REPOSTING BECAUSE I ACCIDENTLY PUT IT ON THE WRONG BLOG BUT I’M STILL MAD ABOUT IT
THERE IS A CONSTANT IN MCD OF WHENEVER A WOMAN IS WEARING ARMOR, IT HAS TO BE PRETTY, WHICH IS GOOD RIGHT? THINGS BEING AESTHETICALLY PLEASING IS GOOD
HEY APHMAU?? HEY APHMAU. I KNOW THAT YOU WANNA MAKE YOUR CHARACTERS LOOK PRETTY, BUT GUESS WHO’S GONNA BE LOSING HER KNEECAPS?
Look at–look at me. look me in the eyes. You can make armor look beautiful without cutting out huge swathes of metal. around the joints no less!! do you wanna be making bets on how long it’ll take you to lose your ligaments?? are you fucking kidding me?
Oh, you wanna make armor look pretty? here!
how about some engraving! some gold plating, perhaps? maybe some exquisite steel detailing?
oh, what’s that? you want something that’s easy to see on a minecraft skin?
How about some color, hmm? some paint or plating on the armor itself, some padding, something underneath chainmail that can show through? literally anything?
Or maybe get a theme? and Insignia? a symbol? garroth and zane both do this, with the black cross for O’knasis. Look that these fantastic motherfuckers, with their bird and lion themed armor. Maybe use some distinct shapes, like these giant pauldrons!!! gorgeous
how about you get a cape?? or a one of those things that the person on the left has, the yellow cloth thing???? idk what it’s called but it’s very cool and it adds color and it’s flowey!!! that is a perfectly acceptable way to spruce up some armor that doesn’t take away from its protectiveness!!!! or get a tabard (that’s the dress thing that goes over the armor, it’s in garroth’s original mcd skin) also, garroth, laurance, and dante already have capes, so there’s already a precedent!!!
Tl;dr aphmau stop putting your characters in shitty bikini armor because it is neither protective nor fashionable. also please put some pants on, i have no issue with you wearing skirts or dresses, but you’re the leader of a rebellion against some of the most powerful political forces in the world, you’re gonna get an arrow in your thigh. god
anyways, this is how I’m gonna be drawing cadenza from now on