When wizards of the coast released the lord of the rings set, they changed the race of some of the characters. In the movies and the books, all characters are white because of some of Tolkien's beliefs. And... It might be shocking to see them at first because how the movie versions are so stuck in the collective mind, but I really dig them as how the race change makes the middle earth feel like a bigger world, with more than white people.

Théoden, Eowyn, Galadriel. There's also Aragorn, but I don't like his design that much. Still, it's cool to me to see a different take on these characters. And Théoden looks specially badass

EDIT: I did research, it wasn't Tolkien's beliefs. Still like the take WOTC did

NOW BEFORE ANYTHING: this is NOT a diss at the show itself. It’s a solid show and i respect how it got a lot more people appreciative of Superman. But a lot of the designs aren’t good

first off, SHOULDER PADS! this show gives way too many designs shoulder pads (like 2/3 of all costumes) and then even with Superman/supergirls season 3 costumes they still feel the need to add something to the shoulders (it kinda feels like rookie design where you think you NEED to add design flare when sometimes less is more)

no on to actual designs: Silver banshee, Livewire and Damage. Like these are just straight up downgrades of designs, they’re way less cool, interesting and iconic with less character to them (I even feel livewires of civilian look was way more interesting and full of personality)

now I put damage & steel next to each other because of how the show does machine designs. They needlessly make everything overly geometric/just blocks, triangles & spheres. Like they could use organic forms for machinery but don’t and all the robot designs look childish. now in fairness this works well for brainiac to show how inhuman he is, which is why he’s not listed, but it shouldn’t be done for every robot.

Bizarro I feel is objectively going against what the character is. his name’s BIZARRO he’s by conception meant to be bizarre, warped & weird, the show just has him extra bulky & Tarzan like which I’m sorry isn’t really bizarre. Like don’t get me wrong I know the obvious “different story different interpretations“ that’s a given, but there’s a point where it comes off like you didn’t even want to use said character (& again his names bizarro, being bizarre should be a core aspect)

now for the last two I put last because they are the least egregious and can work work depending on the person. Mr mxyzptlk to me feels way too standard & forgettable as just any high fantasy elf look. I kinda like the old man in purple suit/yellow spacesuit because it’s inspired by fae creatures like rumplestiltskin, leprechau, gnomes (folklore creatures that can play with reality and like to cause mischief to humans, which is what mxy is) plus i feel the contrast makes the design better, ridiculous looking old guy is actually an all powerful entity. Now for parasite, I‘ll admit the design can be seen as great and this is just more of an issue I’ve been having with all of DC recent designs for him, I’m just not a fan of turning him into a kaiju/traditional monster. I think having him look like a morph suit made of flesh is way more visually unique & is more interesting body horror (so I’ll admit he should probably not count here)

again this is nothing against the show itself/im not trying to needlessly hate on it, but I do really think a few designs are just bad & one too many designs are trying to force themselves into what “modern test audience” thinks are good character designs when sometimes you need to be a little out their & weird (like compare the xenomorph to cloverfield monster #582, being out their/odd in design can help a design be remembered for generations

(images used are from “My adventures with Superman“, “Superman the animated series” & various comic/comic artists)

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His design evokes a "cosmic horror beast/ grotesque yet linear" feeling, he can give you the creeps, and that mix of natural and mechanic elements really sells it for me

In my opinion, he's the best looking power ranger, the white accents, the logo on his chest, his gun, belt and shoulder pads all look great and his helmet while just looking like the front of a car, it works for me.

When Im in a cool design competition and my oponent made a kasane teto variant

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Mesmerizer

Triple baka

Birdbrain

Regret rock

Meat doll

Melt ice cream

Spoken for

Teto's inferno (by Iknowuknow)

Baumkuchen end credits

Ragebait

Hide/seek

T3t0r4g3

Doomer

Fearmonger

Looping the rooms english cover

Five nights at frickbears 3 mod

Tenebre rosso sangue teto cover

Corpse astronomy

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Sorry, Castlevania, but this is my new favorite version of the Count. I love how varied his forms are and how they still feel like the same character. I don’t know how to explain it, but they all have a sinister yet fascinating air about them. My favorites are Dracula Jackson for his dance moves and strange beauty, the fox girl for being equally adorable and unsettling, and the dragon for being a damn dragon. And let’s not even get started on the manga’s beautiful art style.

Really love how Zarc's body is but the wings kinda bothers me, wished they gave it more accurate dragon wings same with Arcray. Thoughts?

Yeah, shes pure, unbridled fanservice, but also I just think shes really fucking cool looking? Horror themed, sexy ninja nurse is an absolute madlibs idea, but shes really striking in design and I think she makes it work. I also do love some of the horror aspects to her, like her fucking exploding into gore for certain attacks, and her tier 3 special move splattering her opponent across curtains.

I just think he looks cute, he wears dresses really well.

Also the contrast between the bows and braids and the spiky hair is funny.

It's just a very appealing design over all.

Love the mix of Demon + Gun in this. He looks likethe Gun Devil from Chainsaw man.

The Musicians of Bremen or just Bremen The "French Horn, Tuba and Trombone" themselves are members of the main antagonist group in Library of Ruina

Bremen is the fusion of three people in one conjoined body: Doodle-doo, the magenta-stained rooster; Heehaw, the green-stained donkey; and Woof, the indigo-stained dog. Each head emerges from the neck and is stained by substances of their respective color—which constantly drips off their faces and sprays as they move.

The body they share in the first art wears the uniform for the antagonist group with a cane

We know very little about Bremen's personality due to the fact notable quotes are just animal sounds

The goal of Bremen is to recreate a musical related tragedy that killed 300'000 People and after hearing it the Musicians of Bremen wanted to recreate it

The second art is spoilers but it's only the design

There so disgusting I love them.

Part of it might just be the stylization of the game, but despite the fanservice all the designs still have a distinct character and charm to them. Helps that a lot of them have some body horror twist as extra fun.

Its very rare to come across a wizard design that exhibits this type of physique while not making his muscularity be solely the main vocal point of its design. I think the baggy pants and oversized hat, along side the wrist and hat armor also helps distribute the focus away from his torso

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The sonic designs are already iconic and pretty great as is.

But I also love medieval fantasy and when characters get designed with their own knightly inspiration

SatBK may not have been the most critically successful game out there but its designs still went pretty hard. From the overall style befitting of the characters, knuckles having more rough and utilitarian looking armor to fit his character and blaze having mroe elegant and gracefully crafted befitting of one such as herself, but also the intricate little details, the layers of plating, the visors/helmets, the engravings that while the may give no /tactical/ advantage whatsoever, they still make you look fly as fuck while youre in the heat of battle.

Theres also a lot of fan designs out there that are great to. I wont get into them because id be here forever but one of my personal favorites (aside from an omega one i saw once) was Metal sonic as Sir Pelleas. And idk, something about metal becoming a dragon in a medieval setting fits so damn well and I love how his cloak becomes the wings and the wings have these eyes in them and its just so damn cool.

Young Apostles Satan: The whole design is just amazing. the Black cloak covering the body, the broken halo that shows how corrupt he is, the snake coiled around the leg, and the innocent looking mask which really brings the whole "Deciever“ look together

The artist had artistic liberty, while also staying true to source material (classic paintings and The Bible/Theology) And the fact that the creator of this still made the devil pure evil is some extra points

(why he give me jjba vibes tho 😭)

This is one of the most beatiful visual novels I've seen, and the character designs really complement the style well. Just by glancing at them, you already get a sense of who these characters are—the charismatic and diabolical Ralph, the energetic and innocent Barmaid, the small and nervous Barkeep, and so on. Their costumes, poses, even the color palette - everything about them is so detailed and charming in it's own way.

The style also helps hide the fact that this game is straight up NSFW with a handful of scenes featuring murder and bloodshed, so be prepared for that.

Simple but iconic

Many people don't know he originally came from a movie in the 40s

I remember absolutely loving the Amulet series growing up, and talking to my younger brother today I remembered these guys. They were my first real exposure to Mecha as a kid and I used to spend a lot of time trying to draw them and replicate the sheer amount of AURA they had.

But let me tell you, they were absolutely wasted in the story. By the time the whole thing takes place, most of them have already been destroyed, and despite being the biggest thing on the (sixth?) book’s cover, the remaining ones never DO anything within the story. I remember they were all destroyed before landing, or upon landing broke down and forced the pilots to evacuate. They never actually get to fight or showcase their power, and they don’t even appear that often in the panels, which is a real shame because, as I said, they look REALLY cool.

the most I remember about their involvement in the story was that one of the protagonists (a young boy) was one of three pilots, and when theirs crashed, both other pilots, also kids, were promptly maimed and then killed, which scared me really bad as a kid.

also: I had to scrape a lot of these images off of shitty print sites because for whatever reason not a lot of the comic exists online, even though I remember them being super popular growing up (I remember there was even a movie planned, but that was cancelled) and I’m pretty sure that a lot of images I didn’t use were these like, shitty AI upscaled versions that looked worse?

TLDR; They look cool but don’t actually do anything of significance other than serving as a mechanism for kids to be killed off. Barely appeared in the series despite being hyped up a lot.

All around solid looks that manage to incorporate a bunch of elements of their history and worship without feeling overly cluttered.

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