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Edgy character designs which are unironically cool
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Raziel from Soul Reaver, angry angel with no face, and big claws. Story does a great job explaining why he looks like that.
Deathscythe Hell from Gundam Wing
(And yes, I prefer this over the EW version)
Edit: pretty sure images auto scale but I'm going to bed so I quoted it in case anyone complains and I don't see it.
As an artist, I kind of want to create a super edgy character design, yet have the actual character itself be a puppy dog. Then do the reverse of the non-edgy character design, but have that character be the "Ow, The Edge" character, just for shits and giggles.
The tricky thing is that so much of visual design is saying a lot about a character without having to spell it out with words or descriptions, so you use visual shorthand to express character traits like "cunning," or "angry," or "optimistic." Might be a fun exercise for me anyway.
The tricky thing is that so much of visual design is saying a lot about a character without having to spell it out with words or descriptions, so you use visual shorthand to express character traits like "cunning," or "angry," or "optimistic." Might be a fun exercise for me anyway.
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I prefer later versions without the hairpiece, but this is some pure Liefeld try-hard that absolutely nails the essence of Bakugo.
One only has to look to Fox-Men to see how badly that ditching the bright spandex for black leather can go wrong, but these darker, grittier designs kick ass.
I was always fond of Haseo's second form. Not as over-the-top as his 3rd form but just try-hard enough :P
I never really considered any major character design from YYH to be edgy; they all seemed pretty low-key in the design department, hair aside.Hiei from Yu Yu Hakusho
Speaking of, Omen from Valorant.Only good thing about this terrible game
His original design was literally just Blue Reaper:
Then they gave him Monster Energy drink eyes, stuck a "tech" cuirass on him, and legitimately made him so, so much cooler
His model also constantly vibrates in-game, giving him a visual sense of the instability of his body
He has an edgy attitude as well.I was always fond of Haseo's second form. Not as over-the-top as his 3rd form but just try-hard enough :P
I never really considered any major character design from YYH to be edgy; they all seemed pretty low-key in the design department, hair aside.
There are nine people in this image, but I can only see about seven eyes. Japan, why don't edgy people need depth perception?!
Um if you haven't consumed every piece of media in existence like me then you don't deserve to be graced with precious information like sources.
Now back to my ceaseless media consumption and wikidiving as mother dearest brings me more tendies.
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They took "THIS AIN'T YOUR DADDY'S SPIDER-MAN!" and somehow made it work. It's such a nonsense design ("it's my old Day of the Dead costume!"(?!)) but it still ends up timeless and cool.
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Eh, I'm being too semantics focused. I'd say some of the stuff posted in here falls more into trying too hard or overdesigned territory. I know "edgy" is informally used in a manner similar to "pretentious."
I think it's less about pretentiousness, and more about a lack of self-awareness, while trying as hard as possible to be the baddest of asses - and of course, trying to get right to the edge of what is deemed socially acceptable.
Watched it recently!! The film and the idea hold up. Good choice
To get into semantics, something "edgy" is actually pushing the envelope. After years of exposure to a plethora of video game, anime, comics, and other media it's not easy to find characters designs that actually do so. Some designs posted in here may fit that with historical context taken into account.
I think in this context, given the reference to edgelords, it means tryhard. So, "edgy" (emphasis on quotation marks) rather than actually edgy.