So yesterday, after Vis was giving me a headache, I decided I needed to distract myself and I got the idea to redesign my old van Zieks parent OCs from back in 2022, since I figured their designs didn’t need much updating and I was curious to see how they might look in a more detailed style
They did end up getting a bit of a redesign, mainly Rembrandt, but that was either because I couldn’t figure out how to draw certain things like Rembrandt’s hair, or because I don’t have the outfit references I used way back when and I have no idea where to find them again, so I just had to guess or use other references
Some of their features also changed, like which parent contributes what to each son, but for the most part they’re still recognizable as their former selves, and I think I did a good enough job
I think Rembrandt is the one I like more, though I think that might be because Maria’s head shape and fringes were giving me trouble. Possibly also because Rembrandt had more changes? I don’t know, but like I said, still good regardless
Unlike Kei, Maria and Rembrandt don’t need character overhauls, though I don’t really remember too much of their original characters either. What I do remember is that despite them looking intimidating, they’re actually pretty nice people, especially for members of the aristocracy. I mean, they did raise Klint and Barok, even if they died when Klint was just a teenager and Barok a young child. But they were probably good people if these were their kids. Though at the same time, they’re probably also really strange because of that
Other than that, I remember that Maria is very tall, at least 6 feet, and Rembrandt’s probably like 6’5”, so their status as giants probably feed in to their intimidation factor, and also that Rembrandt is 100% mistaken for a vampire at times. Like he’s lucky he died decades before Dracula came out, or he’d never hear the end of it
Though tragically, despite me liking these guys, I can’t really see a situation where they’d actually appear, given they die so early in the timeline. The best they’d get is a portrait appearance in van Zieks’ manor, and the most that’d come of it is someone calling Rembrandt a vampire or someone moving their painting in a potential Investigation sequence in the manor. But they’d never appear in person
And honestly, I don’t think I have anything else to add? There’s not much to say about Maria and Rembrandt other than I think they’re neat
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