Pro Comicbook Artist Fixes Concord Character Design Part 1: Emari

[@SlimeyEmeralds]

I love how you can easily tell this man was NOT lying about those 32 years of experience, he makes it look so, so easy

[@BlacklistUniverse]

@@SlimeyEmeralds thanks. Welcome to the channel!

[@JohnGlocktober]

A Master of his Craft, never appears busy. - Miyomoto Musashi

[@Church-of-Tingyun]

I like that you kept the character the same still without having to make her look "sexy" and mostly focused on her armor to make her stand out more as a heroic tank class character! And it looks very nice! Has that Warhammer vibe to it to fit the Space theme of the game and it's how it should've been in the first place!

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Thank you so much! I'm glad it's being warmly received! welcome to the channel!

[@skyuru]

Also very interesting this style like a cartoon from '80

[@freeziboi3249]

Yeah, what I despise about people "fixing" the female heroes is literally just oversexualizing them. It's so lazy and unnecessary

[@skyuru]

@@freeziboi3249 its making them beautiful, not "oversexualizing" Half naked beautiful woman its normal if they didnt brainwashed you with their uglyness.

[@Church-of-Tingyun]

@@freeziboi3249 Yeah, and while I do obviously love the sexy characters, it's not a necessary go to for redesigning everything. Like why does a tank class character need to be sexy?

[@sapphirespoon1455]

MASSIVE improvement, cause now the suit actually looks like its made of metal instead of cheap plastic. Now this lady has an actual bite to her design that was missing from her original one.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Thank you! She did look a bit like a beach ball, didn't she? And welcome to the channel!

[@sapphirespoon1455]

@@BlacklistUniverse Oh god yeah

[@socriabbas454]

"Your character should be recognized by silhouette alone" As an artist who specializes in character design specifically.. I WHOLE HEARTEDLY AGREE WITH THIS.. Look at the famous cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse, Spongebob etc. These are perfect sample of great character design, even if you take away the details and colors and its just a black silhouette you still able to identify them. Not saying you should follow the same design choices but it should be the standard. If you are designing a character you should always consider what they would look like if they're just a silhouette. If the silhouette doesnt look interesting chances are the character itself doesnt look interesting as well.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Hear hear.

[@IYPITWL]

Its why "Whos that pokemon!" is so fun and genius. All the best mons/characters are recognizable.

[@Larry]

It took you ten minutes, what they couldn't achieve in EIGHT YEARS!!! 🤣

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Well, I mean... it is sped up. lol. Welcome to the channel!

[@Larry]

@@BlacklistUniverse thank you :)

[@humrH2360]

I think a common thing about these redesigns I've been seeing being better is what they remove: the photorealism. I was showing these characters to my brother-in-law today and he said that the characters look like they're from Fortnite, but worse. I said that's exactly the issue. They look like they took the exact look of cartoon characters and just replaced it with a live-action actor, without doing anything about the costume's coloring or material. It still wouldn't have saved the game, but I think it would've lasted a lot longer than 2 weeks if they just kept going with a cartoon aesthetic.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

It's a fair point. the concept art looks more fun than the final photo-realistic artwork they produced. something got lost in the process. Welcome to the channel!

[@PhycoKrusk]

@@BlacklistUniverse The characters that shipped in the product honestly looked like they were first drafts or came off the storyboards. Like the team somehow ran out of time in the 8 years they worked on this game and had to ship whatever they had finished.

[@zalybrainlessgenius503]

May be unintentional, because no one wants to spend THAT much time on the designs 😂 But a neat observation

[@flatpepsi]

I heard someone say somewhere that Concord looks like a live action netflix adaptation of itself and i think that's exactly what your brother meant too. Lol

[@JonDelArroz]

I don't think anything could save concord but this is a good step!

[@BlacklistUniverse]

It certainly couldn't have hurt to have designs worth looking at.

[@amylester6958]

It looks cool and exciting!

[@ttrev007]

there were a line of murderers waiting to kill Concord. I think the character design was the first in line and is the one that actually killed Concord. Blacklist designs would have done a lot thwart him. But i think all the other game killers would have still killed Concord.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

@@ttrev007 I talked to a kid at church who played it on the free beta, and he said it was terrible. I guess the gameplay isn't even as good as you'd need to compete in the space.

[@amylester6958]

A full figured lady still has a feminine shape. Just fuller. I think its sad a lot of designers forget that. It's nice seeing her femininity paid tribute too.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Correct!

[@boitmecklyn4995]

Forgot or chose to ignore?

[@BlacklistUniverse]

@@boitmecklyn4995 Fair point. The latter, i would assume.

[@boitmecklyn4995]

@@BlacklistUniverse there's images of the original concept art floating around for this "game" and is quite a stark contrast.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

@@boitmecklyn4995 ve only seen one. It did look better than the final.

[@daCATgraphics]

Fascinating seeing how this came together. Way better than the original

[@amylester6958]

It's a really fun process! Very informative too🤔

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Thanks!

[@spub1031]

This is the best redesign I've seen on this character. Mostly because it's actually a redesign and not removing the character and keeping 1 or 2 things.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

thanks! appreciated!!! Welcome to the channel!

[@standbymode7599]

Seeing these redesigning really make you WANT to play as these characters

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Appreciate it! sorry I took so long to respond!

[@BtZealot]

Count me in for more of these.

[@amylester6958]

🥳

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Twist my arm!

[@newdivide9882]

The best thing about Concord is the redesigns I’m seeing people do

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Haha, there's some good ones out there. glad you like! Welcome to the channel!

[@LeastInsaneUtsu-PFan]

I’m glad you didn’t sexualize it to hell like some other artists are doing- you simply took what they had and gave it more punch.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Thanks! I am trying to keep the characters recognizable. Welcome to the channel!

[@rockkiller124]

R.I.P. Concord, you will not be missed. Sick redesign btw

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Thank you. Welcome to the channel!

[@deadfishy666]

9:14 and nothing of value was lost

[@BlacklistUniverse]

You made me go watch to see what I said. lol. True. Nothing was lost.

[@ArmaBiologica35]

Don't get me wrong. I like black women, and strong female leads and space marines. But this character looks like if woman who yelled at the cashier at Walmart was doing a cheap Doomguy cosplay. Why did they think this was a good design?😅

[@BlacklistUniverse]

HAHAHAHAHA I love it. Welcome to the channel!

[@Rime388]

so i am not the only one who saw her and went it is the fat slayer!!!!

[@LordDawnWreaver]

If i was making the character i would say her armor is power armor like the space marines out of the armor she is a Muscle Mommy as the internet would say.

[@lindinle]

The green person at the start as is looks like some sort of scifi football type sport player.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Yeah. The original concept art is better.

[@luckyducky7819]

The design evokes "Space Knight" imagery, and that got me thinking: what if all the characters were designed in a sort of medieval space aesthetic?

[@BlacklistUniverse]

that would give it some sort of style and cohesiveness. I could dig it. Welcome to the channel!

[@jonatanrobledo9812]

Really wonderful work. Your way of explaining things made it easy to follow even for someone like me, who can't draw a circle correctly in Paint.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Thank you so much 😀Welcome to the channel!!!

[@ilikebeanies3499]

I've seen lots of people just slim her down, which misses the point. Imo she should have a build like Marisa from SF6 🔥🔥

[@amylester6958]

That was a fun watch! Its drawn well (of course) and the design doesn't look like it was pieced together as an afterthought.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Haha, thank you. I think I'll do more!

[@utoislife4600]

This is what I said in that other redesigned it doesn't need to be sexy to be pleasing

[@Spamkromite]

They blame it on racism and fatphobia and other insta-phobe buzzwords, but really the original design was bad. Overwatch even has a pansexual character and people still keeps playing them and has more players than Concord would have ever had. Even Roadhog has more pounds than Emari and is still widely played, and he's ugly but in a balanced well designed way that shows in the character's personality and demeanor. And well, your own version really fixed Emari a ton. Enough said.

[@dustydeee]

omg someone actually redesigned this and not just made it skimpy! (not that there's anything wrong with skimpy) love how the design fits really well with the class and whole vibe! more please

[@BlacklistUniverse]

More coming! Thanks! Welcome to the channel!

[@RealPeoplePerson]

I feel the American Footballer mixed with some astronaut and deep-sea diver look she had was lost, and you ended up with a new bulky woman tank character. I would have liked to see the rounded and soft materials kept as to maintain that non-military armor impression, like how the main character's suit in Dead Space is that of an engineer.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

@@RealPeoplePerson that's an angle I could have tried. Thanks for your input and welcome to the channel!

[@amylester6958]

Deep-sea football player? Is that what she is supposed to be? Huh🤔 I mean, that could be interesting too.

[@RealPeoplePerson]

@@amylester6958 It's hard to figure out exactly what she does. She has a lot of padded fabric with hardened surfaces on top (like a footballer's shoulder pad). Then she has those heavy-duty metal (?) boots, like Bioshock's Big Daddy, and a weapon that kinda looks like a tool. The story I've made up all in my head is that she's a first responder at a space mining operation. When things go bad and there are space rocks drifting everywhere, things are on fire, the artificial gravity failed, the space station walls break open etc. her team act much like our firefighters. This allows me to explain the visual details of her design. :)

[@amylester6958]

My goodness, that is a super-exciting story @RealPeoplePerson -- I want to play that game😄

[@Foxesarenotreal]

Clicked on the video for the thumbnail (injustice gods among us was my childhood), stayed for the character redesigns

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Thanks! welcome to the party!

[@SmashJT]

Great work!!

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Thank you!

[@TorQueMoD]

I love that you're keeping the original character underneath, but just updating the design to look more interesting. Well done :)

[@Nealend86]

I've described Emari's original design as a roughly human shaped lump of play-doh.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Fair, and accurate. Welcome aboard!

[@rafaelcalmon2858]

The original's shape with the torso reminds me a bit of 70s Juggernaut (with the waist around the same width as the chest area), which I feel could have worked if the costume had a more interesting design, both shape and colorwise. While this redesign stirs away from the low sci-fi, NASA style theme, it does show that it could have done a lot better with a more distinct sillhouete.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Yeah I agree

[@saydhuzin]

can you please do all the characters please

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Your wish is my command! Welcome to the channel!

[@jup-defi-us-all]

Love the SQUID GROW drop, great lessons thanks Mike

[@BlacklistUniverse]

My pleasure!

[@ARStudios2000]

As an artist who was also baffled by this games design choices, id like to see your takes on their redesigns!

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Looks like I might have to do all of them! lol Welcome to the channel!

[@aoyaibaba3090]

The redesign looks too much medieval-fantasy-ish. You gotta remember that you're designing a character that shoot not just a character. They need to look right holding a big-ass gun. I say the armor need to be more sci-fi-ish rather that medieval-ish. Remove the skirt part, replace the shoulder plates with the Starcraft Marine's one, add some ammo belts, grenades, bags, etc...The helmet could use a tweak to be cooler or just remove it altogether and have hair.

[@VitharPL]

It's just wow. It's still the same character - the strong female tank type soldier (I guess that's was her role in the game), yet she look way, way better in the new design. I know You're highly experienced, professional artist, but there were also professionals in Concord dev team, so I don't get - why they failed on something that seems to be so easy for professional?

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Your guess is as good as mine! Welcome to the channel!

[@supermemoluigi]

Would be cool if there's also a helmet glass that only uses when going on battle

[@kapalaransagisun9416]

in 10 minutes, this man easily dunked on whatever the hell that discount doomguy design was

[@demy4176]

That purple skin looks super cool

[@Xrycee]

PLEASE do the rest of the characters

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Yeah? I might have to!!! lol

[@Herowebcomics]

Your gonna redesign her too?! That is awesome!

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Gonna hit em all it looks like! lol Welcome to the channel!

[@ol.SouthernSnake]

Ok guys, this is the big one……..

[@BlacklistUniverse]

I see what you did there...

[@nagasimp1855]

Why does it look like a fusion between galactus and mysterio? I mean, it looks awesome but i cant unsee the fusion now

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Coloring. Welcome aboard!

[@GANTZ100pts]

I'm kind of curious what her design would have looked like if they took design inspiration from the Heavy (TF2) or Zarya (Overwatch) instead. As both are fairly large characters and both are very stylistically designed.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Yup. Those were done right. This was done... poorly. Welcome to the channel!

[@johnotron604]

These videos are awesome. I'm going to try your method of rendering.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Go for it!

[@williamgrimm2452]

The issue of “person in heavy armor but they have a helmet that highlights their very vulnerable face” still exists. Gotta either wear a proper helmet, or get cocky and wear no helmet

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Yeah... maybe she has an invisible shield or something. I had to do something to keep her recognizable!!! Sorry! Welcome aboard!

[@Ilyak1986]

From...frog-shaped blob to...armored knight? While not exactly Reinhardt tier (because oh goodness, Reinhardt is just a chef's kiss design), this is still a VERY solid piece of work. Female armored knight that looks like a more heavy-duty Samus Aran? That's...neat. The idea of a female tank still might not be everyone's cup of tea (why did she need to be female again, Sony/Firewalk?), but as far as the constraints of the original design go? This is a huge step up.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Thanks, hope you subbed and checked out the rest!

[@marshallartsstudios]

I really enjoyed this, I saw another video of a guy that shifted the original designs into greyscale and there was absolutely no tonal variation, it was different colours of the same tonal value. I don't quite get what they were going for with these designs or colours, but whatever it was they were trying to achieve, they failed stupendously.

[@adrianmacsantos]

I wanna see more! Subscribed!

[@BlacklistUniverse]

AWESOME! Welcome to the channel!

[@kal7rider780]

Absolutely soaking up the knowledge here. I can learn so much from this. You're a pro!

[@BlacklistUniverse]

I appreciate that! Glad to have you here!

[@PadanGedowitch]

Great design, but as a armor geek I have to say that the upper spikes of the pauldron would hit against her head if she raises her arms.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

This is true. But would she notice? lol Welcome to the channel!

[@PadanGedowitch]

@@BlacklistUniverse Of course she would notice that she can't raise her arms further then half way up. maneuverability is important in combat.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

@@PadanGedowitch It was a joke.

[@heimdal8]

I think the visual aesthetic they were trying to go for with these characters was 60s/70s sci fi. It would have been interesting to see you try and tackle that theme rather than just replace the model with a generic space knight. I think you did a good job but you didn’t follow the look they were going for.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Is that the look they were going for? Wow, they really screwed that up. lol. I might have to give that a whirl on my next one. Thanks for the input!

[@heimdal8]

@@BlacklistUniverse I think so, yeah. Like Soylent Green, Logan’s Run, Omega Man, Buck Rogers etc. Velour, Lycra and low budget-costumes. Would have looked cool (or at least distinct) if they had managed to pull it off.

[@BlueBD]

Sry man but i don't see that at all. Looked more like that took a look at a Sports Locker Catalogue and said "lets use this" Definitely don't see or feel any of the 60s/70s Scifi look. Starfield Hit that look. Concord didn't even imply it.

[@heimdal8]

@@BlueBD It’s not my opinion. It was stated by Firewalk studios themselves. Obviously they didn’t manage but that was their intention.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

I tried with today's video. Killed me. lol. But I think I ended up with something decent.

[@KarateGirl999]

Oh yes, please give the rest of the characters a much needed glow-up! I'm on the journey to rekindling myself as an artist after years of only doing it on and off, and seeing what you brought to the table here was a treat.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

That's great to hear! Welcome to the channel, and yes, please, make more art! The world needs artists!

[@imFluey]

Would love to see all the characters reimagined. You did a great job. As another commentor stated, definitely try to be as close to the original as possible. Reimagining is cool, but seeing what Sony did originally done better is perfect.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

That would certainly keep me busy for a while... lol

[@aleysibbs2461]

Man they need to hire you in games man, it would be better than the rest.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Thank you so much. I really appreciate the kind words.

[@Dangerpurple]

I love Hedge knight, really wish there was a good ETA or even some news at all on if another one is coming out

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Yeah, me too. I would drop everything to work on the next graphic novel. At least we have the HBO series coming up! Welcome to the channel!

[@crusnik4000]

Another problem I had with her specifically, some of the footage I saw has her idle animation doing a a little heel-lift turn, and then sort of bouncing in place. This did nothing to sell the image of big power armor. The art direction and design is so wonky in this game I would almost believe it was intentional sabotage.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Hot garbage.

[@conradojavier7547]

To me, She should look like Marisa from SF6 Wearing a Green Knight Armor.

[@Cricket0021]

Well at least now the suit looks like its made of metal instead of inflatable rubber

[@BlacklistUniverse]

lol! Right?? Welcome to the channel!

[@DillonMeyer]

Please do it to the rest, and don't be afraid to change the character fundamentally either. IE turning an alien human or visaversa. I think a lot of the designs really needed the characters themselves to be alien if they were human, or human if they were alien.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Thanks. I did It-Z for tomorrow and changed her up a bit like that. Welcome to the channel!

[@Benevolent_sociopath]

100% satisfaction, from both the artwork and your commentary which helped me put into words why I hated the Concord versions so much.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Ha! Appreciate! Welcome to the channel!

[@kekemewpew]

Great! I'd Love to see more redesigns of concord characters

[@BlacklistUniverse]

More to come! Welcome to the channel!

[@entropy11]

I don't know if you saw the original concept art for her but it's an eyeopener. Standouts were a more 'spaceman' helmet, the shoulder pauldrons were lowered to give the upper body a less blobby and awkward look, yellow was a bigger element (especially with intestine-like cooling coils on the belly), the armor was more matte in finish with stains, and a darker fabric element for contrast. Can't overstate how much better that was and it's boggling how they lost all the good qualities of the design on the way to the final model.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

I did! While I don't think it's was exceptional (I expect the game designer had more to do with telling the artist what to design, and he did what he could with it), the final model took away any chance at it not looking like crap. Welcome to the channel!

[@jennybrown7834]

One complaint i have is that none of the characters as they are feel like they visually go together the themes from what i have seen have been a weird mishmash between starwars overwatch and guardians of the galaxy and cyberpunk 2077 halo bioshock and magic the gathering totaly different works with different media genres that in theory could work together but you would have to be very cautious and careful to make the characters look different but also that they collectively share the same place doing the same job even if its different roles good job redesigning them you are doing a good job so far 👍

[@ttrev007]

that is a vast improvement. i like seeing your take on the character.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Thank you! Glad you liked it! And welcome to the channel!

[@vegeta002]

The lower body gives me vague "Galactus" vibes, especially the battle skirt area.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

I'm okay with that.

[@stevechapin990]

Harley Quinn and poison ivy are more happier couple am happy they found each other with so much passion and love for each other ❤😊

[@IberAmi]

What does this have to do with the video?

[@bar-1studios]

That mauve and green would go great with a big F--- RIGHT OFF KIRBY HELMET.

[@gowzahr]

I've been gobbling up Concord redesign videos and what I've learned is that the original designs fail the basic fundamentals, such that an hour or two of work can boost the appeal by 2-3 tiers. In light of that, I have to assume that either these were placeholder designs that were never polished because development had already run 8 years and 8 figures, or the artists had interesting designs that kept getting chipped away overtime from higher-ups until this is all that was left.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

I feel like there was a whole group of people too afraid to tell the truth. Maybe the character designer was a protected class...

[@hannahdeards9652]

I'm really glad you kept her 'strong tank woman' theme, rather than making her look sexy like a lot of other redesigns. Believe me, I like a sexy or cute woman, but not every woman character has the be a supermodel femme fatale 😂

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Exactly! I tried to keep the basic body shape of the characters, aside from giving a little 'oomph' here and there... Hope you've subscribed!

[@drvonpinken]

was reminding me of Ram-man from He-man

[@mur0no660]

the best one so far.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Thank you

[@IaconDawnshire]

She now looks like a space football player! Lol and yes plz do more

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Instead of just a space football? lol. thanks, welcome to the channel!

[@CeranVA]

It really doesn't make sense to me that so many of these characters have strange inflatable tube designs on them.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

I think that's supposed to look 'organic'... It just looks weird. Welcome aboard!

[@vithepiltoverenforcer8778]

Crazy just how much better this looks compared to the dumpster fire roster Concord doled out.

[@DummyFace123]

That looks way better

[@JPC555]

Some sort of visor or face cover would’ve made it even 10 times better, but it’s still awesome regardless.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

True. Might make her less recognizable though. Welcome to the channel!

[@Ace-tu2bj]

I like how the designs rubbed every artist out there the wrong way that youtube vid after vid is popping up left and right giving the internet a free lecture on character design. Art school is expensive.

[@charliecoutts9216]

Yes do them all plz

[@BlacklistUniverse]

That's the plan!

[@lewis1423]

is there a reason everyone gets rid of the rounded armor look? are you guys( people doing redesigns) just not able to make it look appealing easily ? but this looks cool and im glad you were able to keep her as a beefier character and make it look good still.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

I think because she just looks like a beach ball. it's unappealing.

[@leealdrich2707]

To add in how armor worked in the past. Details like plumes, tall hats, shiny armor and bright colors were a posturing feature to effectively demoralize the enemy before blades were crossed. It was until the introduction of early black powder weapons the boom of the guns became the ultimate deterent in conventional combat. But I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat and trimly dress’d … And telling me … that it was great pity, so it was, This villanous salt-petre [gunpowder] should be digg’d Out from the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy’d So cowardly; and but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier. -Shakespeare King Henry IV.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Yeah, you sound like someone i could have a beer with. :) I've been researching and drawing armor since the turn of the century with The Hedge Knight, and on into Game of Thrones, wheel of time, etc. etc.

[@engineerskalinera]

Cinched waists are not necessarily a female feature, so this armor doesn't really say "female" which imo is a good thing. The character is their archetype and class role first, sex and/or gender second. Historical armor does have pinched waists for both mobility and esthetics reasons, and skirts also appear

[@BlacklistUniverse]

did you mean to end your sentence there?

[@alfianfahmi5430]

This redesign straight up turns her into an Overwatch character, probably like Reinhardt's comrade or smth 😅

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Well, not quite, but I get what you mean.

[@draketungsten74]

I like it!

[@amylester6958]

You have good taste and good sense, Drake😊

[@draketungsten74]

@@amylester6958 Taste, yes. Sense, not as much. 😅 Thanks!

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Thanks! More to come!

[@draketungsten74]

@@BlacklistUniverse Sweet!

[@uSil031]

So much better, keep in mind it took them 8 years to develop that slob

[@TylerEdlin84]

Great job!

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Thank you! Welcome to the channel!

[@CrossExaminations]

FIRST AGANE!!!

[@amylester6958]

The champion RETURNS!🥳

[@draketungsten74]

AGANE!

[@longtsun8286]

Good design. Personally, I'd make her armor look more angular, as if she's a literal tank, her armor composed of flat metal plates welded together, to be easily mass-produced; and darken the colors to match a camouflage pattern. Alternatively, make the armor rounder, so it looks like she's dressed like a giant Teddy bear, with cute animal ears on her helmet; and brighten the colors. My problem with the design is the armor design and the pastel colors contradict each other. Is she supposed to look like a walking tank, or like a giant Teddy bear? What impression are we supposed to get from this character design, anyways?

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Give it a go, and drop the link! Welcome to the channel!

[@amirhosseinmaghsoodi388]

Rather nice indeed.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Thanks! Appreciated!

[@OmegaEnvych]

Original looks like an american footbal player wants to be a fighter. This redesign looks like bulkier version of Doom Slayer, but bulkier doesn't mean bad

[@BlacklistUniverse]

The concept sketch of this character is a lot better than the final model. I don't know why they changed it to look like a beach ball... Welcome to the channel!

[@Lesbiwolf92]

Emari looks like one of them cheap halloween costumes that have vague names to avoid getting copyright slaps, this is Doom girl marine and totally not Doom guy

[@teh1archon]

It's funny to read comments that suggest that Concord can or cannot be saved but they aged so badly because like 1 day after the game was canned LOL.

[@richardhaw9757]

A female Brute to me is someone like Big Bertha

[@theprojecteleven]

There is a reason why Overwatch is still around. Beauty matters.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Amen

[@notredboi]

That and the por-

[@gerardyimdesign]

Looking at all these character design videos on KZbin makes me realize that big corporations are looking in the wrong places and hiring the wrong “consultants” to work on their games 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@BlacklistUniverse]

It's almost like they have an agenda...

[@gerardyimdesign]

@@BlacklistUniverse the sad irony is that according to Concord developers, by your criticism, you would be called a “talentless hack”. Unbelievable how one person can have more talent than an entire studio 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@UltimegaSeven]

I l;ike to use Zarya as a great example of making a muscled up lady can be. Even fully armored, you can tell shes a woman. Her face has feminine features despite being on the stronger side. Emari's design isnt design, its desperation. Complete lack of style in the game and lack of character design rule led the creators to mak rushed decisions that were questionable by themselves, and appalling when put together. And then you have Emari even without the armor, where the idea was to turn a woman into a man, desperate to do so, they destroyed all femininity from her design, which makes it even more unappealing. I appreciate you trying to fix her, but shes flawed right from the get go because she lacks a good foundation.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

I agree except for the rushed part. This travesty took 8 years to make, at any time along the way they could have had someone say 'stop, this looks like trash', but they didn't. I don't understand who this ever got published.

[@visceralvids]

Kind of looks like a Japanese Samurai Tank character to me. Could have been cool if they wanted it to be.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

They clearly did not.

[@joemotive]

Doom guy!!! Lol

[@RodrigoLuisWindtIdalino]

Not saying you're a bad artist, you do a really great job drawing. But, being honest, I`m convinced that comicbook artists are not designers in majority. That`s just a Luthor armor-Juggernaut helmet mashup, it didn't go further than the "nothingness" of the original. Truth is, none of the Concord redesigns in KZbin have considered the "Moebius" influence on the project's art direction to begin with.

[@BlacklistUniverse]

Some are better than others, and 'first drafts' are generally not used in the end. You're seeing me do first drafts on all these videos, obviously I'm not going to go through a dozen versions just to get to something I can upload on youtube. lol. Nor do I think I'm the world's greatest designer.