Concord Characters Redesigned!

[@criticalart_64]

Hey everyone! thanks for all the love. I have decided to do the whole cast so stay tuned. Keep in mind these are not definitive since I cranked these out in 2 days after work so I will cut corners on things like the guns.

[@dingooooooooo]

Nice! 👍

[@dragonclaw4159]

Your video had more views than concord had players and sales.

[@Oban2006]

More 😢

[@marcogenovesi8570]

That's great man, can't wait to see how you "save" all the characters

[@bhaskarjyoti]

Now you gotta a lot of job and you need to this for other failed video games too.

[@maxrosefoxanime7225]

For a game that took 8 years to make how did they not think these characters look ass

[@FireGlitch]

They did it on purpose.

[@solounwapodemuchos]

Echo chamber

[@marcogenovesi8570]

DEI and ESG

[@DarrellMontrice]

Look at the nose on the lead character designer.

[@napiski2260]

@@DarrellMontrice He nose what's up

[@Marvin-qp1se]

The problem is not they can't do this, they simply don't want to.

[@criticalart_64]

Their philosophy will not allow them to. It is like if they were taught that it is not high cuisine if it doesn't have a hint of a shit taste so they cannot make food that is tasty to normal people.

[@chrisandrew7577]

I'm not sure they have the talent to conceptualize an actual character like this

[@zergon321]

The problem is that SBI counselors would not allow them to do that

[@Marvin-qp1se]

@@criticalart_64 I guess you are right. There's a certain distortion in their artistic thinking.

[@zxyatiywariii8]

​@@criticalart_64Excellent metaphor. They see beauty as Oppressive, so they think only uglified characters can be portrayed as heroes. But the vast majority of gamers (women too, like me) WANT attractive characters! I love playing a gorgeous female or a super hot male, that makes the whole game more visually appealing.

[@transcendantviewer]

Mr. Dee looks like if Filthy Frank became a hired gun.

[@spaceman2517]

hahahaha my exact thoughts 😂

[@alphablitz1024]

GIMME THA OBJECTIVE, BOSS

[@mantis8856]

LoL. Now i see it as well

[@Wisewolfbruh]

LITERALLY MY FIRST THOUGHT

[@kishi8774]

broooo its the lost brother of Joji LMAO SO GOOD!

[@forrestrichard8133]

“Something a little less ridiculous” shows one of the most ridiculous versions of a “tank” I’ve ever seen.

[@kelp7060]

Not if you still play asian games. It's pretty damn normal, and I much prefer his design.

[@M_CFV]

He was talking about the lipstick color with that quote my dude...

[@dailybugle2147]

I'd take that tank over the grotesque looking thing the devs made.

[@rezician8433]

​@@kelp7060 Found the gooner

[@carteckrem]

@@kelp7060 playing asian hypersexualized games is not something you can brag about

[@fnhatic6694]

The real power of Mr. D's healing boombox is blasting Tejano music at 3AM on a weekday to celebrate a 4-year-old's birthday.

[@21stCenturyGuy]

We bumpin Selena on that boom box?

[@aninymouse1651]

Oh so everyone has neighbors like this now, it's not just me.

[@7vezda]

Thanks for bringing back my trauma of the year I lived in the Rio Grande Valley.

[@TheHardcoreGamer1]

@@aninymouse1651If you are in New York then it’s very common

[@elijahaitaok8624]

throw in a Pink Guy album in the mix and we got a deal

[@jomormont]

The Concord artist is the equivalent of the Olympics breakdancer

[@ewjiml]

Hahahahaha. Best analogy ever. Don’t you dare make fun of my girl Raygun!!! She got a PHd in breaking!!

[@mandowarrior123]

​@@ewjimlshe invented the degree course though.

[@00110000]

Ooooof

[@angel_of_rust]

@@mandowarrior123 even worses

[@ichsamkeren5382]

Artist can do whatevere they wanted to. Apperently the initial sketch art is better than the final product. Its the producer fault that making decision

[@Lonewolf360gaming]

Funniest thing to come out of this game is the amount of artists redesigning a bunch of characters for a game that no longer exists

[@bringbackthedislikecount6767]

It’s a perfect case study for what not to do with character designing

[@TheBlackGamingAntagonist-dy9ix]

I found myself really loving a more well adjusted version of Sai from Dustborn and started redesigning her. It's an interesting phenomenon that.

[@Lonewolf360gaming]

@@TheBlackGamingAntagonist-dy9ix like a gift wrapped in a curse? Because honesty it feels way more genuine compared to people in the industry which should know how to actually design a character tbh

[@TheBlackGamingAntagonist-dy9ix]

@@Lonewolf360gaming I mean, I didn't mean it for them. I have a habit of becoming attached to shitty designs/redesigns of characters. Like the middle design of DMC Dante. The one people called edgy cause he smokes instead of eating pizza. That or characters from games people hate like Frey from Forespoken. I just make up an alternate, toned down and more likeable version of their personality to go with it.

[@moopersworthninjason42nd81]

Real talk, I want more games to fail. I want more of redesigns of ugly characters lol

[@totoro3007]

4:10 the most important part of her body is unshielded and is instead open for fan service

[@zovze]

🥱

[@zengram]

And that's the way we like it

[@saprissa9]

And I don't see a problem with that.

[@carteckrem]

@@zengram no we dont

[@ricardokojin7]

@@carteckrem yes, we do

[@simpletext9643]

Damn, I just thought "it would be great if Critical Art did a concord redesign video"

[@criticalart_64]

The searing mediocrity awoke me from my deep slumber.

[@zxyatiywariii8]

Please can you fix the messes from Dustborn? 🙏🏽 They're equally appalling.

[@criticalart_64]

@@zxyatiywariii8 That would be funny. I'll have to do it once I do more of these for subscribers since I don't think anyone is checking on Dustborn. lol

[@TheWolfLucifersAngel]

I think your versions are more like fornite skins, something easy to like but not special or unique at all

[@coolkingkaleb4050]

Indeed

[@DoctorDragian]

Honestly Mr. Dee is the biggest glow up I've ever seen when it came to these redesign videos lol

[@criticalart_64]

The original didn't make sense, He's a fat ethnically ambiguous male nurse with a machine gun. Mr. Dee smuggles contraband and aliens so the medical box can be used for his clients or can be used to disguise his contraband space substances.

[@DoctorDragian]

@@criticalart_64 A much better idea compared to the original tbh. The original literally is built like Dr. Eggman while looking like Ned Leeds.

[@srichael2713]

​@@DoctorDragian Eggman at least has the excuse of not being a frontline fighter. He's a scientist inventing and operating robots so he's got some weight.

[@kebsis]

I would have called him Senõr Deez but otherwise I agree

[@detectivemadoka69420]

I really liked Mr. Dee, he looks shady af, the type of dude you don't to be near much less double cross.

[@hunglikearooster]

The second redesign would look better with more armor, but the first and third ones are huge glow ups. Great job.

[@davidking2011]

Yea it's a bit to far in the other direction, shirt open and lacy bra and all that. That being said, I won't protest it.

[@slynutria1211]

Yeah, I think making her less bulky takes away the game design. If there was a strongman heavy instead of whatever the fuck this is, it would've been better.

[@BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly]

I'm a man of culture that likes big titties, but goddamn do I ever love well thought out power armor as well.

[@xcedtrickx]

Yes, the second one was awful.

[@dapperfan44]

He said her skin is partially bulletproof.

[@pelipper-swag]

"her shoes don't look comfortable to run in" proceeds to give stillettos to the tank. oh and also an open chest because who in the battlefield would need armor? not the designated bullet shield that's for sure!

[@pelipper-swag]

like don't get me wrong, concords desings are bad, but this is just as bad in the opposite direction

[@nickh4131]

@@pelipper-swagwhy are you looking for realism in a video game and it’s clear you haven’t even payed attention to the video he said she has bullet proof skin so armor doesn’t matter.

[@godmoisesuwu5676]

​@@pelipper-swagno

[@vaenaera]

@@pelipper-swagtell me you didnt watch the video without telling me you didnt watch the video.

[@ldalcinm]

@@pelipper-swag I agree, the redesigns aren't great either........

[@iwaswithyourmum]

Not gonna lie, I think Captain Amari looks too sexed up, you could've still maintained the heavily armoured aesthetic, and not made her look like a stripper cop.

[@batatanna]

This guy clearly drew all the female charaxters with just one hand. They'd be great for a +18 animation.

[@thecircleoft.e.d2121]

It’s a big improvement over the actual design, but I concur. Still, it shows that sex sells, and wokeness doesn’t.

[@idkidc7004]

The first two characters are definitely better and cooler but too sexed up in my opinion. The first one is actually passable.

[@RebelGiga]

Giving off Red Alert vibes 😂

[@TheDeadlyBlueWolf]

@@thecircleoft.e.d2121 Shits less about wokeness and more a lesson in why terrible marketing and horrid color schemes will kill any game.

[@forgottenalex]

Mr D is essentially just Joji in hero shooter mode

[@buckcheese54]

Filthy Frank

[@andrewpothier8834]

100% there should be a pink guy skin for mr d

[@fojisan2398]

His boom box plays Tick Tock

[@thatonechick1318]

I'm so glad I'm not the only person that saw that. Lol.

[@proskub5039]

@@thatonechick1318 Same. The Colovian fur helm suits him too.

[@guitartruong3981]

As a degenerate weeb, i still feel the Amari design is a bit off from her concept. Women in full clad armor can still be hot. And bulky armor to shield her teammates as well makes sense. I'd love to see an alternative take on Amari in full armor because i love your other two redesigns.

[@bhairammozumder7705]

i agree with this, while the old design might be bad, the idea of the hefty armor of female character was kinda intreresting. Also i think Bazz redisign could have incorporate mor androgynous vibe but still looks great.

[@HGRAP1]

I think he was sticking to the 80s theme so it was more of a He-man/She-ra “science fantasy” look rather than a proper armour baddie look

[@AnotherViewBot]

​@@bhairammozumder7705 no

[@Inkbrush_]

For 80s teme i guess it's okey but i get your point.

[@novathepug6692]

fax she got all that armor for what her cleavage make center mass completely exposed 😭

[@hotaru8766]

Dude, good design doesn't equal porn design.

[@NicCrimson]

Sex sells

[@terminator2judgedballs]

exactly. this video is so ass

[@Oni-Di]

I like the redesigns but it just feels like the sex appeal was pretty forced for Amari. If you gave her a little more armor in her center area or so while retaining the curviness of your redesign, it'd make for a better design. Just my opinion.

[@TheCostimen]

Yes….but …. Tits

[@stegosandrosos1291]

All the sex appeal in these character are forced lol

[@solstein160]

i agree, in concord they purposefully did not sexualise any of their female characters but this redesign did exactly that 💀

[@Homeradd]

Yeah i think he sexualised too much

[@Literallyryangosling777]

Yeah but this video make me realise that sex appeal ain't that bad

[@Technovore88]

Rocking high heels while carrying a minigun is crazy .

[@serenitynow85]

And hot. She's like a Terminator, or a sexy Robocop

[@deathboitechnobladeneverdi7918]

A crazy display of absolute power and dominance

[@1SpicyMeataball]

Crazy awesome.

[@HoneyBanev]

i dunno, why are the outfits so... open, original designs are shit, but these are not really that much better

[@deathboitechnobladeneverdi7918]

@@HoneyBanev designs have to either be cool or sexy such that rule 34 artists will cook and the game will become more popular, just look at overwatch

[@M4xXxIkInG]

Not to shittalk sexy characters, but a tank wearing leggings and being exposed from neck to bellybutton is kinda too much of a bikini armor type of vibe for me

[@M4xXxIkInG]

Im not saying it looks bad (it doesnt) but it just doesnt look "tanky" for a tank imo

[@babu6645]

yeah I was thinking the same thing like theres no way you should have your chest open like that as a tank? The bulky armor of the original one was a bit too much but this new one has nowhere near enough armor

[@Isaac-jm6ve]

@@babu6645in full agreement, took away her purpose of being a tank, although the first design was way too much and boring

[@quincymims2580]

I think you missed the part of the video where he said her skin would be bullet proof. So having the open shirt is no big deal in context. Think - Luke Cage.

[@Isaac-jm6ve]

@@quincymims2580 No, we didn’t miss the part. She still needs to feel / look tanky for her design.

[@xcoress7140]

Aesthetically pleasing, but not logically. Too many gaudy cutouts that scream “look my design is the opposite of the original”. There is a difference between good design (the concorde has a clearly terrible design originally) and design fanservice, in this regard, the design of the conditional tracer will be a great example between fanservice and design.

[@stegosandrosos1291]

Woke and Anti-Woke, the two always mid

[@kelp7060]

@@stegosandrosos1291 You're insane if you believe that.

[@G.N.F462]

@@kelp7060 naw he's right, some people get to lost in the culture stuff in general.

[@4AMO4]

I like how you gave the tank no center mass armor. The main place you are shot at.

[@angel_of_rust]

enemy soldiers wouldnt dare. thats called psychological warfare

[@icecreamvendor8245]

Fits perfectly in a Frazetta-inspired sci-fi shooter, which is probably what the original devs were going for but screwed up massively. Mr. D is actually the worst design on here, he doesn't mesh well with the other two

[@dreamsicle3113]

And then mentions she has bullet proof skin just to explain why her tiddies and abs are out. 😂 Love her design though

[@Kenicavus]

Yeah this dude’s redesign aint that good either

[@AssesinsToast]

Its so dumb how he thinks he can make a better design than Concord (wich isnt that hard) and then he falls into the sexualisation trap. Like... i caNt mAkE a cHareCter inTrestiNG bEsides bOObs. Like... for the tank, tweak the suit a little, change the helmet (face covered), get rid of the little flag and make the weapon look like she ripped it of a satelite. Boom, the spacesuit fantasy that the original design tried to convey is enhanced. Edit: change the color of the suit to white.

[@chaos4654]

The originals look like background extras in a cyberpunk story. The redesigns feel more like main characters.

[@Magibatproductions]

They look like rejected apex characters

[@Techno_Bunny433]

Exactlyyyyy, Concords designs felt like background characters in a marvel space flick and not like characters who were meant to have the spotlight

[@Mr.MasterOfTheMonsters]

They look like Starfield NPCs

[@IrinNeoo]

in a nutaku game

[@lonleybeer]

You really did nail the 80s vibes they were going for, good job!

[@criticalart_64]

Thanks! I am going for more legit retro, whereas the concord people look like they are going for a more Wes Anderson ironic version of retro.

[@TheDouble094]

They were? Could have fooled me.

[@LethalOwl]

Are you saying they actually had a 'vibe' they aimed for other than garbage? Ain't no way.

[@lonleybeer]

​@@LethalOwl they were going for 80s space retro

[@Retr0-Cynik]

Pretty sure they were going for straight ass

[@Scyclo]

3:50 while i like this design, given shes a tank i feel she should have like some sort of armor on to show shes a tank, maybe make the metal arms bulkier, like more muscley or something.

[@IntertwiningRoses]

I don't mind characters that aren't the beauty standards of society, but I do mind if they just have horrible design overall. tbh, most of the body types and faces don't matter, it's 99% the outfits and clothes they wear.

[@Dice-Z]

Body type and face definitely do matter, but they don't need to all be generic babes 101 with the same pinup model proportions like this. Still these designs are infinitely better regardless. But they could use a lot of improvement.

[@alcerdemon9768]

​@@Dice-Z That's wild, it's like saying Portal is bad because Chell model doesnt have a pretty face

[@hilvystewy7298]

Nah they are physically horrible too lol😂😂😂

[@ronald1471]

@@alcerdemon9768 Doesn't matter, Portal is FPS and DON'T show her face but very rarely, and even with that situation; people was disappointed of how she looks like - so they change overall even her face but same base actor. also, It's hard to say she has top of beauty, at least CAN'T say she's ugly unlike THESE GAMES

[@draco_1876]

@@alcerdemon9768Bad analogy

[@kawaiibats2822]

Amari needs chest armour me thinks, looks weird having an open chest on biggest tank

[@iulioh]

Yeah, the first 2 readers are too sexy for the battlefield. The style is ok but give them at least some proper clothing lol

[@nickh4131]

@@iuliohare you really looking for realism in a video game? 🤡

[@iulioh]

@@nickh4131 No, i'm looking for good designs 😩

[@dobbiereals]

@@nickh4131 buddy its called wanting good designs🤡 even the guy in the video said himself, the design should communicate the characters role, wtf is a tank character striped down? so you can goon?

[@guyguyver7552]

​@@iulioh...we like it better the way he re designed her...now go and play Concord if you like them covered then...😊

[@HeartShapedMonster]

i was expecting the guy to be half naked too

[@marielcarey4288]

Yeah I'm a bit disappointed tbh. Girls are often in revealing clothes and the boys are totally covered up in games. Boring.

[@MilkT0ast]

​@marielcarey4288 uhh.. not recently... they objectify men way more in western games. Also they purposefully uglify women.

[@atom8o]

Real, it throws me for a loop every time. Smh

[@iulioh]

And he isn't fat anymore, just a scifi Johnny Depp

[@ariannasv22]

Fr girls can stare too yall ain't special

[@gaeulsbn]

Bro hit em with that adult visual novel design 😂

[@BigBoyJudge]

0:25 they really said “yea let’s make a female Thugnificent but don’t change the face.”

[@Hemestal]

Stop slandering my man Thugnificent, his face didnt look like he was runned over by a semi

[@Gnomelander1400]

Thugnificent is actually sexy lookin

[@BigBoyJudge]

@@Gnomelander1400 bruh

[@Dervitox]

​@@Gnomelander1400 ok pause

[@FRAKS_YT]

the argument of "you hate daw because he is fat and ugly" losse any sense when u see characters like Roadhog, thor or even big smoke being loved by everyone even when they are way unhealthier than daw

[@boot_912]

The difference being they had charisma and had an inner beauty.

[@EmilyCarter-d1b]

​@@boot_912 Either way a fat feminine guy isn't likeable

[@Thanatos6669]

@@boot_912 roadhog fucking sucks story wise there's nothing charismatic about him

[@Eepistoo]

@@boot_912 Yup. If you design character to be soulless, it becomes background character.

[@paulitastic2460]

Then this artist decided to redesign everyone as skinny, good looking ppl

[@Tobi_A]

The moral of the story: "Desing characters that other artist will make r34 of"

[@sagirem]

Learning from the better games (overwatch r34 is probably more popular than the game itself)

[@kwistarplus-3189]

Redesigns looked like sexed up pin ups.

[@GlobgobGabgalab]

And?

[@pumkinpatchwork]

@@GlobgobGabgalabmeans they’re not very good, especially not the middle one who is meant to be a fully armored juggernaut tank. the redesign makes absolutely zero sense.

[@eddwarriior]

@@GlobgobGabgalab means female characters can still look cool without looking like they have an onlyfans as a side hustle

[@elijahaitaok8624]

that's the goal

[@GoogleUser-qd4xv]

@@pumkinpatchwork Exactly. All this "artist" did was sexualize everything. Plenty of gamers aren't into sexual stereotyping, we just aren't the ones crying to have everything meet some narrow minded expectation.

[@MultiNaruto900]

The only design I have a problem with is Emari. Mostly because Concord's design feels like she's wearing something like juggernaut armor, which gives her a tanky feel. Honestly, Concord did the armor dirty because it looks like WH40k space marine armor from Wish that was made strictly from memory 💀

[@Juju20014]

I agree, a tank's design should feel bulky to reflect how armored it is and that they's gonna be slower than other characters due to their heavy armor

[@fjordivae3007]

agreed lol, i feel that her previous body type did resonate with her role as a tank, but the armor was NOT doing it. it *is* possible to keep the juggernaut look while still highlighting femininity, especially because if anyone got shot in the torso with that outfit they'd be dead on the spot.

[@varyagace]

you CAN make a big lady with big bulky plate armor look GOOD. You just have to not try to make her look like a puke green walking trash can.

[@elcatrinc1996]

That is also why i don't particularly like the redesing of this video, its too over the top for me, looks like a triple x parody of Judge Dredd

[@fireuser691]

Agreed, was hoping for like an armored bulky war machine, not a saints row cac lol

[@chillNinjaLowSkill]

amari is actually a one character who’s redesign i don’t like, it makes perfect sense for her to wear this space marine suit as she’s a full on slow tank, what i have problem is her color it’s just so bland and boring and shape of her suit is also boring as hell, i love the color pops you added on redesign and all the little details to make her stand out but it just makes more sense for her to be full covered

[@s2wuolf508]

Her concept art is a million tomes better than release

[@billbillson6779]

Amari being bulky isn't so bad but the color scheme is god-awful, it's so dingy with the mint green and olive green. The rounded pads make her look less aggressive. Then she has these silly red flags sticking out and bright magenta stickers with her blue lipstick, it looks juvenile. It gives the overall impression she plays space football or something, not a space marine. She looks like the special ed version of the DOOM Slayer, it's ridiculous.

[@hatemongerofthetoxicbrood6561]

Then Amari's character concept is dumb.

[@hatemongerofthetoxicbrood6561]

​@@billbillson6779 No everything is bad. From the concept of a slow tanky woman all the way up to the scheme. Her concept is completely unsalvageable.

[@billbillson6779]

@@hatemongerofthetoxicbrood6561 Nah, Zarya works as a tank in Overwatch. Just make sure she has the blonde ponytail skin. But Concord designed a female tank in the ugliest, dumbest way possible. Women wouldn't even want to play her because she looks so embarrassing.

[@Fr00stee]

I would get rid of the weird thong cutouts on baz and just slap on a big armored chestplate onto amari to emphasize the tank role better, make her look more like samus instead of a chest cutout but other than that they look really good, it's honestly crazy how much better they are

[@SilentSooYun]

Agree. I think the Baz(?) redesign would benefit from just the addition of skinny jeans tucked into hightops? Or give her some future boots for faster speed? Keep the silver bathing suit for the future chic, but have it tucked into the jeans. And if Captain Amari is going to tank, she needs full-coverage armour. Don't tell me armour can't also be hot... I play Sisters of Battle :D

[@chudchadanstud]

No keep them. I like them.

[@gamerraider889]

​@@SilentSooYunSisters of Battle are probably the most telling of someone's cultured status. Absolutely some of the best female armor I've seen sans some old Star Wars comics.

[@sebastianrodriguez8992]

I feel like Amari just needed a more sharp design The weird rounded bits on her armor makes her look like she's wrapped in bubble wrap if they just made her suit look like actual armor and change or just flat out remove the helmet and give her a cool hairstyle it would've been much better

[@wataruwar]

as an artist I didn't think it was possible to make characters even uglier and more tasteless than in Concord, but this artist succeeded....

[@pachio2011]

hes not an artist, pay close attention and you realize everything is AI. the minigun makes no sense, the jacket from mr dee also is completely illogical, why does it have like 5 pockets. and the helmet on the capitan character is completely different in two different pics side by side, look at it

[@clovellyliddle477]

Yeah, jesus

[@gamera5160]

I think you made a mistake with Amari. I think she would look better with a build more similar to Illoai from League of Legends to give her the impression that she's physically robust and powerful. I think your design is okay, but the open chest doesn't really scream "tank".

[@criticalart_64]

I can see what you mean, but I would say look up tall African women. The visual style of the game is photorealism and a character in that shape (especially female) wouldn't translate. To be that big at that height is an unfathomable amount of muscle.

[@gamera5160]

@@criticalart_64 I mean, you're already making her a 7ft tall super soldier with bullet proof skin. Is it that strange to give her a more robust build and more armor to better visually convey that she's a tank?

[@criticalart_64]

@@gamera5160 Yes, but I would go in that Illoai direction if this was a more street fighter or overwatch visual esthetic.

[@gamera5160]

@@criticalart_64 Fair. If your redesign makes everyone more sleek, I can see that. Like I said, I don't dislike the change. It's better than it was, but I just wanted to share my thoughts and offer constructive criticism. It's still so much better than what it was!

[@fungicide9244]

Yeah, personally I would've leaned more towards something like glory's redesign by Joe Keaton and Ross Campbell, but I still think it's much improved. I especially like the red lipstick and new helmet criticalart gave her.

[@norelevantskills]

I like C. Amari design, but I would remove that neckline, since she is a tank and a Capitan it makes sense for her to have her body covered with amor instead of being half naked xD. I also wish she was a little more intimidating cuz she is supposed to be an imposing super soldier. Mr D deign is genius tho.

[@criticalart_64]

I get it, I kindof went in more of a "Heavy Metal" / 80's exploitation film design for the memes. I had one design of her as a petite girl in a mech suit, another version where she is more like Cyborg from the justice league with cool cybernetic dreads and full body armor, I went with this one because it was more classically ridiculous and closer to the color scheme of the original. My boy Mr. D is bringing back the moon boots puffs on space hookah and smuggles aliens and contraband in a highly tricked out freight ship.

[@renemartinez3451]

I get where you’re coming from. I like strong armored women as much as the next guy. But if I saw a 7 foot, roided up bikini babe tanking gunshots on her bare chest, I’d honestly be way more intimidated. Either direction is valid though

[@paulmcf1115]

It's called Juxtaposition

[@paulmcf1115]

​@@criticalart_64 a full Cyborg character comes off more like an brute enemy NPC that you kill in waves, not a main player character

[@renemartinez3451]

@@paulmcf1115 Saying that full cyborg characters don’t have main character energy is crazy when characters like Robocop and Cyborg exist.

[@krunchie101]

5:47 Filthy Frank?!

[@SOLIDUSSNAKE1990]

Apparently I'm not the only one who thought the same thing.

[@alicornfunoggg36]

He's more of bbno$ energy ngl

[@TheDoomsdayzoner]

Holy sweet hooters, now I see him too....

[@Type75Advance]

The chromosomes

[@Otochiro1]

Papa Franku!!

[@fishinatube]

Cool unique design ❌ Armored Bikini ✅

[@MrMaskYT]

I love that each of your fixed design has a lore to it. And we can tell theere's story in your design

[@criticalart_64]

That's a really good observation. The designs in concord do not say very much about who they are as characters. I think it is because a committee came up with the designs so they are all a hodgepodge of stuff with no cohesion ( also no one had the courage or stomach to say "no that would be lame").

[@pc14thenumber9]

@@criticalart_64 I think they have checkbox of list when making character hence all the bad design made.. which ironically didn't include these 2 checklist, "being attractive" and "not cringe".

[@stegosandrosos1291]

Lore from the design: I'm a porn addict

[@0opsie]

While I completely agree that the original designs are ass, your designs fall a little too far into the "characters must be sexy to be visually appealing" trap. Amari being a prime example. I feel like something closer to Brigitte from Overwatch fits her thematic a bit better with the super bulky armor that still has an appealing silhouette without being hyper sexualized / super feminine

[@m6gnum684]

Yeah, i agree. I'm a man and still these designs annoy me so much. it feels like these two characters are designed for a prn game

[@TT09B5]

wanting to see sexy women is a trap? The hell? "I feel" where there is the usual suspect right there.

[@TT09B5]

@@m6gnum684 Yeah I doubt you are.

[@m6gnum684]

@@TT09B5 :(

[@Danjiano]

I just can't take these redesigns characters seriously. The second one looks like she came straight out of one of those low-budget porn game on Steam. Sure, the originals were awful, but these are bad in an entirely different way.

[@qwerty6669]

Having a mid off with the concord devs is wild.

[@Hyper_Vyle]

Facts

[@bigdiddyzp1762]

CORRECT

[@SuperInsanewolf]

what's real crazy is i was excited to see what concepts he could bring to the table that would've improved these characters. Only for him to think with his dick on the first two and essentially just give the guy liposuction on the last one. Oh and also that trans comment deducted some points for me.

[@355scaper]

I dont understand your comment are you upset that he's fixing the designs?

[@SuperInsanewolf]

@@355scaper no. I’m upset that he did the other side of the coin on bad designs. These look terrible

[@lovelylaurenyoutube]

You literally just took bad designs and turned them into the male gaze. Their styles, outfits and colours are bad. Not their body shapes and features. I'm going to redesign these characters myself and make a video.

[@ElijahWatts-ji9yx]

No One asked, aside from the 2nd the designs are fine. "Made for the male gaze" no shit, the majority of players are male

[@SwedePotato314]

Please do. I said the same thing. He just made them into conventionally attractive characters with boobs. He didn't fix the colors or the design elements that are actually objectively bad. I'm far from woke but the word transvestite is so dated and sounds so gross. This could've been a great idea but he just didn't execute it well at all.

[@YamiHoOu]

Your redesigns are so much better but it is kind of a shame you took female characters who weren't weirdly half naked and suddenly they have super revealing outfits? It would have been more interesting if you worked within that original concept for something more original

[@bananaducc7918]

Everyone: Concord's designes are terrible. The artstyle is fundamentally off, the material of their clothing not retaining its real life counterpart's properties giving it a uncanny effect. All of the characters dont have identiying traits to signify their abilities, roles or personalities. Him: Concord's designes are terrible. I can't cum to this, I can't cum to any of this!

[@BrianQuest64]

"So i half assed redesigned the characters but you cant tell cause they look so much better than the originals" -This guy, probably

[@hiimpranav]

Lmaooo

[@HarveyDangerLurker]

I'm here for it, his half ass attempt in less than two weeks is better than what they did in years.

[@robertonome2448]

the first redesign looks pretty fire tho. the other models r kinda half assed

[@Nephelis]

He did say he pulled this off in like 2 days... So...

[@MarigoldAW]

What didn't you like?

[@not_hAck3r]

3:50 The design is nice but wouldnt it fit more to include some type of body armor? That would be more logical for a tank.

[@nathankronew3434]

EXACTLY what I thought! Keep the thick armour, since it gives her a unique style.

[@daftmi9hty327]

My immediate thought was give that woman a brest plate but keep the mid rift

[@bistrochefwithepilepsy]

but what about the JUGStaposition

[@Zenith07]

I agree with this, not a big fan of her just showing off her chest

[@jw6337]

Yea, like I agree the actual character designs aint it but I don't think "make sure she has her titties out" is the replacement we should automatically be striving for especially for a tank character

[@ackyducc5040]

I mean yeah, I guess they look better, but I feel like you relied way too much on sex appeal for the female characters (specifically amari).

[@Bards.98]

You just made them look more slim and "hot"

[@md_vandenberg]

And that's... bad?

[@bigballs274]

@@md_vandenberg yeah, he didnt change much of the design, just make them slimer and removed their clothes This is not the right message to send against "wokeism"

[@Bards.98]

@@md_vandenberg Yeah? Is it considered a redesign to make something "look better" if it changes it to something that goes against what the original creator intended to do? They wanted to make characters with average looking bodies, you can still have good character design with characters that look like just another person and not a super model with impossible body proportions

[@Otochiro1]

It really is that easy!

[@zvezdalina29]

​@@Bards.98yeah I was thinking the same

[@chiffoncakeandtea]

I feel like the second design is a bit too blatant. As a straight guy of course I like seeing scantily clad beautiful women, but if it's supposed to be a tank they definitely need proper heavy armor, or at least some coverage. I guess I'm just tired of the fantasy game logic of "male heavy armor=bulky and massive, female heavy armor=bikini"

[@mandowarrior123]

@@chiffoncakeandtea many seem to be missing the humour of this video. Concord is meant to be a retro hero shooter, instead it's a sloppy depiction of modern negative stereotypes. In this video, the creator instead redesigns the characters embracing RETRO stereotypes. The humour comes from using the stereotypes and somehow being a thousand times more flattering than concord's horrendous ones. Hopefully that makes sense. 70s/80s heroine and bikini armour go hand in hand. It isn't 'fantasy game logic' but retro fantasy art which the modern(ish) games are derivative of. Think he-man, conan era and art styles. They didn't have armour either.

[@sadmarinersfan8935]

I actually quite like the second one as I mentioned in a different comment. It actually gives me major unreal tournament vibes.

[@Soundwave142]

Yeah that just makes it an obvious weak point. Like General Grievious protective shell is exposed. Still, one can say that these are obviously good redesigns.

[@johnverbeek7156]

​@@mandowarrior123I would agree with you if, but only the 2 women got the sexy redesign, while the man is redesigned with a streetwear winter coat. As much as Concord failed, I give them credit for being gender equal in their design.

[@coolkingkaleb4050]

Indeed

[@mehonizer]

Ok, no, dr.dee is fine, but you took a character whose entire design was to be like, closed up, a lot of armor, basically doom guy in this, and you straight up crack her armor open and show her skin? Friggin give her an innerboob area? You talk about adding unnecessary crap with dee, but then you sexualise the living hell out of the other 2 characters

[@kelp7060]

They're all unrealistic anyway. And I believe he was just aiming to make it more appealing, which it is. Also, sexiness used to go hand and hand with strength and still does in asian games.

[@Это-ш5т]

I agree with the armor. But otherwise, this is his vision of the designs)Sexualized or not, it's still better than the original.

[@m.1050]

@@kelp7060 appealing to horny weebs who dont touch women irl?

[@pachio2011]

he didnt do anything. everything is made by AI, for example the helmet is completetly different and nonsensical on 2 pictures of the same charactter (the tank one)

[@giorgospapoutsakis5271]

​@@pachio2011why are you just throwing claims here?

[@MeiHeart1]

you kept the guys fully covered but made the girls be almost naked. that’s crazy cause there was no need for that at all.

[@g1nk_]

no fr. i stopped watching after amari showed up like wtf is that. why is her whole ass chest out and he’s supposed to be a tank. it’s so unnecessary and awkward to look at. if this video didn’t have commentary, i would def know this vid was made by a man

[@SomeOne-ph1gw]

You got problems with it? Grow some skin then

[@TheBargles]

@@SomeOne-ph1gw Are you implying this person has no skin? Like, none at all? Totally skinless? Cause that - would be a pretty wild thing to do.

[@SomeOne-ph1gw]

@@TheBargles grow some skin is a saying… it means to get over it and stop coping.

[@gotthecutenessoverload1086]

He's probably straight so he did that? You're free to create your own artwork of scantily clad men and share it on youtube.

[@darkyoumemento5307]

I don't think your rendition of Captain Amari should've been unnecessarily sexualized. With a breastplate to complete her armor (preferably in a diamond shape to add to the sharp look of the power armor), she still would've looked sexy. With a naked chest, she just looks weirdly exposed.

[@garjian0]

The Bazz redesign is so great that crashing into this awful "Emari" redesign hurts so much more. To make such a huge point about the original Bazz design's shoes not being appropriate for running, and then giving "Emari" high heels!? Unbelievable. This redesign is simply not the same character, shares no DNA, and the stupid tight butt, exposed chest and high heels belong in something like Girl Fighter, not in any professional project.

[@xcidgafhamas]

lol he can and will 😂

[@dezrettel407]

Like Pharah's chestplate from Overwatch

[@johnsmith361]

Yeah, she still looks goofy with the armored arms and legs but exposed chest and abdomen. She'd look much better with a green armor on the rest of the body, kind of like a woman RoboCop.

[@demarquariusbrowne]

he likes hot chicks. make your own ugly designs if you don't, but i think your work has already been done for you

[@lynnz3049]

OMG you literally made the characters appealing😂😂😂

[@criticalart_64]

Thanks! I just try to imagine what it would take for me to want to select the character in the game on first glance.

[@pc14thenumber9]

Now those are character design player would want to play in the game and rank up happily in the match.

[@stegosandrosos1291]

​@@criticalart_64 You play games only with one end

[@stegosandrosos1291]

Correction, sexualiesed

[@alvarotavares1966]

Look, these designs _are_ better across the board, but I disagree with the focus of injecting sex appeal. I'm not against it inherently, there's plenty of space for that when making new characters, but when skimpy clothes do not fit the description for a particular character, it is still a design flaw to shoehorn it in.

[@BlueBD]

You know nothing of the Era it's trying to Evoke then. Especially Black/Latin Club Culture during the era. I am not from that era but my mom was and That style is basically 1-1. The Devs claimed that their "Theme" they were trying to hit was 70's-80's fashion and sci-fi.. But they completely missed that mark by decades. His Redesigns fit way closer to the era it's supposed to be themed on while also sticking to the culture the Characters are Also themed on. Although I do agree they Kind of don't fit in a Space half of the Setting but fully fit if the game only took place Planetside with no space elements. The 70-80's sexual openness and trends was a big part of that era.

[@Xahnel]

The original designs are what you get from listening to the opinions of insiders for decades on end. He isn't trying to appeal to the people who know the "rules", he's trying to appeal to the people with disposable income. The rules you're spreading are just the opinionated sensibilities of a select group of people with specific tastes. It's just a list of demands an artist has to obey to be approved of by the ones in charge. How many times must the rules be broken and entirely new styles of art established before people just let go of that nonsense?

[@Shinesart]

​@@Xahnel The thing is he is doing it freely where you have to imagine you are working under one of those DEI company and they keep asking you to change the design even though you don't personally like their idea. I'm an Architect not a concept designer but there are times where my clients don't listen and want something that is not look good for their personal taste. And I can't convince not matter. In the end, I just gave them warning about how it will look and just had to gave them what they asked.

[@imat-rex]

I honestly thought that second design was satire at first. He was making fun of basketball shoes for being impractical and then he put her in HEELS. She doesn't even visually read as a tank to me anymore, more like a DPS main. The silhouettes and costumes definitely needed work, and honestly haveing one or two character be conventionaly attractive would be nice, but this just feels like the crazy Twitter artist that 'fix' art by making everyone fat and a poc but in the opposite direction. The only character he didn't hyper sexualize was the male character and by that point I wish he had done so to at least balance out the aesthetics, but instead he... changed the race of the character to insert representation?!? Like I was pretty sure that character was Asian/Polynesian(although maybe he's intentionally racially ambiguous), it feels pretty ironic actually.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

if the character description does not fit skimpy clothes the description is wrong and should be changed. This is a product aiming for large mass audience, see for example The Last Descendent game, all the women are babes in skimpy armor and it's making millions per day with 100k+ constant players online

[@pablovonpablo2590]

First design looks amazing. 11/10. Second one, I don't like the idea of only armoring the parts that don't have internal organs. She absolutely needs to cover the center of mass if she's a slow tank. Finally, the last one looks alright, I would've liked a little more personality on his chest. Like a t-shirt or stickers on the harness or something. Excellent video, the roasts of the originals had me dying 😂

[@sourisalui]

am i the only one that thinks the first two have the right idea but wrong execution😭? the first was passable (as far as sexualization) but the second one really took a swan dive

[@cachorromolhado6780]

not the only one

[@Ryebreadtoasted]

Def not the only one, the first one was okay but I really didn’t like the openness of the second one

[@seviikun]

No, boobs are cool 😎

[@destinyhntr]

You are not the only one. This guy kind of shows how we ended up with the problem we have today--the male character design looks like he's going to enter a fight, the females look like they're entering a strip club. Videogames went from overly sexual designs, to the most unsexy characters ever, back to overly sexual again. Try to make the women look good while also making them look like real, competent soldiers. Unless she's a stripper or something (take Moxxi from Borderlands, for example), she wouldn't be walking around in only her bra.

[@skarpenske]

Yeah I agree these redesigns rely very heavily on just altering the characters to be more physically appealing rather than creating new designs that work with their body types and backgrounds. You can still make visually appealing characters who don’t fit into classic beauty standards, it just requires a bit more thought than just making them skinny and sexy.

[@5371W]

I dunno about your Captain Amari concept, looks like a mobile suit pilot if she was a pinup in a 1980s Heavy Metal mag.

[@armata_strigoi_0]

Pretty sure that was the goal haha - Concord was attempting to pull of a retro aesthetic, so this guy has redesigned them to actually look retro.

[@5371W]

@@armata_strigoi_0 I'd agree with you if it wasn't sandwiched between Ghost in the Shell and Filthy Frank with a dirty sanchez.

[@armata_strigoi_0]

@@5371W Don't think the first one's a great example, I'd consider Ghost in the Shell retro. Other one's more debatable. But I respect it for the sheer audacity. Didn't think anyone could get that jacket to make sense lol

[@Soundwave142]

It stuck as more of 90's or early 2000s futuristic game charachter.

[@stegosandrosos1291]

​@@armata_strigoi_0 More a exuse,lol

[@Seuminator]

I don't think the right approach for thoses characters was to sexualise them. Concord doesn't have good design i'll be firm on that but to fix a characterdesign by making it the sexiest possible really isn't fixing it. And quite frankly not very good design choice. Impractical clothings for fighting and no sense of personality. Something we have seen time and time again. Sexiness can be done with a purpose but if its only for eye candy it doesnt really stand strong. What does it say about the characters? You obviously have skills but not the best approach to charadesign

[@anto1980HD]

I think the same thing as you! I don't like these designs either because they don't tell me anything about the character. Maybe if they weren't standing in such a static pose I could see what they where going for

[@Dice-Z]

Yep.

[@MiguelMendoza-gm5wj]

100% Agree. Mr. Dee is his best redesign for this reason. I still can't tell the character's gameplay role just from a still image, but I know he's got style at least. You can tell he's a goofy mfer from what he wears. Can't say the same for the outfits he gave the girls. Not to say cleavage and whatnot can't show characterization, just not in a static t-pose. Maybe a more dynamic pose showing off the cleavage would be better. Here I can even make it woke. The character is trans and showing off them thousand dollar implants, welcoming the haters confidently. The kind of arrogant confidence fit for a fast dps role. It's at least something compared to Shoulders McGee from the original design.

[@alexbrown8900]

agree

[@hatemongerofthetoxicbrood6561]

Concord does not have good des8gn because it is intended to desexualize them. Go cope and seethe in your own corner.

[@RodrigoLuisWindtIdalino]

"I don't know about you guys, I know which one I would jacko... I mean, pick."

[@Pantheraonca-666]

Not gonna lie, your redesigns are definetly better than the originals, the last one is the coolest.

[@loadscreen1011]

I like hand drawing more than 3d representation.

[@braevinmaund1210]

ye and it's not even close.i didn't even fully realize just how bad the original designs are before this video. oh, that's right... "were", "how bad the original designs WERE"

[@forsociopoliticalstuff2629]

These are legitimately one of those times when “fixing” someone else’s art should be considered acceptable to straight up brag about.

[@Bards.98]

They didn't "fix" tho, just made the character slimmer, "hotter" and with less clothing

[@kazuyakenzaki1320]

Art is Subjective but Concord designs are so shit that this constitutes as a "FIX" in my book

[@TheeJemini]

@@Bards.98but this is also the reason how they can gain more players weirdly enough but it is the method.

[@Bards.98]

@@TheeJemini yeah, but it kinda defeats the purpose of what they were trying to achieve, a game with character with normal looking bodies

[@Jeff_WeedEater]

​@@kazuyakenzaki1320w pfp bro

[@ironymaiden1089]

5:22 Mr. D looks like he's got a Hand on his Gat 💀

[@prostokit6220]

Making characters goonable doesn't fix them. The main problem with those designs is how generic, random and uninspired they are.

[@Argosaxelcaos]

The original designs suck, that's very much true, but yours feel like the rule 34 parody. Your criticism are let down by the solution to everything being "they should be hotter and less clothed"

[@manuelghezzodebadin9898]

Alternative title: "What if all Concord's characters went to gym and did some plastics sugery"

[@paperknigth2263]

I mean, I like the first one. The other two are completly different characters. Brigitte is a fully armored woman, and Roadhog is a comically fat man, and that doesn't harm their designs at all. The issue with Concord design is that the characters are plane and boring. I'm not even convinced that Mr.Dee is less boring than Daw. It still looks as if was made with a character creator from an action RPG. Captain Amari, even if deviates quite a bit from the original concept, and has the major disadvantage of having the most visible and easy to aim part of her body exposed, despite the fact that is a tank, at least looks like its own thing. Like a Judge Dredd Character, but it has a defined identity.

[@detective2221]

The point about Captain Amari is null and void because of games like The First Descendant and Stellar Blade.

[@bleepbloop6234]

The most absurd thing to me is that the dude starts the video by talking about how impractical the first character's shoes are, and then delivers us a tank with no armour covering her vital organs. That's definitely very practical armour, right? Medieval knights were well known to wear open-faced helmets, greaves, gauntlets, and absolutely nothing on their chest and back to protect like... Their organs and stuff. lol Let's get real, the dude's design philosophy is "make them hotter."

[@nmhjjp]

@@bleepbloop6234 I think you are taking this shit too seriously lmao

[@paperknigth2263]

@@detective2221 So what? Reinhardt should be shirtless because Kratos exist? They are different games, with different tones. It's not the same having a character that figths in a tight thong in Street Figther than have it in Gears of War, cause they are in totally different registers. Is not even about sexualization, is about being consistent with the world they are telling you. In Nier Automata you can have a character displaying her ass all the time, in Super Mario Bros you can't, it's just not the tone of the game.

[@skeeeeet5954]

@@nmhjjpIf he takes shoes seriously then we should to lmfao

[@Skornish]

The second one looks like a parody that someone would've made in the mid 2000s about hyperfeminization in videogames.

[@ContagionV]

My only criticism is why would a tank have their top open like that? Heavily armored tank but leaves all their vital organs exposed? Stupid. The rest is great.

[@detective2221]

It's not stupid, it's a design that brings players to the game. Evidence of it working is The First Descendant and Stellar Blade.

[@bleepbloop6234]

@@detective2221 It's extremely stupid if you start the video by critiquing the appropriateness of the first character's shoes. I know that people like you have a really hard time maintaining more than one thought in your mind at a time, but if you're going to criticize someone for doing a bad job because the shoes the character is wearing are basketball shoes instead of running shoes, it is beyond stupid to turn around and make a tank with no armour on their chest. The problem is when you use arguments and then don't listen to your own arguments. We call that "hypocrisy."

[@YuriCcrt34]

@@detective2221 "stellar blade" ok dude lol

[@ContagionV]

@@detective2221 not everything has to be coomer bait. There are some times where character and visual consistency should align, it doesn't here in my opinion.

[@binkl2844]

@@bleepbloop6234lmao you’re the audience this game was made for 💀💀 I can’t believe I found one

[@jamilvints]

Why do people like putting heels on armor? Maybe is just me, but it looks odd due to 1. Heels being uncomfortable 2. It's silly looking. Other than that, looks good.

[@luisyupari]

Yeah, you can ask the women in your life, being in heels for long periods of time is not really fun. Going into COMBAT with heels on? No chance.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

for the same reason they also like having boob armor or even exposed chest on females is and has always been a thing. This is not reality and sex sells. If we wanted realism no woman would be in full battle gear and performing anywhere close to men, so the argument is moot.

[@luisyupari]

@@marcogenovesi8570 But even amongst fiction some things just look ridiculous enough that it turns comedic, in the bad way. All the Valorant girls are pretty but their attires make sense. It would be funny if Jet or Raze were sporting a bikini while throwing bombs and knives around.

[@Dice-Z]

Heels is one of those mysteries of life. They are ugly, they are unpractical, uncomfortable, and make people look/walk stupid. Yet somehow it's a golden standard of "sexiness".

[@xcedtrickx]

The heels were the only good thing about that "redesign".

[@pickleman_has_urges]

5:34 bro is flabbergasted how someone someone could move around like that while being fat and then designs a character wearing 5 inch heels at least try to be consistent

[@ionutbadea7915]

You should see some of the more elegant women, they can sprint in heels. Can't do that with your gut standing in your path. You know, I am familiar with people that overcame drug addictions. All you disgusting individuals have to do is stop at 3 hamburgers.

[@chocolat2934]

bro they dont look bad but why did you go the absolute opposite? put a chestplate on that armored lady dude 😭😭

[@emmyasinfml5053]

Im gonna be completely honest as a game developer and character design artist, these redesigns does not make sense. I hope you don't mind some constructive criticism, but you are not portraying these characters as their respective roles in-game. Emari is the worst in this front. A tank character, especially in a fast paced hero shooter game, should be bulky and big. The player has to be able to recognise the character and know what role and abilities they have in a split second while in game, and a lean "sexy" build does not contribue to this and will often only confuse players in the heat of the moment. I feel like you tried to fix this issue by making her taller, but unfortunately it doesn't work and instead feels lazy, as the rest of her character design feels a bit flawed. There is nothing in her design that portrays her personality or her backstory. Why would a soldier even wear high heels? Why does she have no armor? Look, the character design in concord is horrible and feels extremely empty, but I would argue that your redesigns are just at the other side of the spectrum from "woke" to "Traditional" without actually improving the characters. Sexualizing female characters is not automatically good character design, and often just ends up feeling very cheap. There are of course circumstances where sexualising characters work, but it doesn't really make sense in this context for this game. I would suggest looking into games such as overwatch or even valorant (circumstational), as they are very good at incorporating the characters respective roles into their visual designs. This comment is not meant as hate, but criticism from another artist.

[@KaiiTheeGuyy]

Yes!!! My exact thoughts.

[@ToddLawrence23]

1° being a game dev doesn't make your opinion worth of any value, if game devs were on point with their choices concord would have been a success, this is what gamers want you know what they say "the customer is always right" unless you want the game to be a flop. 2° bro is trying to give realism to a character in a science fiction setting 💀

[@luisyupari]

@@ToddLawrence23 He could be a zookeeper and what he said still holds value because of the content of the message. Oversexualization is bad not because "muh woke" but because if used improperly is lazy. Some characters use sex appeal marvelously like Starfire, Catwoman and Bayonetta. It would be ridiculous however to see let's say Ironheart in an armored bikini. Even in fiction, there's realism to be had so the setting makes sense, Halo is as sci-fi as it gets and people would groan if suddenly Chief started creating clones of himself to fight as if he was Sun Wukong. You could hand-wave it away and say "it's fiction bro" but it doesn't make it any less ridiculous.

[@Dice-Z]

@@ToddLawrence23 What makes their opinion worth a lot of value, is the fact that it is correct.

[@Dice-Z]

@@luisyupari Absolutely, i'm all for total freedom of expression, fanservice and being able to do anything you want in fiction. But if you think you can throw consistency and cohesion out of the window, you have no idea what you are doing or saying.

[@hug-the-raccoon]

I think Captain Amari doesn't want her front to be exposed too much because she's the tank. The first one is great. Mr Dee is perfect.

[@niktoizvatnikak5248]

Yeah this is kinda ridiculous when everything EXCEPT the vital body parts are covered with armor. Like, you can literally see her bra dude!

[@get_that_money664]

She literally looks like a futuristic dominatrix Like wdym the chest is fully exposed?????

[@underarmbowlingincidentof1981]

@@niktoizvatnikak5248 yeah but did you forget the basics of character design? women must always have their breasts and behind exposed, otherwise it would be woke nonsense pushed by the democratic left or idk man I'm so tired of US politics brainrot terms in the video game scene.

[@matijasostojic4288]

@@get_that_money664 Like wdym the TANK has exposed vital organs! She a dom, not a moron.

[@jacques8823]

@@get_that_money664look at Junkerqueen for a dominatrix tank. She has more stuff covered up

[@HeyIAmAlex]

Why does every redesign makes them half naked?

[@marcogenovesi8570]

because people want to see half naked women

[@MKSM-Remake-FanProject-UE4]

Because they are sexists😢

[@circledotanimations1784]

OMg the jokes are killing me! A little unnecessarily overly sexualized but great job with the designs

[@Ze_N00B]

I don't know who the girl with the twin afros is, but you made her cute and hot and I am impressed and thankful. With Cpt. Amari, I think you could have leaned into the bulkiness but seperated it from herself by having the armor be so bulky that it functions as a vehicle. Kinda like Ridley and the loader at the end of Alien or the Loader class from Risk of Rain. You could even have her neck and shoulders slightly visible like she's riding in a tank or car. Something in the direction or "Paladin Peach" by pikatl would have also looked cool.

[@TheDarkLasombra]

Baz is based on a trans or drag singer, so she isn't really made to be traditionally hot in the first place.

[@Ze_N00B]

@@TheDarkLasombra Are you saying trans people can't be hot? But nah, I know. He even mentioned it in the video. though, if you're going to reference a real person, you could at least depict the flatteringly. Those glasses and that outfit sure didn't make them look better.

[@SSoul0]

@@Ze_N00B i think its because the outfit is heavily rooted in 80's futuristic street aesthetics (which i guess would be called retro-future). I can feel the vaporwave style

[@nonopenope]

Would've been good if Daw's redesign was as sexualized as the other two. Having girls be half-naked in outfits that no sane person would fight in, but guys look actually comfortable, maybe even ready for a ski trip, is just inconsistent and weird.

[@patrickpedersen8434]

Is it really tho? Look what girls wear to the gym. It's not that far fetched.

[@finalfantasy50]

why are you appealing to the female gaze and demanding bare chested men with 8-pack abs? /s

[@Sombraspussy]

@@patrickpedersen8434 I don’t think you can compare those two scenarios 💀

[@aperson6562]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@patrickpedersen8434you said it yourself, they’re going to the gym, not to a fight. Most people would at least cover up their skin if they’re going to a battle so the exposed skin doesn’t feel too necessary, especially given that the man doesn’t have such skin exposure .

[@luisyupari]

@@patrickpedersen8434 The tank character wearing that kind of armor is criminal, might as well not even be wearing any armor at all if it doesn't protect your chest area.

[@thesovietseal5887]

Why give the woman with armour like no armour where it matters most. It's comical.

[@fungicide9244]

I love Daw's redesign! the boom box/medkit is genius, and you actually made Bazz look appealing. Bazz's original design was so bulky and manish, that it honestly feels like it should've been called out as transphobic by its target demographic.

[@Starcraftgamer97]

From what I know during my lifetime, I've seen far less egregious examples of character designed be accused of such things. So the fact no one did and they tried to defend everything was annoying.

[@fungicide9244]

@@Starcraftgamer97 Exactly!

[@GamingAnimeNerd]

I like Daws redesign however the character is still they them would’ve kept it more in between

[@Bael536]

@@GamingAnimeNerd Daws new design can be they/them. it can match character if he is super arrogant and he is into every gender. I'd love that kind of personality more than the hideous original design both art and personality

[@fungicide9244]

@@Bael536 I agree. There's absolutely no reason Daw's redesign couldn't identify as they/them, especially since the original also appeared very masc

[@havelthejock3761]

i was onboard with the redesign of the first character as far as the face.. then you were like "how can i make yoga pants look even sluttier?"

[@elcatrinc1996]

yeah, the side cuts on the lower part of the legs can be a design choise, but then i saw the backside and i was... what?

[@criticalart_64]

That was my exact thinking.

[@k_n_c_y]

@@criticalart_64 are you proud of that? 💀

[@mikonyx7712]

​@@criticalart_64 Wait wha-

[@smailydude]

​@@elcatrinc1996i thought no one would mention this not gonna lie. For someone that moves their legs a lot, having cuts might uhhh not be comfy And while some would say it looks good and it doesn't matter, you know you can still achieve good looks while being realistic. At least its thats my preference lol.

[@julius9943]

the emari design is alright if a little, characterless? i feel keeping heavy plate armor would def work in favor of the outline but thinning down a tank feels contradictory to the role they would serve in the game itself. other then that fucking fantastic ideas for the designs.

[@storm1995]

I feel like you made captain Emari into a sex doll but the other 2 look infinitely better than anything Concords come up with haha

[@xaius4348]

7:05 Captain Amara doesn't need full armor when she has those abs.

[@xelldincht4251]

Your roasting of the original Concord design was funny as hell. I hope you will do more videos redesigning characters

[@derpedfox]

also you're very talented to be able to work with all these nighmare of designs

[@criticalart_64]

Thanks!, I am trying to keep the main ideas of the designs but adding appeal to them. I think the designers are actually talented people deep down but have a world view that causes them to rebel against standards.

[@stegosandrosos1291]

​@@criticalart_64 Nahh, you didn't keep shit. These can be considered new charaters

[@uranusmaximus6315]

"shoes designed to play basketball in, not very good for running"

[@ydoe2412]

I'm not gonna lie, Some of these designs are... questionable.

[@paidlunch4636]

Unfortunately thats what keeps people coming back

[@jacques8823]

Captain emari looks like a rule 34 meme.

[@PlasticDragon3d]

Bro was horny ngl

[@aurelialucinus744]

He made wank material rather than actually making designs connecting to their character. These look ass and we know it.

[@Mantis-ti5ve]

The only questionable designs are the ones that sank 300 million into the fireplace. Stop being afraid of sexuality

[@rotothedragonlord7198]

This is actually so much better. The game wouldn’t have failed so hard if it had designs like this

[@RKNancy]

5:28 it gives the vibes of, "I am a healer but..."

[@IronVigilante451]

Blue Medic with a gun

[@bast4rdlyreaper]

0:57 "Hunts Blackuclas" I love the Venture Bros Reference!!! 😊

[@shm236]

3:55 "So to show her femininity I kept the lipstick" Yeah... the lipstick is what does it. Lol, I mean it works tho.

[@parengrev]

5:06 Dr. Dee looks like he's about ask if he really just forget about the melody, cool designs!

[@SeniorAdrian]

0:46 laughing so hard

[@zeko3559]

How do you make concord desings even worse? bru 😭😭😭😭

[@BrunetteYanfei]

It lookes nice... but why do you have to make every single character sexy and revealing? even on the tank girl where it doesn't make sense? these are cool and the originals sucked 100%, but these are entirely different characters- I wish we could normalize good female character designs that don't put them in bikinis :(

[@HiddenForbidden2]

You have put way more thought into these characters in the half a year that we have known about Concord than the devs themselves have over the last 8 years of them developing the game.

[@criticalart_64]

I started conceptualizing this a week ago and have fleshed out ideas for the whole cast. more coming up!

[@vidgod3932]

@@criticalart_64 can not wait for it

[@ninthjake]

I am sorry but there is absolutely no thought going into the Amari redesign other than "make female character hot". A tank character that leaves their chest completely exposed for no reason? Why is she wearing high-heels into a battlefield? Oh and we simply must show off the ass as well. I can get behind the other two concepts and the reasoning that there should be no fat soldiers though.

[@stegosandrosos1291]

​@@criticalart_64Oh no

[@ICLAIMTHISNAME]

4:40 'visually grotesque' i agree and thank you for saying it outloud

[@jirogirg]

So making more sexy character is what makes character better. Got it

[@hBLUREYh]

You want to sell games or send agenda msg

[@jirogirg]

@@hBLUREYh i mean apex had some of the most hideous characters in game history. But people play it - because it's free. So ugly characters and message is not the problem. Problem is that solving character design is making boobs visible. That's the problem

[@hBLUREYh]

@@jirogirg ur moving the goalpost

[@jirogirg]

@@hBLUREYh okay, let's keep on a subject. Fixing female characters consists of making boobs visible. Two out of two female characters in this fix has unreasonable sexy outfit.