ITT: Wasted character designs

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Hunter X Hunter is a repeat offender of this

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>>143574847
These are atrocious.

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>>143574935
You really think the middle one is atrocious? Put it on a Nen contract.

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>>143575208

Pretty much every character from this anime...

>>143574757
Togashi draws a lot of cute announcer girls

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1/2 QTs from Bleach

>>143575519
>tumblr
>Nurutu
Into the trash it goes.

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>>143575589
2/2

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One of the best girls last year, if not the best, wasted on a meme anime.

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I wouldn't necessarily say it was underused or anything, but her designed changed to look like Yolandi Visser and I would've loved her to have this one forever.

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>>143575626
Going off of this note, SOO many potential doujins could have came from these 2

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She should really have been in a better anime.

Or at least a more popular one that got more doujins.

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>>143575598

Not so fast.

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Can't complain, she's got her fair share of doujins

>>143575700
>meme anime
I know that the word meme has absolutely no meaning anymore, but I still want to know what the fuck you mean.

>>143576471
You wouldn't be so defensive if you didn't know exactly what he means. Be honest with yourself at least.

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>stuck in fujoshi shithole

>>143576961
I thought that was Maria at first.

>>143576961
HNNNNNGGGG giggles

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i'd watch a full series about this lovely lady

>>143577059
Same, was confused as hell.

All of the most fuckable HxH girls were throwaway characters.

>>143575700
Gauche's pet dog?

>>143579106
No, fuck you.

>>143574935
I don't really see anything wrong with them. What's your problem? Too pretty and pink?

>>143580736
disgusting fat cunt

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>>143574935
Not him but a good character design is a character you can tell apart from others at first glance by silhouette alone. It's not determined by whether or not you want to fuck them. These three are just basic women with pink hair among which only one has a somewhat distinctive hairstyle.

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Hot bodies, fun girls
awful show, awful clothes

>>143580963
This thread is about 'wasted' designs, not 'good' designs. It's basically a thread for cute girls who didn't get enough screen time or were in a shitty show or something, there's nothing wrong with that.

I agree with you (and would also add that the design should say something about the character), but it's something you should direct at the other character design thread that's up right now.

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What a shame.

>>143581045
Considering they're not good, I wouldn't say it's a waste, but okay, I get what you mean.

>>143581110
They're not really bad for what they are, since they're just unimportant side characters who don't need to stand out. But they're serviceable designs in the sense that they match the overall weird aesthetic of the HxH universe.

HxH's background girls sure are cute, but don't consider them a waste because that's all they are. Cute. Most of the plot relevant ones have more memorable designs.

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>>143580963

What an arbitrary measure.

> It's not determined by whether or not you want to fuck them.

Okay, mister puritan. You realize that "sexy" isn't some kind of default, right? A five year old could draw two big circles on a vaguely feminine shame, but that doesn't mean that he's just designed a girl that people are going to find hot. There's no end to artists who try to draw sexy girls but fail to make any who stand out from the crowd. It turns that much like making a character who looks really cool without falling into the countless possible pitfalls in such a process (including simply lacking the artistic base), making girls who are cute and/or sexy requires being a skilled artist and character designer, too.

>>143581662
One good thing about Togashi's female character design is that he doesn't actually make them attractive all the time. Some are flat out ugly (Senritsu, Bisky in Jojo form), some are attractive but with notable imperfections (Paku, Komugi, ant Palm), some are unique/strange (yandere Palm, Kiko, debatably Pitou), etc. Sure, they aren't all waifu material, but their designs often reflect their characters in a meaningful way and it doesn't veer into sameface/samebody territory.

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>>143581900
>their designs often reflect their characters in a meaningful way and it doesn't veer into sameface/samebody territory.
My nigga

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Random cuties in HxH.

>>143582118
that thing next to Lum ain't cute

>>143582180
rude

>>143582118
The glasses girl looks similar to Komugi, maybe he liked that design?

Also there's a completely random audience member in the Dark Tournament of YYH that Alluka looks similar to

>>143581755

Elaborating some more, what exactly is "a good character design"? I think that we've established that "can recognize the silhouette" is a retarded definition.

When people say "good character design", that means that they find it (yes, as usual when discussing fiction, "good" is an extremely general and subjective statement; assuming that the work passes the threshold of amateur bullshit that just feels off to all onlookers, people are not going to agree here) charming and/or interesting. Some things that tend to add to this:

-Style (in regards to sex appeal, this would mean good grasp on anatomy, and understanding of how different elements come together to create strong sexual appeal, including demeanor, physical traits, and clothing; you can't just put big tits on them and call it a day)
-Motifs (things that tie into the character's history and add personality)
-Viewer's eyes are drawn to a small number of particular aspects of the character that give them an identity; neither so busy that it all blends together nor so simple that there's not enough to look at

From an artist's viewpoint, depending on the work, another aspect of good character design is being easily reproducible.

In other words, yes, I'd say that wanting to fuck a character makes her design good, from your standpoint. Wanting to say otherwise is just a kneejerk reaction that's been ingrained into you to see sex appeal as childish and lesser. You're not putting much thought into what's coming out of your mouth.

>>143582611
A fuckable character can just be naked. At absolute most it requires decent anatomy, it doesn't need any actual elements of design. It says the character designer can draw, but it doesn't mean they have done anything remotely interesting, creative or meaningful with it. I guess attractiveness stops a design from being flat out bad but that's far from making it good.

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>>143582611
>what exactly is "a good character design"?

>>143582745

>interesting, creative or meaningful

This is sounding like the mentality that created modern art.

The most important thing in art is communicating with the viewer (not to be confused with simply expressing yourself). It doesn't need to be profound or emphasize originality above all else. It can be amusing or charming.

It is possible to have a "generically cute" background character that was thrown together in two seconds with no love from the artist (long straight brown hair, brown eyes, school uniform, done), but even that showcases solid art style, which crosses circles with character design.


>A fuckable character can just be naked.

Are you seriously trying to say that a character design is just the clothes? Combination of elements, anon. They still have their body features and body language, which are important character design elements.

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The manga that's getting canned soon.

>>143583132
We're talking about GOOD character design here. Not passable design, not appealing design, design that is notable and worth talking about because of how it contributes to the work in, yes, a meaningful way. Fucking 99% of anime characters are sexually attractive, it's an absolutely worthless metric because the standards are so low and all it takes is a decent artist copying the generic industry standard look.

And of course design isn't just the clothes, but it shows how little needs to go into a design for them to be fuckable.

>>143574941
>King Jobber

>>143581110
What is a "good design" then?

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>>143585019
The slav ones.

>>143582252
>Also there's a completely random audience member in the Dark Tournament of YYH that Alluka looks similar to
Do you have a picture?

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>>143586651
No but if you ever reread it there's an audience member that looks very similar to this.

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>>143574757
>Unclean waifufags that deserve only the purge

Swap every single female character's gender, would you give a shit?

>>143587515
Nigga, what? This is about DESIGNS that we think were wasted on background characters or characters that were in unpopular anime.

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>>143581662
Explain Machi. How is Leroute's design less memorable than Machi's?

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>>143587968
>implying lelute wasn't an exception
When is she coming back?

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Seira was so cute, yet so shit.

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>>143587968
Call me when Leroute is this /fa/

>>143575675
How?

>>143580517
Only reason why I continued watching.