It was important to get the slight sinking where the back was. She didn't figure the Professor would be providing saddles and she didn't want to end up falling off. Just think of the epic fail it would have been, darting through the grounds on a giant kneazle!bush!plant then sliding right off. It'd be even worse if the thing was as unruly as her kneazle had the potential to be. What if it kept riding HUH?? Never looking back to see if her brittle old bones were all broken from the fall? It could happen, she saw someone break their arm doing less.

So yes, a slight dip where the back was. It was more than a little difficult with all the shrubbery still on the top. Lex didn't plan to clear that away until she'd gotten to the head part but now it looked like she'd have to give it the basic shape then add the details after, if only to get the propotions right.

With a heavy sigh she put down the lovely hacker tool and drew her wand from its holster. She traced along the bush with her wand, trying to get the image right in her head before she went magically severing out of control. The height of the head was fine here....wand trailing down in a diagonal motion as she contemplated the neck region....somewhere here was good--aha! The back. Yup. This was a decent height and now she could make it's outline.

"Diffindo!" The first slice was the diagonal one distinguishing the neck followed by another, "Diffindo!" bringing the back into clearer view. Right now it looked more like a square shaped giraffe or something but that was minor details. She wasn't ready to get into the fine tuning yet. Next to be hacked--because it WAS hacking even when you used a wand--was the underbelly. She had to be careful not to take too much because the legs needed enough to support the design and her. "Diffindo!"