#hawkmoth redesign

[maddascanbe-blog]

Finally back to those updates on the redesigns!

I'm just gonna copy the plot stuff from the original redesign post under the cut but please enjoy Gabi suffering getting his eyes ripped out and head split open every time he transforms :)

This shows the first major change to how the shows magic system. If a miraculous is used for evil it will corrupt the transformation, turning the holder monstrous in exchange for the magic. So yes the wings are sprouting out of his head like a zombie in the last of us. Underneath his skin is twisted and scarred,

Character wise, Gabriel's motivation will stay the same up to a point. I liked when season 4 seemed to decide on making Gabriel pure evil, falling from having a sympathetic motive to caring more for revenge than his once noble intentions.

Gabriel starts out wanting to save Emelie, then Ladybug tells him during Heroes day what the wish will cost. Now apprehensive at the concept of destroying all of reality or sacrificing a life he and Mayura slow their attack to look for a way around it. But when nothing comes up she prompts him to give up his quest entirely. Only he refuses, instead doubling down and insisting that he already has a solution to the problem.

After all, bringing Emelie back only requires a sacrifice. They never said it had to be willing, and there's a red dressed heroine who he would love to see suffer.

[blackflowerz11]

Design Trivia: Gabriel

Facial wrinkles

Mostly white outfit

Not-so subtle butterfly motifs

Small butterfly wing earring

Monarch

Great purple emperor

A dapper gentleman

Fully transformed face

Can "taste" emotions with his tongue

Akumas are created from the mouth

Shepherd staff; a shepherd is meant to guide, protect, and influence his flock

Has eyes everywhere

[sillygoofylittleartist]

All three of my hawk moth redesigns side by side.

[zoe-oneesama]

Here’s all the (canon character) Miraculous requests by my patrons for 2022!

- Luka Couffaine (I get him at LEAST once a year, this is my third request of him) - SL Marinette!Cat: Maotif - Marinette in Marigold Merch - Adrien in Ladybug Merch - Bustier reading Les Miserables to Pollen - Nathalie reading Where the Red Fern Grows to Duusu (the request was just a book to make Duusu cry lol and I pulled this one from my chlidhood) - Hero OC version of Hawkmoth - Original Sabrina Akuma - My babeh Akumanette Little Devil

Bonus for the Holidays:

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[benisbeaaaaans]

I redesigned Hawkmoth cuz I was bored

[hb-not-the-pencil]

might as well post my hawkmoth drawing here.

its based on the original consept art but slightly tweaked to be more hd, the original had some issues with being more blue looking than purple (and i like purple so..) and since it was originaly on a slide show i had to change the perpective a bit to draw this.

(see image below)

fun fact the two spiky coat things were different lengths when i straigtned the picture out, and it also wasnt drawn mirrored (where both sides of the drawing are equal) so i had to do some guess work to make it look like the original.

(yes i originaly posted it on reddit on my account there, also does this count as a hawkmoth redesign? idk)

[miracleandplagueau]

MIRACLE AND PLAGUE -- ALL LINEUPS + DESIGN NOTES

Good luck to anyone reading this, I spent good 1.5 hour on writing this out instead of studing LMAO

JIAYI DUPAIN-CHENG -- WONDERBUG

- She designed the jacket herself. There's a clover logo on the back with a hidden signature.

- One of the bracelets (the ribbon one) is a matching gift from Alya. She has a similar one.

- The red fade is a side-effect of the Wonder

- In her hero form, her irises or pupils aren't visible

- The symbol on her belt is the chinese symbol of luck

- She has two yoyos in the pockets on her sides - one is a spare one

- Her capette is supposed to resemble Tikki's "wings"

- She has small metal guards on the top of her hands/gloves

- The anthennas are tied into her hair

ADRIEN AGRESTE -- CHAT NOIR

- His hair fade is dark brown. I chose a softer shade because black-black did not look nice

- Adrien is wearing clothes from his father's brand. It's most evident because of the butterfly logo on the front of the sweater

- Cat ears and tail real

- The tail has a little ball on the very end. It's in order to imitate Plagg's tail and It gives some personality to the design.

- He has three sticks attached to his belt

- The whiskers are barely visible but they're there!

GABRIEL AGRESTE -- MONARCH

- He's wearing darker clothes to reflect on his gloomy personality and in order not to stand out as he's trying to avoid attention outside of his home

- The coat was designed himself - similarly to Jiayi's jacket that she designer on her own

- His hair color is light purple and most of the time comes off as silver which is definitely to his advantage

- The hero form has little antennas that usually bend along his hair

- Transformation is definitely more combat-based despite the power being suiter for long-distance

- The back material resemble butterfly wings and allow him to fall slower If needed

- The additional set of eyes serve a purpose of supporting his eyesight as glasses don't appear in his hero form

ALYA CESAIRE -- RENA ROGUE

- The ribbon on her wrist is matching with Jiayi

- She wears a beret sometimes

- The shirt is a reference to a video game character she's a fan of

- The sleeves of the jacket are made out of leather

- The mask resembles a fox with spiky parts under her eyes. It also has a white part running down from her forehead

- The brown shoulder parts are actually short fur. So are the side cuts on the pants, they're also fluffy

- While the tail takes a form very similar to the Wonder itself, it still functions as a regular tail

- Her ears are very pointy and long

- Mismatched socks

CHLOE BOUGREOIS -- QUEEN BEE

- She technically shouldn't be walking around with open shoulders, but she uses her father's influence to avoid following the dress code.

- The scrunchie she's wearing to make her bun has little strings that are meant to look a little like antennas

- All three of her designs have yellow-dark stripes, in hero form's case It's yellow-red.

- In her second design, she's wearing Wonderbug merch

- She has little fluffy cuffs on her wrists that are similar to Pollen's fluff

- Her boots are meant to look very similar to Pollen's legs, even with the weird "extension" at the back

- The "wings" have little hanging jewlers at the endings, making them look more decorative than functional yet It continues to serve a similar purpose to Monarch's wings

- The anthennas are a bit thicker at the end in comparison to Monarch's

NINO

- I don't have much about Nino yet, I still need to design his hero form

- I gave him a little braid on the side with colorful marbles at the very end

- He always gave me the skaterboy vibe so I went along with it and gave him knee guards (mismatched like Alya's socks :p)

- Ripped sleeve from an old fall

- Big headphones replaced with earbuds and a red hat to add more red

SABRINA RAINCOMPLIX

- Her first design is very similar to her original

- She's wearing a semi-formal attire with elements from the school's uniform

- Her second design is very opposite to Chloe's usual style/style that she chose to hold on to while in Chloe's presence

- It's a mix of everything, but motifs like mushrooms, suns, space. There's also a ton of accessories (like bracelets and moon-themed jewlery on the glasses) and things that let her personalize everything a bit more like patches on the pants.

- She's wearing a headband with a blue flower

JULEKA COUFFAINE

- I gave her a slight tweak to the outfit, but nothing very big so I'll pass on design notes

- She's wearing a matching necklace with Rose

LILA ROSSI

- Lila's hair is braided into a long braid with front hair being stylized after fox's tails

- She's seen wearing parts of her school's uniform - most notably the red jacket

- Her eyes are green with yellow tints at the lower part

- Volpina's form might not look that far off, but there's a few very important parts to mention

- As Monarch's power isn't strong enough to actually make a form fully resembling a fox holder, Volpina looks more like a Jackal. Jackals from afar are generally similar to a fox with the exception of longer ears and muted colors. Her flatter tail, ears are supposed to look like that

- The shorts are simliar to the ones from the canon design

LUKA COUFFAINE

- Luka's style was revamped completely, giving him a more individual, indie-rock kind of style.

- The ripped jeans are matching with his sister :D

- He's got snake bites now

- I left the blue jacket from the canon, just making it bigger and worn only for colder weather

- Luka has freckles on his shoulders

NATHANIEL KURTZBERG

- A bunch of changes made but I don't have too much notes about it

- He usually has his hair down whereas it looks very similar to canon, but occassionally the hair is tied up

MARC ANCIEL

- Half-star on the shoes

- Two chains pinned to the shorts: one is a regular chain, second is the thin, longer one

- Colors present on the T-shirt: purple, magenta, pink, yellow-y, muddy green + the star

ALIX KUBDEL -- BUNNIX

- Her hair is a little shorter than in canon

- The hoodie is cropped while the shirt underneath is just plain

- Fingerless gloves that also act as hand guards for rollerblading are often seen

- She has a scar under her right knee

- Unlike the usual fade, Bunnix has a light/blue strike in her hair

- That round, fluffy, cloud-like motif is present along the entire hero form

- The mask has three freckles on each side

NATALIE SANCOEUR

- A Gabriel-brand broch

TIKKI

Dark shade fading from her lower limbs

Four arms

Little wings on the back - she can fly without them anyway

Long "eyelashes"

PLAGG

Much more fluffier

The tail has this off spiky part at the very end

Long long whiskers

NOOROO

Fluff at the chest and the ends of lower limbs

Similar fade as tikki, but a lighter shade instead

Also long "eyelashes"

TRIXX

Fluffy

POLLEN

4 Anthennas

Thin limb endings unlike other insect-like Kwamis

The wings are very thin

Points of bending (limbs) are bend backwards (see lower limbs)

DUUSU

Bird-like legs

Pattern on the tail are actually additional eyes

The chest is made out of colorful, small feathers

WAYZZ

Hard to touch

Shell on the back is brown with green moss-like spots

TUZIN (RABBIT WONDER)

Cloud-like theme present

Extremely soft to touch

Ears are deformed, they are naturally stylized and are supposed to look unrealistic

[teawinx]

The man himself, Gabriel

I was not looking forward to redesigning him, he’s just so ugly. And by that I mean his design and 3D model are unappealing. A character can be “ugly” and appealing, but Gabe just looks unfinished.

Something you learn about character design is the importance of visual clarity. And both Gabe and Hawkdaddy miss the mark by a lot.

Gabe’s grey/cream sweater and hair work, but they’re then juxtaposed by his red trousers and toothpaste swirl ascot. All together he doesn’t look like the bad guy, and more importantly doesn’t look like a fashion designer. Where’s the flair? Where’s the fun? So I removed all the red from his design and replaced it with a monochrome look. It’s the sterile Agreste brand I have going on. Adrien and Nathalie are also in mostly white, visually tying them to Gabe.

Next Hawkmoth. Insert egg head/bald joke here To me it’s not the bald head that’s the issue, it’s everything else. There is nothing about him that informs the audience that he’s a butterfly. He’s just “man in purple suit and ugly head mask”, he’s not even vaguely threatening. And same goes for Shadowmoth. He gets two visually striking animals and chooses boring.

Styling a butterfly for a man is hard, especially for a man who wants to maintain his masculinity when transformed, but if they HAD to give him a boring suit, at least make the collar or the sides of the coat visually interesting?

So I looked at some high end fashion. Shapes and textures are important, and since he barely ever moves from his man cave, he can get away with having an impractical design. Maybe he can remove the coat and reveal a pair of wings underneath when needed? I just want him to have an epic air battle with Ladybug.

Some old concept art for him depicts him in all black with a visor shaped like the akuma mask. I love that. It looks really cool and makes him look hella threatening. I have the idea that throughout Season 1 you see a shot of Paris with Hawkmoth talking over it. Then in the season finale the camera pans back to reveal we were looking at his visor the whole time. This could show that he could be anyone and anywhere.

Only two more baddies left to go, I wonder who’s next?