Wuwa Peak Character Design

doodled this post bc i just had to, this happened for sure off camera right

teenagers in media acting like real teenagers will always hold a special place in my heart

oh ivan my sweet baby you will never be normal about that little freak will you

venti outfit re-design

stress

silence (and the lack thereof)

+ i did not end up going down this route but i kinda went down a rabbit hole researching the importance of silence in linguistics and found this neat passage from the world of silence by max picard and it made me think of them so i thought id share with the class🫡

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she / her ◇ 18 yrs ◇ artist ◇ writer I'm also on Instagram and Bluesky :D

◆ Current events ◆

Severe ALNST brainrot. Severe ZZZ brainrot (section 6 is so good but so sad). Severe HSR and WuWa brainrot. Still need to watch season 2 of Arcane. And BSD. Currently struggling with making enough artwork for class, so not much fanart at the moment. Plenty of brainrot though, did I mention that?

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character/creature design ◇ worldbuilding ◇ artwork obvi ◇ music ◇ singing ◇ guitar ◇ gaming ◇ manga/anime ◇ reading

◆ Rambling ◆

I tend to like a mix of wholesome/fluffy things and angsty/dark things. Both of them at the same time? Even better! =D Mostly do character/creature design stuff, and a lot of worldbuilding (e.g., landscapes, building designs, magic systems). I have my own OCs and world and such, not sure what to name it though. I'm trying to get into music but I don't have the time ;-;

◆ Fandoms (long) ◆

Genshin Impact ◇ Honkai Star Rail ◇ Wuthering Waves ◇ Zenless Zone Zero ◇ Arcane ◇ Omori ◇ Hollow Knight ◇ ATLA + LoK ◇ ALNST ◇ Undertale ◇ deltarune ◇ many many webtoons (schoolbus graveyard, i'm the grim reaper, sweet home, bastard, hand jumper, the guy upstairs, my deepest secret, not even bones, it's mine, days of hana, and many others) ◇ jujitsu kaisen ◇ Attack on Titan ◇ Tokyo Ghoul (the manga) ◇ Phantom Tales of the Night ◇ Given ◇ Fruits Basket ◇ random (indie) horror / visual novel / rpg maker games that i watch ppl play on youtube because im broke

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mutual desires

SPOILERS FOR WUTHERING WAVES ACT 6: my issue with the reveal of [spoiler] isn't the fact that it even exists, but the fact that it doesn't mesh well with the game's art-style AT ALL.

The idea of Rover's Tacit mark being home to some kind of powerful entity that appears friendly but might have some sinister motives or unknown properties (because let's be real, even in its existing form, this guy is quite suspicious and we know nothing about it) is pretty cool.

But if you look at the existing animals in game, both enemies / echos and NPCs like dogs and cats, the game goes for a more realistic style for most of them. Some are cute, but most look more epic or badass and fit into the apocalyptic and gritty style of the game (even as the game itself wanders away from that). Additionally, all Tacit Discords thus far either mimic real creatures like wolves, bears, boars, or herons, or take the form of mutated humanoids that look deformed and warped, or take the form of mystical creatures, like the Morning Aix.

If they'd leaned towards more of those design elements, creating a sleek creature that still has some cute elements, I feel like this creature would have felt less out-of-place. Perhaps more of a bird-like or even dragon-like design, or a fluffy serpentine dragon (keeping the long fluffy ears and markings) would have worked better. Also making it walk on four legs instead of looking like a marketable plushie.

This isn't even touching on the reveal of this critter. It feels too sudden; I feel like it needed some more foreshadowing (which would have been easier without the story rewrites, yes) like the silhouette of its design being shown, or lore hints about Tacit Marks being home to some kind of conscious entity or power that isn't fully understood yet. Also, it would have hit harder if it felt like the Rover consciously was aware of this guy and summoned it—like if Rover had some kind of vision / hallucination / flashback montage or quick images flashing in their head. Instead it just feels like this guy popped out of nowhere. It also hurts the previous reveal of Havoc Rover, making them seem weak in comparison to this little furby looking guy.

ALSO its color scheme. Tacit Discords thus far seem to be most strongly associated with purple and gold, and Rover matches this, starting off with golden Spectro powers and moving to purple Havoc powers. SO WHY IS THIS GUY WHITE, BLUE, AND ORANGE??? Its color scheme also threw me off a lot 😭

So anyways, that's my take on the matter. What do you guys think?