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The cloak also has black and dark gray pockets seen on the shoulders. For attire, Whisper wears a cream-colored tube top, light gray leggings, and a dark gray cloak, in which she keeps six Wisp canisters. Her fangs protrude from her mouth which is often in a natural frown. She also has a black nose, long-pointed ears and quite long hair that she keeps tied at the back in a ponytail with a black hair tie, save for a long, thick hair bang that covers her right eye. She wears light gray eyeshadow and has a long, bushy tail which ends in several tufts of fur sticking out in various directions. Her eyes are cadet blue, although they are often closed to the point of squinting. She has thick black eyelashes and cloudy white fur around her eyes that resemble a mask.

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Whisper is an anthropomorphic wolf with biscotti fur that covers most of her body, and brown skin that covers her muzzle, inside of her ears, arms, upper torso, and front torso. Sega of Japan approved of Whisper's eye design despite her being a wolf, due to wolves serving the same role as kitsunes in older Japanese folklore. It is also inspired by the traditional depiction of kitsunes with eyes appearing to be closed. Plus, when she does open her eyes, it lets the reader know that what she is looking at is very important. And all of those are kind of true for Whisper.

In comics and animation, eyes that can see while appearing closed can be shorthand for a few things, including indicating that a character is wise, that they are constantly keeping a close eye on everything, or that a character is dealing with a lot of emotional pain. The reason why Whisper's eyes almost always appear closed is for expressing her emotions. After seeing the mask concept, Ian Flynn had the idea of making it a sniper scope and a Wisp communication device, which instantly clicked. The idea for her mask came from the Kabuki mask Costume piece that the Avatar could wear in Sonic Forces (which was one of Evan Stanley's favorite Costume pieces), and Stanley thought a similar mask would fit Whisper's personality. Whisper's mask is inspired by Japanese Kabuki masks. She also had a more ostentatious costume and she did not originally have her iconic mask. Whisper's early designs were somewhat different than the final version however. Whisper's overall design is derived from one of the many models the female wolf Avatar from Sonic Forces could assume. Inspiration for Whisper came from Sniper Wolf from the Metal Gear series, the Major from Ghost in the Shell and Kopaka from Bionicle. The Avatar model that inspired Whisper, from Sonic Forces. Whisper was conceptualized by writer Ian Flynn, while artist Evan Stanley took care of the character's design.

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