The Duches concept hits so much harder! She really seems like she belongs in an action setting now, before she just looks like a crazy homeless woman that just wandered into the conflict zone and everyone else just rolled along with her
This seems like a really fun thing for art students. Their teacher gives them one concord character, and they have to make it look better, but retain the overall idea of the character. Damn I might just do this for fun.
@@KSA9495 Haha I don't have students. I meant just trying out the challenge for myself lol. @ricardokojin7 And don't worry man, some of us still have taste XD
Well, we have the new Rainbow Six operator where the operator does not stand (because she's on a wheelchair) but has two stands (robots) that do stuff for her.
@@Madcat1331 It stopped being any good after year 2 tbh, I can't believe they got rid of however small of a PvE the game had going on or worse that Siege is what we got instead of Patriots
"Have you ever wanted to see your co-workers from human resources get Wizard of Oz'd into Apex Legends?" You win bro. This is the best description of Concord design philosophy on Yt. 💀😂
not only do these look amazing, but you based their design around an actual personality. just a glance and you get a feel of how the character plays and what its about, really good job
Well there's nothing objectively wrong with the game itself. The gameplay was polished and well optimized, the experience itself was perfectly fun. It just has no style and everyone was tired of this format, because the gameplay may be good, but it didn't innovate on what came before. So nobody was really willing to buy the Overwatch knockoff
As a Chinese guy, the Daoist Witch with a ghost legion of Chinese skeleton soldiers is so sick, im dissapointed my people never thought of something like this for a video game. Props to you. You've kung fu pandaed us.
You're right, but if I had to guess, that's because there aren't many "modern times" games about China for the sake of not getting into politics and remembering the extremely hard times the chinese people have gone through in recent history. Basically the wounds have not yet healed for the vast majority of the country, so avoiding these topics is perfectly understandable in my opinion, hence why chinese games and TV shows tend to focus more on ancient times and barely involve foreigners. I assume as time goes on we will see these things more and more in chinese media, but for now it's better to show respect and let these brave soldiers rest.
The idea of an old granny wearing a morning robe and slippers running around with a shotgun in an fps is so funny. Imagine how creative and funny the voice lines could be - "Sonny, you get back in there and get yourself another plate!" "Did you get your birthday card?" "I remember you when you were just a little turd!"
@@donkor3849 The character was human like and really suffered from "uncanny valley". The original looked like a human offshoot with worms growing on its face. The more alien version doesn't have this problem.
man nails it again. i didn't particularly like these redesigns but they are better than the originals by a mile. also the commentary is hilarious. now do a part 3
no they are not. the first guy looks goofy in his redesign. I wouldn't touch him because of that stupid hat on its own. I like his approach but the first guy isnt meant to be a cowboy. hes a gunslinger, but hes not a cowboy. He's not mccree whos design LITERALLY screams western gunslinger. Hes more of a bounty hunter than anything else.
@@SSoul0 yea same i hate that hat so much, i wanted to say something about it. i get he went for a flying saucer look but it flopped bc of how tall it is. it has to be the proportions of kung lao's hat to look good
It's her dead grandson, a soldier of the 17th Great Corporate War on the Xao-Dai inc. elite forces, she raised him from the dead and promptly beat his undead ass with a slipper and told him to regain his Honor
@@flushfire Maybe we can put the Dark Taoist theme thingy into her original militant get-up? Kinda like the combination of the fashion between the good guys and the villains in Outlaw Star? Imagine the old woman version of Yasunori Katō from Teito Monogatari, but her fashion REALLY reflects what she is about.
one of the things i miss in the alien girl redesign is her lack of cuteness, i wish her eyes would a little rounder and bigger and her clothing choice was a little messier like the old design simply because the new one makes her look too sleek. the redesigns are pretty good overall guy keep the videos coming
Just based off of the head in the thumbnail alone I think the redesign is not as good for once. Lost all of the personality just to come out looking like a generic vrchat avatar.
@@Quasar-fv8to i guess what he said is to maybe make it attractive but make it more alien style (maybe attractive half furry kinda like that?) Cause the redesign is good ngl but the face definitely didn't match the cat paws leg and such imo
One thing to make Duchess Wu even better. The ghost behind her is her husband who died in a war and they loved each other so much that she awaken her paranormal powers and they argue in her "emotes" like a couple, maybe she can do stuff like the overreacted falling from soap operas and the ghost catches her in the air.
It-Z is the only character that has a design that i realy like in this game. I'm not into furrys, but idk, she gives me a vibe of Cheetara from thundercats, that i realy like too.
It's crazy how you're just thinking pf random backstories that reflect the designs and it just instantly becomes more interesting as a result because there's cohesion and thought put into the product.
I love the idea of the dutchess having the gun controlled by a soldier. Imagine how that'd play in first person. You get both hands of the dutchess for some martial arts shit but then a ghostly green arm over the shoulder to pop whoever's not in chopping range
Spiritualist Chinese Granny who controls a ghost imperial soldier is so fucking metal and awesome. If we had these concepts in the game (and if it were free) I might have picked it up.
0:59 When someway somehow they screwed up with a Space Cowboy one of the easiest concepts to get right you know they didn't really know how to design anything
@@IronVigilante451The waist down is okay a little plain but acceptable, but between the pale green of his skin, the orange life jacket and as you said his spiked hair that looks like a cheap Yondu It just ruins it
It’s always cool how you reference movies/shows I’ve never heard before and what you say is dead on. shows how much you know about the culture and media
I really like the Duke design 4:02 Reminds me as if he forgot his meds and is trying to relive his glory days but hes kinda frail too. I had an old neighbor that was like that. He had dementia but he was also a carpenter by trade so sometimes I'd see him on the roof of his house with a cane somehow carrying lumber
Watching game developers like Pirate Software come to the defense of Concord really shows just how big the disconnect is between the video game industry and gamers.
I think the Duchess Wu idea is great, but even beyond that, they're supposed to be space mercenaries. If you're going to do an old mercenary character, you either have to make them so bad ass, like Duchess Wu, where it makes sense for them to lack scars due to their magical abilites, or go for the grizzled veteran type, with a story book of scars from all the missions they've completed. Currently, Duchess doesn't look like a mercenary, she just looks like the wealthy matron who'd give you missions over participating in them. Adding in some design elements like a golden robot arm and leg, some scars, and maybe a robot eye would be a large improvement and portray a mercenary theme far better without a full redesign. I was a sailor, so one of the old traditions was that sailors would wear gold earrings so if they went overboard and died at sea, once they washed ashore, someone could take the earrings and pay for the burial, so you can easily have the old mercenary say that's why she has gold robot appendages too.
4:21 Thank you for using the likeness of an Wehrmacht styled WW2 Chinese (Republic of China) Soldier. These men from Div 88, 87, 78... were the finest among us but sadly the first to die in the Battle of Shanghai. They had to face the overwhelming Japanese Air and Naval support while facing equivalent if not superior foes on land.
@@criticalart_64 I've met the veterans about 30 years ago and heard their stories. That's why I am always grateful of people mentioning about our part of WW2.
Yay! I'm not alone on IT-Z haha! Anytime I comment that she's the best design out of the others, no one replies, so this was nice to see. Along with your redesign.
I think the design of Concord's character doesn't need to be completely changed, just adjust the color scheme, remove unnecessary details and add unique features to make the character looks cooler, edit the face to make them prettier. Anyway your designs are very beautiful, i appreciate it.
Absolutely phenomenal work and roasting analogies. I support this in its entirety. Did all this on your spare time and toasts the devs to a crisp while doing so.
I like that you design things that you specifically would be interested in. I feel like a big flaw in Concords designs is that it was clear they were trying to pander to a group or groups of people. The irony is that you'd almost %100 of the time get a better result in just working on something you would enjoy seeing in the game, and provided your tastes arent just vastly disagreed with, you'll find that people will take an interest in what you've created. Your honesty and creativity shows in your work and THAT is the best form of magnetism for an audience. Great job man.
I know this might be lost in the sea of comments but It-Z redesign was lackluster. No hate just trying to give out some constructive criticism. I'm a digital artist and designer, take everything I say with a grain of salt. The character still has the same major "OC don't steal" vibes even after the redesign. It-Z still looks like a lesser version of Ramona flowers and even though looks abit alien, theres nothing that conveys sci-fi. The silhouette still looks weaker than what it could be and that's abit of a shame cause you have brought out some great elements. Her feet could be bigger (oh boy, tarantino moment) and unproportional to her body, kinda like a dinosaur, while still keeping her slim shape. Her posture and movement could be quadrupudal almost like a furry lizard. I know that might not make for smooth gameplay movement but theres Wilson from OW for reference and you can always give her extra legs like Randal from Monsters Inc. I understand where you were going with the costume and how it was inspired by Fifth Element but it lacks that raunchy, almost goofy look that Milla Jovovich was wearing. Keep the suspenders, make them more wacky, give her fashion that not only is assymetrical but doesn't necesserily make sense for her to wear. Maybe when you're lightyears away from your home planet you can't find clothes for your race, so you end up having to wear things that don't fit right or have extra sleeves. Maybe you got to cut them up and make them fit your extra limbs/fur. How I would approach this is by giving her a leotard that's being torn abit from constant use and then would try different clothing concepts with that in mind. You can keep her attractiveness but in a sexy clumsy kind-of way like Jinx from League. And lastly, you can always make a character look like they smell and still be attractive/aesthetically pleasing (Kano from MK, Roadhog from OW, new Lara Croft, Trevor from GTA) just don't take the Concord approach by making a character "dirty" = less feminity. Hope this gives some food for thought for any other work that you might have planned in the future. Appreciate your input in these videos
It-z doesn't really need a redesign tbh. I also do character concepts. She's one of the better ones, she just needs a different outfit. The one she has makes her look like a hobo. They succeeded in making her representative of the type of gameplay you'd expect just looking at her and how she behaves, they only failed in making her look appealing. The other two are also worse, Duchess in particular is both generic and thematically out of place.
@@flushfire You should see her "improvement" by that pro comic book artist here on youtube. It's just a very ugly and generic cat girl with big tiddies. I almost wondered If he's just trolling but he got a ton of compliments.
@@flushfire Sadly have to agree with this. I think the duchess re-design is pretty bad and looks like a generic asian woman rather than a videogame character. The original duchess design isn't that bad, it just needs a bit more spark to it.. I feel like I'd make her cape bigger so that she looks more heroic and imposing. Also instead of her wearing baggy overalls like she's working in a factory, I think she should have tighter fitting clothes like a superhero. And also the white shoulder armour needs to look a bit more unique because it looks like a cheap costume. And she looks stupid with a regular gun, like most of the characters do. It needs to match her outfit be something totally different that shoots. The redesign on Lennox is just a bad Mccree from overwatch. I actually think the original design on Lennox is only bad because of his stupid face and head. They should make his face look more alien with less human features, or just give him some kind of visor to cover his face and dehumanise him. A visor like Cyclops or soldier 76 to cover his goofy face would be better but one that works with his theme and design. And then make his mohawk bigger or more unique. For IT-Z she just needs a skinsuit like Tracer or widowmaker from overwatch and maybe something unique and futuristic on her head. She's an alien who teleports around yet she dresses like a scruffy student and the image doesn't match what the character does imo. The redesign doesn't really add anything to this and just keeps the casual clothing look. Not hating on the art here, I just think they could be way better
Duches one is really sick. I would definitely play with that character. And for it-z, I agree. There was a good character design there, but they fumbled the bag. All you did was clean it up and it was far better.
Duchess has a really nice outfit, definitely one of the best designs in the game, but she really is just old for the sake of being old. And because it's an obvious comparison to make, Overwatch handles old characters so much better, Rein, Ana, Soldier, Torb and Sigma all have various enhancements that allow them to perform at their peak.
the bowl cut hair style is a choice...I never like bowl cut hairdos myself and the single bang makes things look weirdly off. Just a thought, maybe the bang could be something shown to be tucked behind her ear that swoops forwards in a curl, that might fix it while keeping the eye catch idea.
I personally didn’t mind Lenox’s clothing choice, I just kinda wish he was more lizard-like in his features. Something like Doro-he-doro or warhammer lizard folk meets your slightly racist neighbour. The spaghetti western alien goes pretty hard though
Your It-Z looks amazing! What a glow-up. The grandma is fine. I think her original design is quite alright and yours is interesting in a good way. Though I gotta say I think Lennox should be way more reptilian. I saw someone draw him as basically a big green scaly lizard in clothes which looked amazing. Way cooler and unique than what we got in the game.
Reminds me of the mismatch of characters in Guardians of the Galaxy and Deadlock. They don’t feel like they fit together at all but that’s what makes it charming.
I'll say It-Z's original cat characteristics were okay by me. Not a huge fan of "aliens but they're just green people" Star Trek motifs. I have no idea why she looked homeless though.
I actually got disappointed that your redesigns and new concept for these characters don't actually exist on their own. They actually peak my interest to learn more about them unlike the official characters, especially Duke! I can already imagine him as an 80's inspired super wizard that has a mix of tech and magic to his powers. Goes to show how AAA gaming companies are extremely lacking in creativity. Great Work, man 👍
Funny how someone in there free time can make more recognizable, unique, and interesting designs than a studio being paid several hundred million dollars over 8 years.
Holy shit another big improvement especially the second female character. Also the old lady using a ghost to shoot a gun is more visually interesting than just old lady with gun.
Nah, the first one looks more interesting still from a pure design standpoint. (Even if yours is more aesthetically pleasing, they're both not great). You accentuated the human features too much and now she looks like she's cosplaying with some face paint. She's an alien, and as such should still have alien traits. A bit more study of actual biology would go a long way and I think blurring the underbelly tone around the mouth is a mistake - you want to take inspiration from something like a snake, slug or mollusc. I think the best solution for her would be to design her closer to something like an dragonborn - try to incorporate real patterns that occur in nature, python markings and reticulations perhaps, cuttlefish texture and patterns on the face could look quite sensual, perhaps add a wave pattern to the ears like the frills of a spanish dancer sea-slug. etc. There's a lot more you could do to make the design more 'inspired'. Neeko from League of Legends has very similar features to this character, but is a good example of how to incorporate reptile traits into a mostly humanoid face while still feeling just 'alien' enough to look good without becoming uncanny.
The Duches concept hits so much harder! She really seems like she belongs in an action setting now, before she just looks like a crazy homeless woman that just wandered into the conflict zone and everyone else just rolled along with her
Same homeless woman that invaded animeandy's sister home, lmao
@@tenedrae5079 asian andy
@@bronyaenjoyer I know. it was a joke
i honestly liked her design, out of all of them, we can can all probably agree that she was one of the okay ones
"mine looks like she doesn't smell as bad" 🤣🤣
She now looks like she's actually worth making a rule34 art over.
But that was the only good part 😭
@@Tuesdayz it's smells even worse
That line took me out! 😂😂
@@NotAGreatPlayer Hell yeah
The alien cowboy guy lore was awesome ngl
He would be my main one trick. I'll either be complete ass and refuse to change or dominate and be validated. There is no middle ground.
Facts
@@driftingwolf0 But you'd have to change. Whenever you won a round in concord, you couldn't play the character again.
This seems like a really fun thing for art students. Their teacher gives them one concord character, and they have to make it look better, but retain the overall idea of the character. Damn I might just do this for fun.
Then again, art students are likely to make them worse.
At least the Art students are learning, and not wasting billions of dollars
How did your students take it?
@@ricardokojin7 There's legit no way lol.
@@KSA9495 Haha I don't have students. I meant just trying out the challenge for myself lol.
@ricardokojin7 And don't worry man, some of us still have taste XD
"A youtuber did this IN A CAVE with a BOX OF SCRAPS!" screamed the Soyny CEO, calmly.
"Soyny" legit made me spit out my drink
I’m sorry sir… but I’m not Criticalart
Is this a starcraft reference?
@@radudancoroian5169 Iron man reference
Underrated comment 😂
Giving her a jojo stand who holds the gun is so awesome! I wish we had a game with a character design like that
Well, we have the new Rainbow Six operator where the operator does not stand (because she's on a wheelchair) but has two stands (robots) that do stuff for her.
@@arsenicintheshell9955 the problem being that Rainbow Six Siege is not much better than Concord these days...
wth lol
@@Madcat1331 It stopped being any good after year 2 tbh, I can't believe they got rid of however small of a PvE the game had going on or worse that Siege is what we got instead of Patriots
@@arsenicintheshell9955 afk character 💀💀💀💀
Duchess Wu is basically Mortal Kombat meets Overwatch and that sounds pretty sick.
"Have you ever wanted to see your co-workers from human resources get Wizard of Oz'd into Apex Legends?" You win bro. This is the best description of Concord design philosophy on Yt. 💀😂
my favourite here HAS to be duchess wu i mean fucking hell a master of all things paranormal? ghostly war soldier stands??? it SLAPS
Used her necromancy to take revenge on those nasty soldiers and captured their souls to attack their allies
reminds me of kung fu hustle's sound twins. being able to summon things in paranormal does not exist in hero shooter as far as i know.
The design goes so hard concord might be saved
@@vintagewanderConcord already shut down, guess it was too late
Her dead grandson, a soldier of the 17th Great Corporate War on the Xao-Dai inc. elite forces
I love that what was almost certainly bra straps were turned into suspenders. It's so unique!
the jiggle physics team has to double shifts on her now
I like how she's wearing them wrong too w the one over, one under. Makes her a Lil goofy
@@sixft_underit gives her at least some personality
@@sixft_under She's an alien. She doesn't know what suspenders are for, she just digs the look.
@theredheadwiththread1275 yes lol
POLAR EXPRESS FACE LMFAOOO
I like the designs especilly goblin girl, definitely moved her towards where she shouldve been, i also like the space cowboy alien
not only do these look amazing, but you based their design around an actual personality. just a glance and you get a feel of how the character plays and what its about, really good job
Glazzing
the designs werent that creative or good to begin with, honestly on par with the original concord designs lmfao
@@kasiy2712 🤡
Ancient Taoist witch controlling the dead is pretty metal. And strangely sexy.
hag lover
Excuse me?
@@Zulkak1357 he is grannysexual
sir?
average r34 user
4:06 Duke slaps so hard, and it's just a spitball concept
I always find amazing how in every flop, there's a nugget of a good idea, that just need an actually creative person to polish.
I mean the overall is good idea it’s right there just unfinished
Well there's nothing objectively wrong with the game itself. The gameplay was polished and well optimized, the experience itself was perfectly fun. It just has no style and everyone was tired of this format, because the gameplay may be good, but it didn't innovate on what came before. So nobody was really willing to buy the Overwatch knockoff
As a Chinese guy, the Daoist Witch with a ghost legion of Chinese skeleton soldiers is so sick, im dissapointed my people never thought of something like this for a video game. Props to you. You've kung fu pandaed us.
China is a multi-ethnic country, so what ethnicities are there?
@@leoadrian4582Han, Mongolian, Cantonese, ect
@@jonahhekmatyarUyghurs, Tibetans, Manchus etc.
@@leoadrian4582 Well there are 56 ethnicities, so if the comments keep going three by three... we're gonna be here for a while.
You're right, but if I had to guess, that's because there aren't many "modern times" games about China for the sake of not getting into politics and remembering the extremely hard times the chinese people have gone through in recent history. Basically the wounds have not yet healed for the vast majority of the country, so avoiding these topics is perfectly understandable in my opinion, hence why chinese games and TV shows tend to focus more on ancient times and barely involve foreigners. I assume as time goes on we will see these things more and more in chinese media, but for now it's better to show respect and let these brave soldiers rest.
From a pistacho with a gun to a cowboy martian, good af
Your descriptions of the old character designs are so hyper specific yet so accurate it's funny as fuck lol
The idea of an old granny wearing a morning robe and slippers running around with a shotgun in an fps is so funny. Imagine how creative and funny the voice lines could be - "Sonny, you get back in there and get yourself another plate!" "Did you get your birthday card?" "I remember you when you were just a little turd!"
Would play this shit out of that game if we have one like that. Lol
i want to say it was infinite warfare but one of the CODs had a granny announcer and it was funny
"coworkers in human resources" I laughed out loud at that one
immediately your designs are so much better, i love the cowboy alien guy. gjob
As a human, the original design made me a bit uncomfortable. I like him much better as an alien Clint Eastwood.
@@quademasters249 as a human? Weird thing to emphasize, tell Me, what do humans eat
@@donkor3849 The character was human like and really suffered from "uncanny valley". The original looked like a human offshoot with worms growing on its face. The more alien version doesn't have this problem.
man nails it again. i didn't particularly like these redesigns but they are better than the originals by a mile. also the commentary is hilarious. now do a part 3
no they are not. the first guy looks goofy in his redesign. I wouldn't touch him because of that stupid hat on its own. I like his approach but the first guy isnt meant to be a cowboy. hes a gunslinger, but hes not a cowboy. He's not mccree whos design LITERALLY screams western gunslinger. Hes more of a bounty hunter than anything else.
@SSoul0 it looks way better and has intresting lore. Id play that character. Though the grandma who has a ghost weilding a gun seems far cooler
@@SSoul0 yea same i hate that hat so much, i wanted to say something about it. i get he went for a flying saucer look but it flopped bc of how tall it is. it has to be the proportions of kung lao's hat to look good
@@shadowdragon7347yall standards are so low or just go with whatever everyone else says, both designs are ass
A kung fu granny, that can beat up ghosts, until they agree to serve her. Sounds dope.
It's her dead grandson, a soldier of the 17th Great Corporate War on the Xao-Dai inc. elite forces, she raised him from the dead and promptly beat his undead ass with a slipper and told him to regain his Honor
@@elijahaitaok8624 Also a cool idea.
Got here faster than the Concord Stocks going downwards
Bro Duchess Wu is genuinely an awesome design. Love the idea of the ghost being her goon that shoots people from behind her!
Am i trippin??????? Yall glazzing these redesigns like they aren't comparable to concord designs...
Nah they suck lol
Duchess Wu looks amazing in your redesign with that ghost adding so much!
Amazingly generic. Look at any wuxia media and you'll see that grandma everywhere.
@@flushfire that's kind of the point, looking like an asian wizard woman
@@flushfire Maybe we can put the Dark Taoist theme thingy into her original militant get-up? Kinda like the combination of the fashion between the good guys and the villains in Outlaw Star? Imagine the old woman version of Yasunori Katō from Teito Monogatari, but her fashion REALLY reflects what she is about.
one of the things i miss in the alien girl redesign is her lack of cuteness, i wish her eyes would a little rounder and bigger and her clothing choice was a little messier like the old design simply because the new one makes her look too sleek. the redesigns are pretty good overall guy keep the videos coming
Just based off of the head in the thumbnail alone I think the redesign is not as good for once. Lost all of the personality just to come out looking like a generic vrchat avatar.
nah the OG design is pure dogsh*t. His doesnt get the legs down imo but everything else is just more attractive overall.
@@Quasar-fv8to i guess what he said is to maybe make it attractive but make it more alien style (maybe attractive half furry kinda like that?) Cause the redesign is good ngl but the face definitely didn't match the cat paws leg and such imo
bruh the old one wasnt cute at all lmao
I liked the old one better but the new ones still ok
One thing to make Duchess Wu even better.
The ghost behind her is her husband who died in a war and they loved each other so much that she awaken her paranormal powers and they argue in her "emotes" like a couple, maybe she can do stuff like the overreacted falling from soap operas and the ghost catches her in the air.
Thats actually really creative and wholesome lol. (Aside from her husband being dead from war 😭💀)
@@nitronix2787 to give her a deeper connection with the ghost and a reason for her husband to carry an AK-47
It-Z is the only character that has a design that i realy like in this game. I'm not into furrys, but idk, she gives me a vibe of Cheetara from thundercats, that i realy like too.
Yeah, she just needs a better outfit. The redesign is objectively worse tbh.
dunno man you like too many furry-adjacent things to claim you are not a furry
@@marcogenovesi8570 She's more like a space goblin than a furry.
@@berserkerpride both characters are very cat-like. Goblins are not feline
It's crazy how you're just thinking pf random backstories that reflect the designs and it just instantly becomes more interesting as a result because there's cohesion and thought put into the product.
I love the idea of the dutchess having the gun controlled by a soldier. Imagine how that'd play in first person. You get both hands of the dutchess for some martial arts shit but then a ghostly green arm over the shoulder to pop whoever's not in chopping range
These go about as hard as me after a night out with the boys for some sloppy steaks. Good shit
NGL, Chinese supernatural grandma with a gun-toting JoJo stand would be AWESOME XD
The Duchess idea is pretty damn cool
Spiritualist Chinese Granny who controls a ghost imperial soldier is so fucking metal and awesome. If we had these concepts in the game (and if it were free) I might have picked it up.
0:59 When someway somehow they screwed up with a Space Cowboy one of the easiest concepts to get right you know they didn't really know how to design anything
Its the spikes for hair!
@@IronVigilante451The waist down is okay a little plain but acceptable, but between the pale green of his skin, the orange life jacket and as you said his spiked hair that looks like a cheap Yondu
It just ruins it
Bro. The Ramona one looked decent, the redesign looks like any E-girl with extravagant colors
It’s always cool how you reference movies/shows I’ve never heard before and what you say is dead on. shows how much you know about the culture and media
Was hyped for this video
I really like the Duke design 4:02 Reminds me as if he forgot his meds and is trying to relive his glory days but hes kinda frail too. I had an old neighbor that was like that. He had dementia but he was also a carpenter by trade so sometimes I'd see him on the roof of his house with a cane somehow carrying lumber
hoping to see more, love the roasting and the character designs!
Watching game developers like Pirate Software come to the defense of Concord really shows just how big the disconnect is between the video game industry and gamers.
Pirate Software calls himself "game developer" but all he actually does is pixel art RPGs
I think the Duchess Wu idea is great, but even beyond that, they're supposed to be space mercenaries. If you're going to do an old mercenary character, you either have to make them so bad ass, like Duchess Wu, where it makes sense for them to lack scars due to their magical abilites, or go for the grizzled veteran type, with a story book of scars from all the missions they've completed.
Currently, Duchess doesn't look like a mercenary, she just looks like the wealthy matron who'd give you missions over participating in them. Adding in some design elements like a golden robot arm and leg, some scars, and maybe a robot eye would be a large improvement and portray a mercenary theme far better without a full redesign. I was a sailor, so one of the old traditions was that sailors would wear gold earrings so if they went overboard and died at sea, once they washed ashore, someone could take the earrings and pay for the burial, so you can easily have the old mercenary say that's why she has gold robot appendages too.
We need to start a petition for a Concord reboot with your designs. These look so good.
I love this please continue
Love the UFO hat!
I cant wait to see what you will do with Starchild and the Gatorade barrel robot.
The alien cowboy remind me to captain Harlock/gun frontier stuff, and you literally squeezed water from a stone with the 3rd character.
4:21 Thank you for using the likeness of an Wehrmacht styled WW2 Chinese (Republic of China) Soldier. These men from Div 88, 87, 78... were the finest among us but sadly the first to die in the Battle of Shanghai. They had to face the overwhelming Japanese Air and Naval support while facing equivalent if not superior foes on land.
I am glad someone noticed. More thought goes into these than most people think.
@@criticalart_64 I've met the veterans about 30 years ago and heard their stories. That's why I am always grateful of people mentioning about our part of WW2.
I would main just for the spectral zombies, thats how you hook players in on a character
Yay! I'm not alone on IT-Z haha! Anytime I comment that she's the best design out of the others, no one replies, so this was nice to see. Along with your redesign.
Nice job you should be a game developer
Excellent Analysis. Love it and subscribed.
Duchess wu, has got to be your best redesign BY FAR, i would main her ngl
I think the design of Concord's character doesn't need to be completely changed, just adjust the color scheme, remove unnecessary details and add unique features to make the character looks cooler, edit the face to make them prettier. Anyway your designs are very beautiful, i appreciate it.
its insane how a subtle difference like making the suspenders go on the outside makes such a huge visual impact
I just found your channel earlier and now you posted part 2 good timing
That grandma looks so badass
Your renders are heroic,
but your backstories are legendary.
Absolutely phenomenal work and roasting analogies. I support this in its entirety. Did all this on your spare time and toasts the devs to a crisp while doing so.
I didn’t even know how to pronounce IT-Z’s name. But yeah, definitely one of the better designs.
Love your Dutchess redesign. She’s actually cool.
The commentary is hilarious. You're really good with the out of pocket comparisons.
I like that you design things that you specifically would be interested in. I feel like a big flaw in Concords designs is that it was clear they were trying to pander to a group or groups of people. The irony is that you'd almost %100 of the time get a better result in just working on something you would enjoy seeing in the game, and provided your tastes arent just vastly disagreed with, you'll find that people will take an interest in what you've created. Your honesty and creativity shows in your work and THAT is the best form of magnetism for an audience. Great job man.
I know this might be lost in the sea of comments but It-Z redesign was lackluster. No hate just trying to give out some constructive criticism. I'm a digital artist and designer, take everything I say with a grain of salt. The character still has the same major "OC don't steal" vibes even after the redesign. It-Z still looks like a lesser version of Ramona flowers and even though looks abit alien, theres nothing that conveys sci-fi. The silhouette still looks weaker than what it could be and that's abit of a shame cause you have brought out some great elements. Her feet could be bigger (oh boy, tarantino moment) and unproportional to her body, kinda like a dinosaur, while still keeping her slim shape. Her posture and movement could be quadrupudal almost like a furry lizard. I know that might not make for smooth gameplay movement but theres Wilson from OW for reference and you can always give her extra legs like Randal from Monsters Inc. I understand where you were going with the costume and how it was inspired by Fifth Element but it lacks that raunchy, almost goofy look that Milla Jovovich was wearing. Keep the suspenders, make them more wacky, give her fashion that not only is assymetrical but doesn't necesserily make sense for her to wear. Maybe when you're lightyears away from your home planet you can't find clothes for your race, so you end up having to wear things that don't fit right or have extra sleeves. Maybe you got to cut them up and make them fit your extra limbs/fur. How I would approach this is by giving her a leotard that's being torn abit from constant use and then would try different clothing concepts with that in mind. You can keep her attractiveness but in a sexy clumsy kind-of way like Jinx from League. And lastly, you can always make a character look like they smell and still be attractive/aesthetically pleasing (Kano from MK, Roadhog from OW, new Lara Croft, Trevor from GTA) just don't take the Concord approach by making a character "dirty" = less feminity.
Hope this gives some food for thought for any other work that you might have planned in the future. Appreciate your input in these videos
It-z doesn't really need a redesign tbh. I also do character concepts. She's one of the better ones, she just needs a different outfit. The one she has makes her look like a hobo. They succeeded in making her representative of the type of gameplay you'd expect just looking at her and how she behaves, they only failed in making her look appealing.
The other two are also worse, Duchess in particular is both generic and thematically out of place.
@@flushfire You should see her "improvement" by that pro comic book artist here on youtube. It's just a very ugly and generic cat girl with big tiddies. I almost wondered If he's just trolling but he got a ton of compliments.
@@flushfire Sadly have to agree with this. I think the duchess re-design is pretty bad and looks like a generic asian woman rather than a videogame character. The original duchess design isn't that bad, it just needs a bit more spark to it.. I feel like I'd make her cape bigger so that she looks more heroic and imposing. Also instead of her wearing baggy overalls like she's working in a factory, I think she should have tighter fitting clothes like a superhero. And also the white shoulder armour needs to look a bit more unique because it looks like a cheap costume. And she looks stupid with a regular gun, like most of the characters do. It needs to match her outfit be something totally different that shoots.
The redesign on Lennox is just a bad Mccree from overwatch. I actually think the original design on Lennox is only bad because of his stupid face and head.
They should make his face look more alien with less human features, or just give him some kind of visor to cover his face and dehumanise him. A visor like Cyclops or soldier 76 to cover his goofy face would be better but one that works with his theme and design. And then make his mohawk bigger or more unique.
For IT-Z she just needs a skinsuit like Tracer or widowmaker from overwatch and maybe something unique and futuristic on her head. She's an alien who teleports around yet she dresses like a scruffy student and the image doesn't match what the character does imo. The redesign doesn't really add anything to this and just keeps the casual clothing look.
Not hating on the art here, I just think they could be way better
This man is too strong, if he keeps it up like this Kotaku is gonna call him a -ist very soon!
redesign all the games and movie more in your idea or pov like this series, it was good, much love
The latest design is really not bad, the idea of the Stand is really original
Bro that Duchess design is actually sick as fuck. Like shes only able to move around cuz she turned herself into a half-Jiangshi that control ghosts.
I havent had such a hearty laugh in a while, thank you 😂
Duches one is really sick. I would definitely play with that character. And for it-z, I agree. There was a good character design there, but they fumbled the bag. All you did was clean it up and it was far better.
This channel just keeps winning.
Duchess has a really nice outfit, definitely one of the best designs in the game, but she really is just old for the sake of being old. And because it's an obvious comparison to make, Overwatch handles old characters so much better, Rein, Ana, Soldier, Torb and Sigma all have various enhancements that allow them to perform at their peak.
the bowl cut hair style is a choice...I never like bowl cut hairdos myself and the single bang makes things look weirdly off.
Just a thought, maybe the bang could be something shown to be tucked behind her ear that swoops forwards in a curl, that might fix it while keeping the eye catch idea.
In the reach of Inclusivity, they forgot to add actual Inclusivity
I like this way much more than the originals already.
RIP to the original art team's careers.
I personally didn’t mind Lenox’s clothing choice, I just kinda wish he was more lizard-like in his features. Something like Doro-he-doro or warhammer lizard folk meets your slightly racist neighbour.
The spaghetti western alien goes pretty hard though
These redesigns are actually worse than the originals. Kudos to you, that's quite an achievement.
Your It-Z looks amazing! What a glow-up.
The grandma is fine. I think her original design is quite alright and yours is interesting in a good way.
Though I gotta say I think Lennox should be way more reptilian. I saw someone draw him as basically a big green scaly lizard in clothes which looked amazing. Way cooler and unique than what we got in the game.
Reminds me of the mismatch of characters in Guardians of the Galaxy and Deadlock. They don’t feel like they fit together at all but that’s what makes it charming.
Congratulations on all the publicity! You are truly a talented artist and deserve it.
Dude you have the best back stories with fantastic delivery, I would watch a whole video of you giving new back stories to random characters 😂
It-z would get Rule 34’d so fast.
Hahaha, this was good, again! I loved the "subtle" texts on the Scott Pilgrim poster. I had to stop for say, 2 minutes, couldn't breath of laughter.
Goog God your design on IT-2 is LITTTTTTTTTTTT!!! 😍😍😍
my man is doing a WAY BETTER designs that just SCREAM with personality
GODDAMN if Concord had THESE characters I'D PROBABLY TRY IT??
glazing so hard 😢
Please do more, you're very talented. Great lore too.
Very good. They should hire you.
I'll say It-Z's original cat characteristics were okay by me. Not a huge fan of "aliens but they're just green people" Star Trek motifs. I have no idea why she looked homeless though.
I actually got disappointed that your redesigns and new concept for these characters don't actually exist on their own. They actually peak my interest to learn more about them unlike the official characters, especially Duke! I can already imagine him as an 80's inspired super wizard that has a mix of tech and magic to his powers. Goes to show how AAA gaming companies are extremely lacking in creativity. Great Work, man 👍
Not gonna lie. Your designs are much, much more interesting.
Make a game already, I wanna play your characters. Especially if you narrate their backstories like in this vid 😂
It's not much of an improvement, but going from bad to bland is still an improvement, in my opinion.
Amazing concepts friend
I am not sure I like the Lennox redesign, but everything in the video is so funny. I had a good laugh. Thank you!
Not gonna lie, if there was a game with a character like Duchess Wu she'd probably be my fave.
Funny how someone in there free time can make more recognizable, unique, and interesting designs than a studio being paid several hundred million dollars over 8 years.
U got me with the jokes bout the cowboy movies in space and the Chinese soldier-stand
Holy shit another big improvement especially the second female character. Also the old lady using a ghost to shoot a gun is more visually interesting than just old lady with gun.
So much better! Would love to see what else you got cooking
Nah, the first one looks more interesting still from a pure design standpoint. (Even if yours is more aesthetically pleasing, they're both not great). You accentuated the human features too much and now she looks like she's cosplaying with some face paint. She's an alien, and as such should still have alien traits. A bit more study of actual biology would go a long way and I think blurring the underbelly tone around the mouth is a mistake - you want to take inspiration from something like a snake, slug or mollusc. I think the best solution for her would be to design her closer to something like an dragonborn - try to incorporate real patterns that occur in nature, python markings and reticulations perhaps, cuttlefish texture and patterns on the face could look quite sensual, perhaps add a wave pattern to the ears like the frills of a spanish dancer sea-slug. etc. There's a lot more you could do to make the design more 'inspired'.
Neeko from League of Legends has very similar features to this character, but is a good example of how to incorporate reptile traits into a mostly humanoid face while still feeling just 'alien' enough to look good without becoming uncanny.
Damn your redesign is fire