feedback on making a character design look more evil, if that's okay
Kirt looks chaotic and wild, that works well!
The sharp shapes on Noa are effective for looking dangerous, but this character still looks much more elegant and noble than evil. (Not that these things are mutually exclusive.) Maybe it's the body language. Perhaps a hunched-over posture could look more villainous and monstrous?
re: feedback on making a character design look more evil, if that's okay
@frameacloud @anthracite Nah, honestly, the advice is genuinely much appreciated, but in this case we're kinda going for "elegant AND noble AND possibly evil." Parallax is less about threats of physical violence and death and more about transformation.
If it clarifies things any, Dark Noa's supposed to look more "evil like Jareth" then "evil like Sauron." An Erlkönig, basically. Dangerously pretty.
The threat is not that they'll run you through with poison spikes, but that they'll charm you into following them into the fairy veil and make you cavort with them for all eternity, forgetting your own name and everything you loved in your process...
(*shudder*)
Thank you for giving me the inspiration to clarify the design a bit, though! All criticism is good criticism, even if it's about what the characters _aren't_. <3
re: feedback on making a character design look more evil, if that's okay
@frameacloud @anthracite Ooh. ACTUALLY. Peg, maybe some siren/lamia/mermaid influence in there? Or hit me up for some sample art of the kelpies from My LIttle Pony. Or see if Froud has ever done a nice classic-pooka design... A pretty, pretty nightmare. I still think some of the more rococo/hyperrealist Queen Chrysalis fanart out there might be inspiring...
re: feedback on making a character design look more evil, if that's okay
@frameacloud @anthracite Oh, and some aberrant/pathological botany. Anthy, hit me up for some samples of tree burls and plant galls...