In the refinement stage, I narrowed my ideas down to designs that best communicated motion, scale, and most of all my personality. I chose to move away from the football and human runner concepts and instead focus on the baseball and softball forms. I also introduced planetary elements, such as Saturn, to strengthen the space setting.

At this stage, I transitioned into Photoshop, which allowed me to experiment more intentionally with color and form. Both the baseball and softball designs were given facial expressions that appeared worried or panicked. This marked my first real exploration into character identity and emotion, helping me understand how subtle facial changes could shift the tone of the character. Refining these designs helped me visualize how a simple object could evolve into a character capable of carrying narrative weight.