ITT: 10/10 character designs

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My D&D barbarian.

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>>378592471

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>>378592646
Is there even a single SMT design that isn't at least a 8/10? They're all fucking amazing.

>>378592697
Neat. I remember I was part of a Magical Girl D&D thing a few years back and I made a busty turbo-slut berserker-esk character with a giant dildo buster sword.

>>378593073
Not too much of a fan of tactical gear but I love how all of their guns and weapons and shit are just strapped to their chests. It's akin to belts and zippers on a JRPG character.

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>>378593346
>Is there even a single SMT design that isn't at least a 8/10? They're all fucking amazing.
The designs in IV were a mixed bag.

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>You will never pull off this look
It hurts

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>>378594012
I loved it too, until i found out they ripped it off

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I have a huge soft spot for robots with tattered capes. In the scene where you get introduced I immediately loved this guy. I do love all the designs in BoFIV though.

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>>378593346
What character is this? Is it the guy from that wii game, red steel I think? I remember hearing it was actually a pretty good action game I believe.

>>378593726
>is literally just orphan of kos

>>378594058
All art is imitation. They took a great design and gave it their own flare, nothing wrong with that.

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>>378592646

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>>378594116
Red Steel 2. The first game was absolute shit, but the second game is amazing. I absolutely love the mix of feudal Japan and Wild West it has going on. It's basically a hack-n-slash with shooting mechanics thrown in. It actually takes advantage of the Wii's wagglin' mechanics incredibly well. I definitely recommend it.

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>>378592697
Not even close

>>378594428
What art was imitated in the Iliad or the Epic of Gilgamesh?
You "not anything is original" fags need to fuck off, just because you're uncreative thieves doesn't mean the rest of humanity is.

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>>378594752
Yeah those were great but now that everything has been done once should we just stop all art?

>>378594752
You being able to say that so passionately shows a gross misunderstanding of the art world.

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>>378594897
Your excuses will get you nowhere and in that aspect I assure my own victory.

>>378594752
The Iliad and Gilgamesh are literally written forms of oral tradition. That's the definition of 'ripping off'

>>378592471
very nice

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swerve

>>378595225
You keep thinking that, philistine.

>>378592471
its pretty good

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Twilight Princess in general had some damn fine designs for all kinds of things.

>>378596475
It looks like the dude survived a dragon's fire breath and his armor melted into his flesh.

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>>378596954
TP's Darknuts are the most intimidating enemy outside of the giant monster types. I wish you could've picked up that giant sword after you chipped off all of its armor.

Hell, I wish you could've gotten a sword like alongside the Magic Armor. Imagine a gem-encrusted broadsword to go with it. That shit would be pimpin'.

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more smt

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Is it cool if I bump the thread with some personal artwork /v/?

Feedback is always welcome, and I'm always curious as to how my designs are received by the general crowd.

These are for a fighting game. More details/designs if you guys are cool with it. I don't wanna hog the thread.

>>378597765
>no Crusader set for Nanashi
ONE FUCKING JOB

>>378597882
i would be, but the thread is for 10/10s

>>378596193
awwwh shit, vib ribbon nigga

>>378597882
Such a thing really belongs in /ic/ but I will say it completely lacks any kind of originality. It's very clear what your influences are and instead of using them as a direction to go in you more or less copied them completely. It's not unsalvagable but it needs some major work or you'll be hearing rip-off a lot.

>>378598010
That's why I asked first. I'm already being enough of an attention with a tripcode on. Thread was on page 8 when I posted, so I was hoping to revive it, but it seems to have picked up.

>>378594490
Sorry I'm late to the thread OP, but I fucking love red steel 2. Incredible art direction and plays like a first person devil may cry. One of my all time favorites, I need to import the European special edition with the artbook one of these days.

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Those thigh highs man

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>>378594058
They did rip it off but not from Corto Maltese, from Teito Monogatari.

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The best Nightmare design

>>378594471
RIP

>>378598409
I'll never get over that. 10/10 waifu design, 0/10 everything else.

>>378597882
I have to say I agree with what >>378598306 said.

Your toku influence is very clear but it feels lacking in originality. Although nothing about the design itself is offensive the design feels quite shallow overall. The only detail I would say maybe remove is the weird handle bar things on the legs. Your actual art though is incredible, you clearly have great talent. If you have a blog I would be interested in you sharing, this is great stuff. Maybe it sounds weird but I feel like I'm looking through an art book with that sketch, if that makes sense.

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>>378598306
Yeah, I'm a regular on /ic/. But I find that for the general appeal of character design, you're always better off asking regular people rather than artists.

Anyway, I guess I should elaborate a bit before moving forward. These characters are for a fighting game, for a manga/comic about eSports. So some of the fighters in the roster are meant to feel a bit derivative/heavily inspired, as they're meant to pay a bit of homage to iconic vidya/pop culture chars. There are other more original ones as well though. Also, I'm fully fleshing out the game as a real game as it's necessary for the story, so every character has a complete moveset, backstory, personality, etc...

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*snorts*

>>378597882
As other anons said, it really looks like "generic cyborg ninja'' but in a fighting game there is nothing wrong with going generic if you add some originality, your designs can really work, i really like the jacket and scarf, it makes the character feel very fluid, nice work with the art tough.

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>>378598402
Pretty much, yeah. It's easily one of the best Wii games. I'm sure it's been emulated already but I honestly can't see a PC version doing the same justice. It actually does play amazingly with motion controls.

>>378598972
>So some of the fighters in the roster are meant to feel a bit derivative/heavily inspired, as they're meant to pay a bit of homage to iconic vidya/pop culture chars

Ah well with that in mind it serves its purpose well and I wish you good luck.

>>378599131
You can buy a compatible bar for the PC nowadays, anon. I don't know if you can do any fancy graphical enhancements, but pretty much every Wii game has equal or superior playability on the PC nowadays with Dolphin. Most of the weird bugs I know about are GC games.

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>>378599595
That's good. Honestly, graphics don't mean much for a game like Red Steel 2, which has this blocky cell-shaded art style. As long as the game runs fine and the controls are responsive.

I've always considered this game to be the forgotten third M-rated Wii game alongside No More Heroes and Madworld. It has a similar feel to them.

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Haven't finished either KOTOR game, do you ever get this armor?

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>>378598419
It's actually a historical uniform design you dumbasses by your fucking logic all instances of Shinigami in Japan are ripoffs of the Bleach manga

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>>378593346
Since that design is from Persona, here's a shit one from that

>>378600070
In the first game you get a version of it right at the end depending on your alignment, in the second game you can just mod it in.

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>>378597882
I appreciate the idea of a fighting game character designed with a toku influence but I agree with that the others in the thread have said that it seems too shallow and derivative.
You managed to design a character that is simultaneously unoriginal and basic, and yet cluttered and overdesigned. Congrats, you made an Overwatch character.

Those Kamina thingies clash too heavily with the colors on the rest of his face and they seem too over-the-top for your design, since the muted colors and armor imply at least some form of practicality. It goes along nicely with the scarf though and that seems to be what you were going for.

It's not a bad design, it's just unfocused. If you trim down the fat and change the colors a little it could go a long way.
You do have a lot of talent as an artist and you can improve greatly.
If you have a blog or anything, I'd follow you.

I can recommend to you some articles on character design if you want to (particularly for fighting games).

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>>378597882
Pretty cool, man. I've actually gotten into Kamen Rider recently, and I've always been a huge fan of the hero archtype character.

>>378600070
Nope, sadly. Going full light or dark side has the Star Forge spit out some end game armor for you, but both look like shit. You never get to play, in any of the games, in an outfit as cool as Revan's original.

In fact, the robes appear to have been so shitty I can't even find images of them, just the better looking mods people made.

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>>378598872
My trip is my art handle, you can find me on Insta and Tumblr, though I mostly use Insta.

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>>378599502
Thanks. I'll shill it on /v/ more properly when it's ready. I get the feeling many people here would be interested in a manga like that. We're really excited to work on it, though it's still a year off before we're ready to release anything, we're still working on all the pre production stuff.

Anyway, I'll leave it with this, and let everyone get back to their discussion, given that the thread is quite healthy.

>>378597010
well that's kinda what they were going for

>>378600240
>I can recommend to you some articles on character design if you want to (particularly for fighting games

Yes please.

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Too bad about the actual character though

>Red Steel 2
my fucking nigga

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>>378600797
>spear
>ZR
My nigga

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>>378600797
The Warriors games have some of the best designs, especially in terms of armor.

I'll never get over how sick Lu Bu's headplumes are.

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I don't even remember the game that much.

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>>378592646
>Persona from 1 and 2 will forever be stuck in PS1-era sprites

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>>378600545
Very cute elf boy. Would main.

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>>378601145
Also Nobunaga's designs are godly. Or demonic would be more appropriate.

>>378600545
No wait how much would it cost to comission something from you?

>>378596880
So sexy

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>>378601145
I'm not a big fan of post DW5 Lu Bu's design, but yeah musou games have some good looking design.

Shame about Samurai Warriors though, that series went full retard with the gaudy and outlandish design. Old Yukimura is the only good looking one.

>>378601645
Depends on how much work it entails/what it's for. But roughly, about 50 bucks. PM me and we can negotiate.

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Fell in love when I saw it.

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huge improvement over the original

>>378597882

Ditch the orange scarf. Make the flight jacket orange, simplify his bodysuit design. Focus should be on his visor and the jacket.

v fuckin good art tho btw

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>>378592471

dark sousl desings are 10/10.

>>378602104
I disagree. I think the original was better, just for the hair. I love the idea of her hair being styled to look like a witch's hat, and long hair makes sense with her whole outfit-made-of-hair.
I like her look in 2, but the first one just makes more sense.

>>378602306
I disagree.

>>378595513
Glad someone pointed this out. If you want to avoid ripoffs then you should not read, watch or look at any art, ever.

>>378602415

well suck my dick.

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>>378602030

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destiny is chock-full of the best armor/art in video games, it's such a shame how it turned out

>>378602492
you live on the east coast? Because I will

>>378600673
http://www.valvesoftware.com/publications/2008/GDC2008_StylizationWithAPurpose_TF2.pdf

http://www.capcom-unity.com/gregaman/blog/2012/08/28/more_awesome_street_fighter_blogs_than_you_can_read_this_week

Try and look into BigMex's How To Design A Street Fighter Character series. Here's one of the final posts but if you can please try and read the whole thing since it's really informative (unfortunately it's hard to find).
http://www.capcom-unity.com/bigmex/blog/2010/05/10/how_to_design_a_street_fighter_character,_pt._27

>>378602492
I think it's 11/10, and I will.

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>>378602335
honestly that was the only thing i didnt like about her first design. something about it made me really dislike her and kept me from playing the game. At least until both came to Wii U.

and then i kinda liked using the OG costume in Bayo2. idk what it was about the look in the first, something just felt off

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>>378602564

*get off his underwear

well suck it.

>>378595314

I always imagine the Reaper with this voice

https://youtu.be/DzS2UtoA2kY?t=158

>>378599961
Would a 3rd installment for the Switch be a killer app that's the "mature" first person game it needs?

>>378595960
You know I'm right, mugwort.

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>>378592471
nice coat
would've been even better if it was the original

>>378594428
>all art is imiatation
Patently false.

>>378602463
But then it's not "ripping off" at all.

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Tellius Series had great design in general

>>378593586
Fucking cunt.

>>378602715
Yes, sir. If you haven't showered and are sweaty, that makes it hotter for me. I bet you'd smell good

>>378602807
You can't be right if you lack even a elementary level of understanding. To continue is us essentially going "nuh uh, yuh huh".

>>378602939
Beatles, Queens, Rolling Stones, George Bernard Shaw, and many many more remixed something.

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>>378602773
I wouldn't mind seeing it be done. Hell, they could do some kinda dual wield thing where you can swap between swords and guns in each hand so you can go from being a dual-wield swords to pistols to sword and gun on the fly.

Throw in some special attacks and techniques and you could have a true successor to the Red Steel name.

>>378602905
I'm sure that was a huge chunk of inspiration but you gotta admit when the trenchcoat look is done right it's done really right.

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>>378602557
Awesome, thanks a bunch anon. I've bookmarked them all. I'll give them all a read tomorrow morning.

I always like reading this sort of stuff. Especially since character design is one of the things I enjoy doing the most.

>>378602273
Hmm... Crit on this one? It's the first pass on it, so he still looks kinda generic. It's the next I'll be fleshing out though. I'm at a bit of a loss as where to take him to make him more unique. Idea is, inspired by Horseman of the Apocalypse: War, a demon, and meant to fill the big bulky heavy hitter archetype in fighters.

I was looking mostly into Warhammer for influence, as well as Soul Calibur. But he's just missing that "spark" which I feel the some of the others have more strongly.

>>378603067
Just because one's art takes inspiration from every thing one has experienced, doesn't mean it's "ripping off" anything. That's how new perspectives are formed. Every single person views something in a different way; when something makes one feel a certain way, one is inspired to create art. Viewing ideas as being "copied" makes no sense.

>>378602939
Sorry to say anon, but everyone else is right, watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJPERZDfyWc

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>>378592471

>>378603178
I have no idea what your point is and how it relates to what I specifically said.

>>378602030
this outfit is what convinces me to go for the NCR ending everytime

>>378603435
>40 fucking minutes
Summarize it for me I'm not wasting that much time on a potentially faulty argument

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Legendary

>>378603653
>my dad
every time

>>378603435
Viewing all those examples as "remixes" is looking at thigs the wrong way. If something is not intentionally nor subconsciously created as a similarity to something that has already been done before, then it's still original.

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>>378603653
>that thread where mods put that video on loop in the background

/v/ is a goddamn garbage heap of a board but you'll occasionally find a shining diamond in the shit.

On a side note, I think we can all agree that Sonic Boom Eggman is the best Eggman design.

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Faraam Set is so fucking beautiful

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It's a good watch regardless, I recommend it. But in short, the title says it all. Everything is derivative of other work. Ideas are not property, and we don't live in a vacuum, it's impossible not to be influence by other art.

Also, pic related is how you into creativity.

>>378603854
>I think we can all agree that Sonic Boom Eggman is the best Eggman design.
I agree. It fits his character a little better actually, makes him look more like a pompous dictator and madman. And it's still an egg, just upside down.
If only Long John Baldry was still alive to voice it.

>>378603301
Since the 2nd game was based around mythical swords, I hope they do one about a superweapon gun or something in a possible 3rd installment

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>>378603471
I'll admit, I do love the cosmetics you can get.

>got that dustcatcher for Demo
>working on making a Sultain's Ceremonial

I'm gonna be one swaggin' Demoknight.

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>>378603435
>>378603421
>no rebuttals yet
Have I convinced you?

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>>378602185
My nigga.

>>378603327
If you want a Horseman, then look at actual Horsemen for their armor, rather than a viking theme. in Revelations, War (the red horseman) is described as using "a great sword". Maybe a large, two-handed Sabre? The chains make a good allusion to Ares, keep those (they also work of reigns for the horse). The horns on the helmet just make his head look smaller, a plume and more pointed helm might work better instead.