#just a rant on character design

[edeluarts]

Really happy with how she turned out! I decided to give her some naiad features, inspired by this post and it was really fun! I hc that she can breathe underwater (even though she doesn't have gills. Do naiads have gills?), although I am not sure if she can do it freely or for a limited amount of time 🤔

The fabric piece covering her chest was loosely inspired by 18th century neckerchiefs, because I wasn't sure how the Mycenaean open chest fashion would fly with the censorship here or on other platforms ¯⁠\⁠_(•⁠ ⁠▽⁠ ⁠•⁠;)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

#I can leave comments and reblog posts again #yay #the odyssey #tagamemnon #penelope #character design #my art tag #I hc that she took over Odysseus' duties while he was away and got to be a reigning queen for about 10-13 years #until the suitors took over. It's a pretty long rant and I can't fit it into tags #this is her design before that #her being a ruler wouldn't really have been possible by Homer's time because of how the ancient Greece treated women #but since the story was set in Mycenaean Greece... maybe? Just maybe she could have enough authority for the assembly to take her seriously #epic the musical #epic the musical fanart #greek mythology #maybe this hc would change as I learn more things about history #but for now it's here ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[bonetrousledbones]

so when are we gonna start appreciating undertale AUs for fueling a metric fuck ton of the creativity and longevity of the fandom because if i see one more person calling them the cringiest part of the last 8 years i might lose it

#trousled rants #been feeling a bit salty about this for a while but im letting it out now because i Can #but its insane seein ppl say “oh the fandom's mellowed out a lot its way more peaceful now” and agreeing bc it IS #and then “yeah now that AUs aren't so popular anymore its way more bearable” and its like :) okay #and if i told you that fan game you've been talking about for the past month is an au. what then #sighsghs its just like man i GET that a lot of aus are just edgy for the sake of it but shit dude!!! people were just having fun!!!!! #a lot of them were an avenue for ppl learning how to make their own stories!! even if they're not perfect or in character #making a shit ton of papyrus aus is one of the main things that helped me realize how much i love character design #and i KNOWWWW i'm not the only one and youre trying to tell me that's not awesome as hell!!!!! #yeah i probably i have nostalgia glasses but maybe i do kinda miss when everybody was a bit more insane actually . maybe i do #undertale

[toadandtails]

not to get sentimental over an anime i just got into but its genuinely so refreshing watching dunmesh. there's no incest, the underage characters aren't sexualized, and most if not all the fan service is of senshi and laios or even chilchuck. this is the bare minimum of making a good anime but it's got me really happy

#this isn't even mentioning impeccable world building #or amazing yet simplistic character designs #and the characters interactions #every relationship feels natural and real despite the fantasy setting #the party knowing jack shit about each other cause it's really only been a work relationship til now #the rewatchability is also great #i rewatched the first 3 episodes with my friend and i was just as excited and shocked as i was the first time #this show (and manga which i have yet to buy) is so fucking good and genuinely makes me incredibly happy #dungeon meshi #dunmesh #delicious in dungeon #toad croaks #positivity #rant

[silverware-is-interesting]

just some kinitopet doodles

the kinito crew, with mild effort

and some things i did with the users, under the cut since there is. a lot

all of 'em but the first 4 came into existence because of the incorrect quote generator

these guys are way too fun to draw (to me)

#silverware's art #kinitopet #kinito the axolotl #sam the sea anemone #jade the jellyfish #YOU #kinitopet oc #tw scopophobia #<- just incase #this is just a bunch of shitposts with slight effort tbh- #i wrote that whole rant by hand man. that took so god damn long. #no i'm not using (any of) my oc tag(s) to do all of this #the pencil's name is pal btw. it's not on the ref but their a character #they're the one that got deleted (well. sonny did too.. but that's not as important-) ((only his head was there + the design was eh)) #drew all this in a little less that 24 hours #(22 hours. i believe) #do i have a problem?- #mayhaps. whose to say!

[peachybuggames]

i havent 100%'d it per-se, but i have beaten the final boss of bug fables and am workin thru the post game stuff :)) anyways some characters/character designs that i really really like

idk if i'll finish any of these, i might, but i just wanted to figure out how to draw them tbh jashdasdasd

#bug fables #kabbu bug fables #vi bug fables #leif bug fables #team snakemouth #zasp bug fables #mothiva bug fables #team mothiva #pov me putting 'character/character DESIGNS' that i rlly like bc im still 50/50 on mothiva: im watching you #<- which is very funny btw bc her canonical boyfriend?? 1000/10. but her?? i want some altruism some spicy tragic backstory under there pls #on my knees w pleading hands looking at her w the saddest eyes. please dont just be a bitch for the sake of being one PLEASE please be sad #anyways team mothiva ranting aside omg leif <3<3<3<3<3 #also kabbu and vi ofc but the very sad moths my favorite #smthn smthn his sad wet eyes and pathetic whimsy have enraptured me or however the meme goes idk #my art

[controllerofthemist]

My thoughts on Skirk

With the way Skirk treats and talks about him, its no wonder Tartaglia turned out the way he did. A bright and naive 13 yr old boy with no combat experience falls away from the comfort of his home into a world full of monsters with no sun or safety and the only psuedo-caretaker he has won't even speak to him properly because she says him as too weak to bother with, and after 3 months of fighting his way through hell and losing his humanity, he returns to that home he was longing for, only to find that 3 days have passed since he left and he tells not a single person what happened to him. No wonder he lost his mind down there.

I miss the Skirk that I had made up in my head, the one I patched together from different fic writer and fan artists ideas for her, the one that had that same rambunctious and bloodthirsty personality that Tartaglia inherited, the one that took care of a child the best she knew how while hardening him to survive the abyss' dangers, the one that at least *tried*, because she *wanted too*.

I just feel disappointed, and I think a lot of other people are as well.

I think that, until we see her again, I'm just going to keep pretending that the one in my head is the real one.

#I was always prepared to have to cope with a dissatisfiying visual design #so much so that I was entirely taken aback by the fact that her character was nothing like I had imagined #i think i just desperately wanted tartaglia to have at least one parental figure who did right by him #begging and crying for pulchinella to be a decentish guy to him #even if he did encourage unhealthy behaviors and coping mechanisms while grooming him into a human weapon as a child soldier #I'm really just projecting here #I used to hate tarts the way a wild animal will attack its own reflection in a mirror #Tartaglia #Childe #Skirk #genshin impact #rant #genshin #genshin skirk #genshin tartagalia #genshin childe

[doodle17]

I'm a simple gal, the moment Bendy content pops up in my head, I take it and run

Anyways Bendy Royale AU I'll explain more about later

This is the map from a birds-eye view. And as a side note, just because a character doesn't have a base, doesn't mean they aren't in the au (there are a ton of characters)

Also Ink Bendy logo design doodles

I need help picking one...

#Will I elaborate more? #Idk if I feel like it #Ugh character designs are hard tho #There's a ton of characters idk what I'm gonna make em look like #I also want to add ocs but at the same time I think I should just leave it as canon characters only #But idk what do you think #doodles rants #batim #bendy #batdr #Bendy royale #bendy and the ink machine #bendy and the dark revival #ink bendy #ink demon #joey drew

[meat-pvppet]

May all those youtubers who made series where they just dissed beginner artists' ocs and labeled them as marysues a very i will find you

#Ruined a generations confidence in character design and writing #Me #I am part of that generation #Grrrrr constant worry that my ocs are too overpowered #Or overdesigned #And then i overcompensate and UNDERdesign and UNDERpower them and they become BORING #Ill kill and maim people #Looking so so SO hard at solarsands and spoctertech #Art commentary community: the worst thing to have happened to me as an artist #Sorry for the random rant but i just remembered child me being absolutely scared shitless of ending up on one of those #Instilled so much fear and anxiety in me about people in general concerning art and stories #Mauls someone #.txt

[starrysharks]

every art critic, teacher or tutorial maker who tells you that your character designs must be conventionally attractive or appealing is a big fat liar

[scoliosisgoblin]

Which version of Rick is your fav?

it's so hard for me to choose tbh. HOWEVER, I'd say Evil Rick

then I'd say it's C-137 and Memory Rick

I love how pathetic™ Evil Rick really is tbh. love that he's being controlled by his Morty. can you guess who my favorite Morty is?

#the only reason why Evil is above C-137 and Memory is because #Memory's design is something I don't really like in the style of the show #his fanart makes him look so much cooler but in the show he just looks.. unfinished? #idk it's weird to me. I love him outside of that though #and with C-137. I'M SICK OF HIM LMAO I AM SO SORRY #there are too many fucking episodes dedicated to this man. pushing everyone else aside just to have him yap about his dead wife #I love him so much but there's only so many times we can bring Diane up and not really develop her as a character but rather to boost Rick #and the show is Rick and MORTY yet all I see is Rick 😭😭 don't get me wrong I love this man #I just feel like we know more about Rick than the rest of the family #WHICH IS FINE IF THAT WAS WHAT THEY WERE GOING FOR #and if they wanted to go in that direction so be it! it's fine! #I just feel like he needs less screen time or at least balance episodes among the family #cause even the most recent Morty episode is about Rick. it was so frustrating watching it cause it's literally MORTY'S fear hole experience #yet we're watching Morty's head canons about his grandparents #I also hate the narrative they took with Diane. only ever having Rick talk of her or others bring her up #it just doesn't make her a character but rather an extension off of Rick. that's how I'm feeling rn with the family #they're all just there to prop up Rick or something. super annoying #but that's about it. I'm not gonna continue my rant #unless you want me to? #idk if I even made sense but that's all good #rick and morty #rick and morty fandom #rick #memory rick #evil rick #C-137 #Rick Sanchez

[drawedherbarium]

forgot to post this

#knockout #transformers prime #tfp #tfp knockout #this is my first time drawing transformers and i ended up with 119 layers of coloring #i had fun but i do not look forward to any more alien gay robots on my virtual canvas for at least a few months #(immediately goes to draw him again) #to be fair this time it's gonna be humanization #i already started it and have surprisingly hard time designing him clothes. while character design is like. my profession. #no i designed him allright. the thing is #i know he wouldn't wear that if his life depended on it #and i also can't design smthn he WOULD wear becouse I WOULDN'T and it gives me a hard time fairly judjing if it is okay or a crap #ok this tags getting out of control sorry ig #it's just 4 am now and everyone else is asleep. i need to rant SOMEWHERE ok?????? #yes i become very chatty when sleep deprived. idk what you should do with that info #and when I'm NOT sleep deprived i just. never fucking talk. how tf me workin'. #ok i stop now #good night or good morning or whatever

[y2kbugs-moved]

Thinking about how Miguel has a panic attack and tries to kill himself upon discovering he's now half-spider and a "freak" and seeing people in the tags acting like he's their "animalistic" vampire bf is just...

#not just the racism but *does 'look at this' gesture #sorry i cant stop ranting about how wrong people got miguel #and the fact i mostly discovered him after the movie! i might have seen his design in a game prior to this but didn't know his character #its...easy. its very easy to look up the comic and read it online but people want to ignore it for their fetishes i guess

[firein-thesky]

when i just draw how i would’ve designed wolfwood’s character for trigun stampede

#i actually have a very large rant about character design #and modern character design #coming from someone who has costume designed and produced before #and also studied Signs and Symbols #it really is so important and also can be laced with A LOT #and i just think wolfwood could’ve easily been handled better #cielo rambles!

[spearxwind]

man i really dont fucking like what the current cgi movie animation style everyone is copying off of each other looks like. like its so bad.

I saw the trailer for elemental and the animation/lighting itself looks gorgeous but the designs are just so bad. im sick of marketable designs being bean face with bean mouth and bean teeth. movies blend into each other

another such example was yesterday when I clicked on the teenage kraken trailer as well. i was like oo... sounds interesting. and then the designs (for the krakens) also suck fuck really bad. otherwise it looks like a good movie

what happened to memorable designs? to memorable silhouettes? this is like... the business startup soulless art style but for movies. theres no charm theres no bite. theres only toy marketability for a bunch of merch that will be forgotten 4 months after the movie releases.

#IM SICK OF THEM!!!!!!! IM SO SICK OF THIS ANIMATION STYLE #MAKE IT STOP FR #they dont do anything creatve with it its so fucking annoying IM JUST TIRED MAN #puss in boots felt so fresh!! characters are allowed to have shapes that are not Bean!! they are allowed to have teeth that arent beans!! #i refuse to watch inside out and soul even though people keep recommending them because the designs are so bad #it just kills my drive to watch the movie completely. im sick of beans #thunderclap #needed to rant cause im mad. #please let movies be visually interesting again im literally begging. disney also put more color back into ur films challenge

[onehelluvatime]

Why ddoas Stolas, Stella, and Andrealphus have the same beak shape? Like one is an owl, the other one is a swam, and the therd one is a peacock. Viv messed this up.

Hey, why don't we quiz ourselves here ? Let's do a bunch of possibilities based on what we know of viv:

Answer number one: Viv didn't to go too hard making these characters look accurate because "its her version" or whatever.

Answer number two: Viv does not know how to design varied types of characters, so she often ends up relying on the same visual shorthands, like the beaks or the feathers.

Answer number three: Vivienne does not know what these birds's beaks look like because she didn't have any refs while making them, something she does often.

Answer number four: All of the above

Comment below what YOU think the answer is !!

#Nah but fr shes juat not very good at character design #she just wants the bare minimum #speak into the void #vivziepop critical #helluva boss critical #helluva critical #o deer its talking #now thats a helluva rant #silly tag #design woes

[dradelcra]

The Sumeru character leaks (aside from Collei) have me both dissapointed but not surprised. Mihoyo/Hoyoverse is adhearing to the people who spend the most money on the game, thereby listening to their demands (and unfortunately racism is very prevalant among those spaces). I (along with many others) saw this issue coming from a mile away because all the scholars we had seen coming from Sumeru are white/very light skinned.

And it's believable that those defending the release of mostly pale people from Sumeru aren't conscious of their own colourism. 'Not everyone from the areas Sumeru is based on are black, I know, i'm from there/I am that!' Although that is true, one quick search shows that your demographics include quite ALOT of people with skin darker than what has been shown so far. This sounds like the minority discussion so many white dominated majority are willing to make fun of.

Have you not gone to a market or any other public area in your countries? You would be lying if you said there wasn't at least a few people that didn't consciously stay indoors to prevent their skin from tanning (Not that tanning is the only way for skin to be dark). Heck, there are so many white and asian people from their respected dominated countries with skin colour darker that what is shown. Where is their representation?

"Don't assume everyone will be like that just because of the characters released." It's not an assumption pulled from thin air, it's a noticeable, even obvious, trend.

"It's just a game, why should you care? Go play something else if you don't like it." If everyone did that when a issue got rough then there will eventually be no other option. Would you be alright if the situation like Xinyan in Liyue was reversed in Sumeru? If we're going based on minority then when Natlan comes there should only be one white person to make it fair. (Although that's already doubtful)

"Here come the justice warriors", "It's racist to assume that all of us are black", "I'm from there and I don't care, don't speak for us", "It's just a game why are you making such a big deal out of it?"

It must be nice to be so oblivious to how something so simple sparks the trigger of a cave-in. I literally saw someone edit the dendro archon leak in black face to 'adhere' to the request that 'white american justice warriors' want from the game. If it isn't such a big deal then why not add the variety? Because those same people who are making fun of those who complain will do the same.

#and people gonna be like too long didn't read #the ignorance and lack of empathy really shows #genshin impact #sumeru #lil talks #i just had to rant a bit #it dissapoints from both a character design pov and a world reflection pov