, as Kei had
already illustrated Miku before. Rin was the first one to be illustrated
and Len was made to match her, following Crypton's concept. Their leg
parts are designed to mimic speakers.[1][2] The keytar
Len is often featured holding in merchandise is a Yamaha KX5 of which
both the Kagamine designs take certain design elements from.
As they were under development, Crypton had the concept of making a pair of male and female voicebanks. The first idea of the concept was twin voices of a girl and her mirror image of opposite gender, just like twins. [3]
CFM had an intention to distribute them as twins, but this was not adopted either. After seeing many works that depict their relationships differently, Crypton announced on a magazine interview that those would meet their ideal. Crypton announced that they are neither siblings nor lovers. [4][5] During Append production, Wat described them as one soul between the 2 of them, and stated he is to blame for that.[6] During the boxart for the Append, Wat described it as making the pair seem like Twins.[7] It was due the fetal position they were in.[8] Wat also wanted the Appends to have a sense of transparency about their design to give a transparent feeling.[9] The "transparency" was in reference to their hearts in clarification on what he meant due to confusion over what he meant by this.[10]
Kagamine Rin's introduction artwork
- Rin has "Act2" on her arm under her "02" tattoo.
- Rin's top was changed in the introductory image between versions around the armpit area. Frills were added to the bottom of her top in Act2
- Her shoulder was not correctly drawn in the original version
- All the yellow bands on her outfit were made bigger on Act2.
- Her fringe was made thicker above the left eye.
- In Kagamine Rin's artwork, her left knee was thicker and her right leg was too short. Kei corrected this in her Act2 version. Her right leg position changed and so did her Left foot position
- Forearms have been shortened in Act2.
- The cyber-on-normal clothing design on their detached sleeves were changed from a green bar to a blue one
- Kagamine Len has "Act 2" on his headphones.
- The cyber-on-normal clothing design on the detached sleeves were changed from a green bar to a blue one
- His fringe was reshaped, other strands were adjusted as well
- Len's face, particularly around the cheekbones, have been reshaped.
- His left knee has a minor tweak
- Kagamine Rin's leg position was changed in their boxart so it was lifted up off the ground, the only way the previous position would have worked was if her leg was deformed or broken.
- Rin's body itself compared to the length of her legs is shorter then in the original boxart, the legs longer.
- Kagamine Rin's knee is rounded instead of sharp
- Both had the cyber-on details changed on their detached sleeves
Continuing the tradition of the Item War Internet Meme, many items were preposed for the pair. In the end, Len's item was a Banana because his hair was commented to resemble a bunch of bananas, while Rin's item was an Orange since her bow gave the impression of orange leaves. Before her release, Rin had the Road Roller assigned to her by accident in a video that recieved many views suddenly on December 1, 2007. Kagamine Len had yet to be revealed at the time of the Road Roller meme
