redesign plans (bulletin reupload)

JADE

-keep the hairstyle + hat (with some tweaks) 

-keep the glove + jade bracelet

-maybe keep the jacket thing (or something similar) 

-keep similar heels 

-change haircolour to brown or black 

-business suit or jumpsuit (dark blue or black)

--open shirt without tie or anything 

--maybe pattern on the shirt if a lot of it ends up being 1 solid colour 

-silver + jade accents/accessories 

-more snake themes/patterns 

-overall stronger "deal with the devil" and corporate vibe 

Inspo pics: 

BLACK SWAN

-keep the hair + eyes 

-some sort of slip dress, with cathedral stained glass pattern at the bottom 

-keep the choker shit bc it looks cool

-get rid of the fucking belt just lying on her head (what were they thinking??????)

-maybe change shoes,,,idk how I feel about them + I dont think the ones she has will work with the long dress 

-shawl for the fortune teller vibes 

-tweak the gloves 

Inspo pics: 

comments:

JADE

I've ranted about it a lot but I really fucking hate Jade's design. the blue tones are an ok idea, but it just doesn't work with her pale purplish pink hair and a few super light jade highlights. other than the colour palette giving me shivers her outfit is just ??????????

she's wearing some sort of dress??? that seems to be half a dress, half a blazer, and a random skirt???? and half of the top is just her bra. the jacket is the most coherent thing and even that makes me confused as to where the arms start and stop on that thing. the big hat is the only unique thing with this outfit

the "powerful corporate boss who's whole deal is trapping people in shitty contracts"-vibe doesn't translate over to her design at all. she looks a bit like a mafia boss if you squint but it's giving too much "I just woke up and only had 3 pieces of fabric" model to pull the mafia vibe off

and again, it's just so painfully obvious they wanted to have another "hot mommy" tall woman character. it's so forced the horniness feels artificial. also, her weapon is a whip. that's just so weird/horrifying with how she talks about "servants should obey their master" during Aventurine's trial (aka his trial for murdering his slave owner where he was looking at the goddamn death penalty). I'm all for having evil characters but there's too many weird connotations and implications for me when Jade's design is so sexualized 

BLACK SWAN

her design just looks, so bad (to me). it has some cool concepts and parts (like the choker and stained glass/cathedral stuff) but it's just so unbelievably sexualized it loses any and all taste. and bc they didn't really lean into or accomplish anything it ends up being very lackluster??? like is the vibe fortune teller, dominatrix, cathedral or a background person in a dream/memory??????? you have to decide on one or it just falls apart  

I really don't get what they were going for with her design